UN General Assembly held its first emergency session in decades over Ukraine, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday evening held the third meeting in 24 hours on the Ukraine crisis in the midst of concerns over the safety of Indians stuck in Ukraine., World soccer body FIFA and European authority UEFA banned Russian national and club teams from their competitions & other top news in this bulletin.
A rare emergency session of the United Nations General Assembly began Monday where more than 100 countries – over three days – are expected to speak over “unprovoked” assault on Ukraine as Russia’s offensive enters Day 6.
The first round of talks between Kyiv and Moscow saw no headway on Monday as the discussions went on for five hours. “The talks were taking place against the backdrop of bombing and shelling of our territory, our cities. Synchronising of the shelling with the negotiating process was obvious. I believe Russia is trying to put pressure (on Ukraine) with this simple method,” Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a late-night address with the second largest city of Kharviv witnessing bombarding.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday evening held the third meeting in 24 hours on the Ukraine crisis in the midst of concerns over the safety of Indians stuck in Ukraine. Four union ministers “are being deployed as special envoys” to Ukraine’s neighbouring countries, India told the United Nations.
India is doing “whatever it can” for the evacuation of citizens stuck in Ukraine, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, TS Tirumurti, said on Tuesday as the United Nations General Assembly opened a rare emergency session to condemn the “unprovoked” assault on Kyiv. The Indian envoy also highlighted the “complex situation at the border crossings”, hampering the efforts.
Several opposition leaders on Monday shared the stage for the release of the autobiography of Tamil Nadu chief minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president M K Stalin. Congress ex chief Rahul Gandhi, Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan (of the CPI), RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah were among those in attendance.
The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking to modify the name of Akshay Kumar and Manushi Chhillar-starrer Prithviraj, produced by Yash Raj Films. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Neena Bansal Krishna said it was inclined to dismiss the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) with costs after which the petitioner’s counsel sought permission to withdraw the plea.
World soccer body FIFA and European authority UEFA banned Russian national and club teams from their competitions “until further notice.” Russia’s men’s national team had been scheduled to play in World Cup qualifying playoffs in just three weeks’ time.
