Section: India.com
Australia, Netherlands Formally Accuse Russia of Downing MH17
The Hague, May 25: The Netherlands and Australia on Friday declared Russia responsible for the downing of a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane over rebel-held territory in Ukraine, an announcement that came a day after Dutch investigators said the missile and the launch system used in the attack belonged to a Russian military brigade. Flight MH17...
PM Narendra Modi to Hold Another ‘Informal Summit’; to Meet Russia President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on May 21
New Delhi, May 20: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russia President Vladimir Putin will be meeting in Sochi today, May 21. The agenda of the meeting will be key issues of developing the Russia-India privileged strategic partnership and exchange opinions on pressing items on the international and regional agenda. Both countries have served good...
PM Narendra Modi to Hold Another ‘Informal Summit’; to Meet France President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on May 21
New Delhi, May 20: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russia President Vladimir Putin will be meeting in Sochi today, May 21. The agenda of the meeting will be key issues of developing the Russia-India privileged strategic partnership and exchange opinions on pressing items on the international and regional agenda. Both countries have served good...
United States Expels 60 Russian Diplomats Over Former Spy Poisoning Case
New Delhi, Mar 26: United States on Monday expelled 60 Russian diplomats over the poisoning of former spy and daughter in UK. Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were given poison on March 4. The Trump administration has also ordered Russian consulate in the Seattle to close down. The Russian officials and their families have been given a week...
Vladimir Putin Ordered to Shoot Down ‘Hijacked’ Turkish Plane Carrying 110 Passengers Over Threat to Olympics; Withdrew Orders Later
Moscow, March 12: Russian President Vladimir Putin had ordered to shoot down a passenger plane in 2014 after reports that it had been hijacked and was being ordered to land at Sochi, where winter Olympics were being held. President Putin revealed this in a 2-hour documentary titled “Putin”. The leader told journalist Andrey Kondrashov that he...
NATO to Increase Cyber Weapon Usage to Combat ‘Resurgent’ Russia
Brussels, Nov 9: Members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) agreed to increase the use of cyber weaponry and tactics during military operations in a bid to combat a resurgent Russia. Reports claim the alliance has also agreed to upgrade other capabilities with the same motive as following Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014,...
Beijing Retaliates to US President Donald Trump’s Remark on South China Sea at UN General Assembly
Beijing, Sept 20: The President of United States, in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly, implicitly warned Russia and China against their respective attempts to “undermine sovereignty” in the conflicted region of Ukraine and the resource-rich South China Sea. The remarks of President Donald Trump irked Beijing, which issued a sharp...
No Indian City in World’s Top 10 Most Livable Cities, Melbourne Tops Chart
New Delhi, August 20 The list of top ten most livable cities in the world is out and sadly not even one Indian city features in the list. The cities have been listed taking factors into consideration like happiness, social services, growing economy etc. Also factors like high crime rate, health care system, culture and transportation come into...
World War II Bomb Found in Japan’s Fukushima
New Delhi, August 10: A bomb, suspected to be dated back to World War II was found at the site of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant. Soon after its discovery, bomb disposal experts were deployed and a temporary exclusion zone was put in place, reports claimed. As per a BBC report, the bomb was found by workers during the construction of a car...
US President Donald Trump Signs Bill Imposing Sanctions on Russia: White House
Washington, August 2: United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday morning signed into a law that levies new sanctions against Russia, news agency AFP reported quoting White House. The law also restricts Donald Trump’s own ability to ease sanctions in place against Moscow, a White House official was quoted by CNN. The Russia Sanction...
