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Biden says pandemic not over, gets 2nd Covid booster
Just before he received his second Covid-19 booster shot, US President Joe Biden said although "we're now in a new moment in this pandemic", it does not mean that it is over. Addressing reporters at the White House on Wednesday, he urged Congress to "secure more funding for the Covid-19 response", reports Xinhua news agency "There is no wall you can build high enough to keep out a virus... Congress needs to act now. Please."
US to give Ukraine $500mn in direct budgetary aid: Biden
US President Joe Biden told his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, that the US will provide Ukraine with $500 million in "direct budgetary aid", the White House said. On Wednesday, White House said Biden told Zelensky the US "intends to provide the Ukrainian government with $500 million in direct budgetary aid" on the call, which lasted about an hour to end at 12.03 p.m., according to a pool reporter covering the White House.
Heat wave likely to continue in central, west India for next 4-5 days
Safdarjung, Delhi's base station, recorded 39.6 degrees Celsius, the IMD said, and predicted maximum temperature to be 40 degrees Celsius on Thursday and Friday both. In similar range, Palam Observatory recorded maximum temperature of 39.6 degrees Celsius, Lodhi Road (40.1), Ridge (40.9), Ayanagar (40.3), Jafarpur (40.0), Najafgarh (40.6), Narela (41.7), Pitampura (41.4), Sports Complex, Dwarka (41.5) and Mayur Vihar recorded 38.4 C.
Delhi HC nixes plea seeking 2018 SC Collegium meeting details
Justice Yashwant Varma pronounced the order which had been reserved on Monday. The petition was challenging the CIC order which denied a Right to Information Act plea about the meeting which was not made public yet. During the last hearing, Senior Advocate Prashant Bhushan appeared for the petitioner Anjali Bharadwaj.
Russia's pull back pledge designed to mislead: Ukraine's military
In a daily operational update posted to Facebook, the general staff said the Russian units were continuing to move away from both Kyiv and Chernihiv. Russia has already said it will now focus on operations in the eastern Donbas region. Ukraine's military believes the withdrawals "are probably a rotation of individual units" aimed at misleading Ukraine's military leadership and creating a "misconception" about the meaning of their deployment, BBC reported.
Ukrainian President says signals from peace talks 'positive'
"The signals we hear from the negotiating platform can be called positive," Zelensky said in a video address published on his official Telegram channel. At the same time, Zelensky said Ukraine is "aware of all the risks" and will trust only "concrete results", Xinhua news agency reported.Earlier on Tuesday, Ukrainian and Russian delegations held their latest round of peace talks in Turkey's city of Istanbul, the fifth since Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24.
IAEA chief visits Ukraine to discuss nuclear safety support
The aim of Grossi's visit is to "initiate prompt safety and security support to Ukraine's nuclear facilities," which will include sending IAEA experts to prioritized facilities and the shipment of vital safety and security supplies including monitoring and emergency equipment, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a statement by the IAEA."The military conflict is putting Ukraine's nuclear power plants and other facilities with radioactive material in unprecedented danger," Grossi was quoted by the statement as saying.
Assam, Meghalaya resolve 70% of boundary disputes: Shah
Describing as the historic day for the northeast, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that this will usher in a new era of peace, harmony and progress in both the states. This accord paved the way for resolving the interstate boundary disputes at six places out of 12 which comprise 70 per cent of the boundary, he added.
Ukraine neutralises massive cyber attack that paused Internet
Ukraine has neutralised a massive cyber-attack on core IT infrastructure that impacted the entire nation. According to global Internet access tracker NetBlocks, the nation's online connectivity collapsed to 13 per cent, leading to the most severe Internet disruption registered in Ukraine since the invasion by Russia.
New round of Ukraine-Russia talks to begin in Turkey
Delegations from Ukraine and Russia have arrived in the Turkish city of Istanbul to begin a new round of peace talks from Tuesday aimed at ending the ongoing war. The in-person talks slated to begin at 10.30 a.m. (local time, about 1 p.m. IST), will be hosted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Dolmabahce Presidential Working Office in Istabul's Besiktas district
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