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 News Headlines.- 1.US President Joe Biden on Tuesday said Russia's war in Ukraine amounted to genocide,” accusing President Vladimir Putin of trying to “wipe out the idea of even being a Ukrainian."Speaking in Iowa shortly before boarding Air Force One to return to Washington, Biden said he meant it when he said at an earlier event that Putin was carrying out genocide against Ukraine.-hindustantimes.com 2.Bridging their differences on the crisis in Ukraine, India and the United States, at the 2+2 ministerial dialogue, recommitted to the bilateral strategic partnership, articulated their shared interest in securing a free and open Indo-Pacific, hailed Quad “as a force for global good” and reviewed mutual efforts to respond to the worsening humanitarian crisis triggered by the Russian invasion.-hindustantimes.com 3.A major British airport warned passengers to expect the delays plaguing travel to continue for months, as the U.K. aviation regulator told the country’s air industry...

1.The UN Security Council -- which on Monday held a session on the plight of women and children in Ukraine -- will hold another meeting next week on the humanitarian situation there, in a bid to keep pressure on Russia despite its veto power over the powerful body, diplomats said.-ndtv.com 2.Covid lockdown in a weak economy depleted foreign reserves, Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said on Monday, in an effort to explain worsening economic crisis and protests raging in the country.Shortages of food and fuel, along with record inflation and regular blackouts, have inflicted unprecedented misery on Sri Lankans in the most painful downturn since independence from Britain in 1948.-ndtv.com 3.Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Joe Biden met virtually on Monday morning, as External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh were in Washington for the fourth ‘2+ 2’ foreign and defence ministry dialogues with their U.S. counterparts. The war betwe...

 News Headlines.- 1.Britain’s Boris Johnson, one of Ukraine’s staunchest backers, flew to Kyiv on Saturday to pledge tighter sanctions on Russia and offer President Volodymyr Zelenskiy more defensive arms, a move the Ukrainian leader said others should follow.-theindianexpress.com 2.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a virtual meeting with US President Joe Biden on Monday, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Sunday.White House spokesperson said that US President Biden will continue “close. consultations on the consequences of Russia’s brutal war against Ukraine and mitigating its destabilizing impact on global food supply and commodity markets”.-theindianexpress.com 3.Pakistan’s Opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday nominated himself for the post of prime minister after the ouster of Imran Khan, whose party threatened to withdraw its lawmakers from Parliament if the former Punjab chief minister was allowed to contest the election for the top post on Monday.-thei...

 News Headlines.- 1.Act Immediately’: Zelenskyy urges UN to stop Russian attacks.-Ukraine’s president has urged the UN Security Council to ensure its members adhere to the rules of international law or shut its doors, as he accused Russian troops of committing “the most terrible war crimes” since World War Two.-dnaindia.com 2.EU lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a resolution for "an immediate full embargo on Russian imports of oil, coal, nuclear fuel and gas." In a non-binding resolution adopted with 513 votes for, 22 against and 19 abstentions, EU lawmakers also called for the EU to step up delivery of weapons and to help with the creation of a special U.N. tribunal for war crimes in Ukraine.-dnaindia.com 3.The UN General Assembly voted to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council as punishment for the invasion of Ukraine. Of the 193 members of the assembly, 93 voted in favour of suspension while 24 voted against and 58 abstained, in only the second ever suspension of ...

 News Headlines. 1.US President Joe Biden on Monday called for Russian President Vladimir Putin to be tried for war crimes and said he wants more sanctions after reports of atrocities in Ukraine. President Biden said, "You saw what happened in Bucha." He said Putin is a 'war criminal'.-dnaindia.com 2.The United States is going to seek Russia’s suspension from the UN Human Rights Council in close coordination with Ukraine, European countries and other partners at the United Nations, a top official from the Biden Administration has said.-theindianexpress.com 3.Sri Lankan MP Sagara Kariyawasam on Monday said the Gotabaya Rajapaksa-led government would survive the latest crisis and the President would not put in his papers as the ruling camp had a majority in Parliament.Kariyawasam also thanked India for standing by the island nation and continuing to do so even during the current crisis.-hindustantimes.com 4.The new variant of Corona has once again worried the world. Thi...

 News Headlines. 1.Australia opens doors for techies, chefs, students, millennials.-From 1,800 chefs and yoga teachers, who can hope to get a quick entry, or students, who can now stay for up to four years on post-study work visas, and 1,000 millennials who can mix work and pleasure, thousands of Indians are set to get easy access to Australia with the signing of the bilateral trade agreement with India.-Times of India 2.India will be sending Sri Lanka rice as part of the US$ 1 billion credit facility that was extended by New Delhi in March. The facility was signed during the visit of Sri Lankan Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa's India visit last month. The facility is being used to supply essential commodities to the beleaguered country, starting with Rice in the next few days.-dnaindia.com 3.Crisis-hit Sri Lanka's cabinet resigned en masse from their positions at a late-night meeting Sunday, the education minister said, as anti-government protests escalated despite curfews.Al...

 News Headlines.- 1.Russian forces bombarded the outskirts of Kyiv and a besieged city in northern Ukraine on Wednesday, a day after promising to scale down operations there in what the West dismissed as a ploy to regroup by invaders taking heavy losses.-dnaindia.com 2.China and India are firmly opposed to any third party interference in the border dispute, the Chinese defence ministry said on Thursday, adding that the two countries have agreed to resolve differences by negotiating and consulting each other.-hindustantimes.com 3.The World Bank has announced that they have put on hold four projects in Afghanistan worth USD 600 million following the Taliban's decision to ban girls from attending school above the sixth grade in the country.The projects that were funded by Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) concentrated on agriculture, education, health, and livelihood, Khaama Press reported.-dnaindia.com 4.An unscripted sharp exchange Thursday between External Affairs minist...