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Monday, September 15, 2025
TopicRussia-Ukraine conflict

Topic: Russia-Ukraine conflict

Close shave at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia evokes Chernobyl, highlights risk of nuclear meltdown

Fire caused by Russian shelling now doused, normal radiation levels confirmed. Though plant is more secure than Chernobyl in 1986, fire in reactors would have caused major disaster.

Urdu papers focus on Russia-Ukraine, criticise Modi for ‘politicising’ war, ‘delayed’ evacuation

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

Indian student injured in Kyiv firing bedridden, says embassy wants him to reach border for evacuation

Harjot Singh’s family claims countless visits to MEA office yielded nothing. MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi had said Friday they are hoping to get him out at the appropriate time.

For Indian students going abroad, only destinations change — and the crisis

As Indians stuck in Ukraine call for rescue, many in India debate why they go abroad to study in the first place. Here's why India isn't a preferred 'destination'.

As globalisation is bombed, a ‘fortress economy’ is tempting, but India must know its limits

India can’t break free of global supply chains & will stay import-dependent for energy, weapons parts. Selective integration may work better by creating mutual interdependence.

JPMorgan says Russia’s economy ‘headed for deep recession’, could face 1998-like crisis

Russian economy is reeling after foreign govts slapped sanctions on trade, finance & travel, froze the reserves of its central bank and cut many of its banks from the SWIFT system.

Why ‘Putin’s timing’ is so right for PM Modi & ruble spells ‘trouble’ for Russia

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Indians stranded in Ukraine’s Sumy boil snow for drinking water, deny Putin’s ‘hostage’ claim

Students stranded in Sumy say they have not drunk water or eaten a proper meal since Thursday night when a thermal power plant in nearby Okhtyrka was bombed.

Students’ Ukraine nightmare triggers furore over medical fees in Bihar, Nitish ‘can’t do much’

At Bihar's 6 private colleges, students have to shell out around Rs 1 crore for the five-year MBBS programme. This typically includes annual charges of Rs 10 lakh towards fees.

Indian students near Kharkiv ‘not aware of hostage situation’, hours after Putin repeats claim

Ministry of External Affairs had dismissed claims of Indian students held hostage by Ukrainian army in Kharkiv. Soon after, Russian President Vladimir Putin made claim again Thursday.

On Camera

Manipur has seen too much pain to be seduced by promises

Nehru learned the truth the hard way when 3,000 Nagas walked out of his 1953 rally. The people of the Northeast aren’t easily seduced by baubles.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.