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Sunday, August 17, 2025
TopicRussia-Ukraine conflict

Topic: Russia-Ukraine conflict

Vladimir Putin is playing with fire in Ukraine, starting a war that Russians don’t want

Putin is obsessed with what he perceives as the threat from Ukraine’s westward drift, and with turning back the clock to reset the post-Cold War world order.

India planning alternate routes to get citizens out as Ukraine airspace shuts down

Additional Russian-speaking officials have been sent to India’s embassy in Kyiv and are being deployed in countries neighbouring Ukraine.

Military operation aimed at ‘demilitarisation and denazification’ of Ukraine, says Putin

Held special military operation on request of People’s republics of Donbass; to protect people that are subjected to abuse, genocide from Kyiv regime for 8 years, Putin said in his address.

‘Under attack,’ says Ukraine as Russia targets country’s military infrastructure

The Ukraine military immediately retaliated, shooting down 5 Russian planes and a helicopter in the Luhansk region.

‘President Putin, in name of humanity…,’ UN appeal over Ukraine; international outcry follows

A Ukraine representative told an emergency UNSC meeting – ironically chaired by Russia – that ‘war criminals go straight to hell’.

Air India rescue flight to Ukraine returns midway after airspace shuts down amid Russia offensive

The Ukrainian authorities issued a NOTAM (Notice to Airmen), which stated that civil flights within the country 'are restricted due to potential hazard'.

Russia-Ukraine conflict: India foresees ‘major crisis’, calls for a stop to any action that undermines peace

Russian President Vladimir Putin conducted a special military operation in Ukrain’es separatist Donbas region early Thursday.

Stock markets hit by Russia-Ukraine crisis, Sensex down 1,432 points

The developments in Russia have also impacted Nifty that was trading at 16652.60 at 9.15 am, down by 410.70 points.

Putin launches military operation in Ukraine, asks its soldiers to lay down arms, go home

Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had said in a late-night televised address that Putin had not responded to a request to speak by phone.

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Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?