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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 between Russia and Ukraine featured prominently in the opening remarks of both.-thehindu.com

4.Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated new Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif within minutes of him being sworn in. He also said that India desired peace and stability in a region free of terrorism.so that we can focus on our development challenges and ensure the well-being and prosperity of our people.” -theindianexpress.com

5.About a fortnight since scheduled international flights resumed after nearly two years, Indians have flocked to the UAE, Maldives and Thailand in Asia; Switzerland, France, Italy, Austria in Europe; and other destinations such as Turkey, Australia, the UK and US, travel industry executives said.-livemint.com

6.Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday urged American companies to come and invest in India and support the 'Make in India' programme.I have talked to American companies for Make in India and aerospace and world programme.He said"-ndtv.com

7.The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has written to the heads of all technical institutions across the country to consider admitting students who had to discontinue their studies and return from war-torn Ukraine.-theindianexpress.com

8.The Reserve Bank of India or RBI has recently announced that the cardless cash withdrawal system has been proposed to be made available in all bank branches and ATMs across India. This will be made available to bank customers with the help of UPI or Unified Payments Interface, developed by the NPCI.-news18.com

9.The Food Authority has issued a declaration regarding veg and non-veg logo for source of ingredient including additives on the food label and stated that the food business operators have to declare the non-vegetarian logo in case any individual constituent ingredient of the compound ingredient was non- vegetarian in origin.-fnbnews.com

10 Urban lifestyle brand Salud Beverages made its mark on the world's stage with all 3 of its entries into the prestigious London Spirits Competition coming away with medals. Salud G&T 2.0 Lavender won Gold, while Salud G&T 2.0 Cucumber and Salud Sonic walked away with Silver.-hospitalitybizindia.com

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