Russia says ready for talks if Ukraine lays down arms

Russia, 25/2: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday Moscow was ready for talks if Ukraine’s military surrendered, as he insisted that invading forces were looking to free the country from “oppression.” Russian President Vladimir Putin “took the decision to conduct a special military operation to demilitarise and de-Nazify Ukraine so that, freed from oppression,…

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CBI arrests former NSE CEO Chitra Ramkrishna’s advisor Anand Subramanian

Mumbai, 25/2: In a latest development in the NSE fraud case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Anand Subramanian, the former Chief Strategic Advisor of the National Stock Exchange, from Chennai on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday.     A source told IANS that he will be produced before the concerned…

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Making alternative arrangements for safe evacuation of Indians in Ukraine: MoS External Affairs

New Delhi, 24/2: In the wake of the Russian offensive against Ukraine, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said on Thursday that India is making alternative arrangements for the safe evacuation of Indians stranded in the Eastern European nation as its airspace was closed.     Amid concerns expressed by the near and…

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Maintain calm, remain safe wherever you are: Indian embassy in Ukraine to Indians

New Delhi, 24/2: The Indian embassy in Ukraine on Thursday asked Indian nationals to maintain calm and remain safe wherever they are as Russia carried out a military operation in Ukraine triggering a major confrontation between the two sides.     It said in view of closure of Ukranian airspace for civilian aircraft, alternative arrangements…

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