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India is looking for additional sites for Russian nuclear reactors, while the discussion with the French on the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power plant project is underway, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday. Responding to a question on nuclear collaboration with foreign countries not taking off as expected, Jaishankar said the manner in which the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act 2010, was framed required a lot of interaction with foreign suppliers to see how their concerns could be addressed.

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In a pivotal cabinet reshuffle following his fifth term as Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin has appointed civilian-economist Andrei Belousov as the new Defence Minister, replacing Sergei Shoigu, who assumes the role of Secretary of the Security Council (NSA). This decision, amidst soaring defence expenditures due to the ongoing conflict with Ukraine, underscores Putin’s strategy to navigate economic challenges while bolstering national defence.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported intense military activity in Ukraine, stating that the country is experiencing "fierce battles" and facing "extremely difficult" circumstances in certain regions. Despite these challenges, he emphasised the importance of resilience and the need to “hold its ground," ANI reported. In a public address, Zelenskyy expressed concerns about Russian psychological warfare, cautioning, "the occupier feeds on lies and the fear that follows the lies." He advised the public to remain sceptical of sensational news, stressing the importance of verifying information and maintaining emotional composure.

apartment block collapsed after being struck by fragments of a Soviet-era missile, launched by Ukraine and shot down by Russia, Russian officials said.

Russian energy firms are preparing to “hunt down” private crypto miners and crack down on people mining cryptoassets at home, a report claimed on May 12.

Ukraine is waging a tough new battle on its border, fending off a heavy Russian bombardment of northeastern Kharkiv region in an assault that will stretch Kyiv's manpower. Russian forces smashed through the border into Kharkiv region on Friday, threatening to open a new front in the 27-month war that has long been waged in the south and east and the Russian military says it has seized control of at least nine villages. Kyiv said it was repelling the attacks and battling for control of the settlements. Ukraine's chief commander, Oleksander Syrskyi, said on Sunday his forces were doing all they could to hold the line.

arrive at Earth on May 12th," the space weather prediction center said in its update. CMEs are powerful solar eruptions or large expulsions of plasma and magnetic fields from the Sun's corona. The major geomagnetic storms are induced by coronal mass ejections (CMEs).

Akshaya Tritiya is considered as an auspicious day symbolizing prosperity and good luck. It is said that an investment made on this day gives favorable returns, thus making it popular for buying gold and other precious assets.

Joe Biden has made another verbal gaffe during a recent campaign reception in Portola Valley, California, ANI reported. Biden, made an error in referring to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as the 'President of South Korea', as per the New York Post. Biden's slip-up occurred while criticising his 2024 opponent and Republican candidate, and former President Donald Trump, for his rapport with the North Korean leader.

Russia on Saturday said it had captured five villages in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region during a surprise ground offensive that prompted mass evacuations, as President Volodymyr Zelensky made an urgent call for military aid. Moscow's defence ministry said its troops had «liberated» five villages in Ukraine's Kharkiv region near the Russian border — Borysivka, Ogirtseve, Pletenivka, Pylna and Strilecha — as well as taking one village in the Donetsk region. Ukraine's defence ministry said Friday Russia had launched a surprise attack on the Kharkiv region, making small advances into a border zone from where it had been pushed back nearly two years ago.

North Korea may be a little irked with President Biden as he, during the Presidential campaign reception in California, wrongly identified Kim Jong Un's nationality and country of leadership, according to an NY Post report.

ALSO READ: Northern lights seen across Europe! Strongest solar storm in 20 years brings auroras. See spectacular photos Also known as the Northern Lights, the aurora borealis was visible from Ladakh at 34-36°N, an incredibly rare sight at such low latitudes.

Ethereum restaking protocol EigenLayer has initiated its token-claim process, commonly referred to as an “airdrop,” for Season 1, Phase 1 rewards.

Modi 3.0 government, said eminent experts and diplomats at a conference here. “Russia will continue to be an important partner for India. There will be a summit meeting between Prime Minister Modi and President Putin in 2024,” Kanwal Sibal, India’s former ambassador to Russia and Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), said at a conference held at JNU. The last annual summit between the leaders of India and Russia was held in New Delhi in December 2021.

North Korea will equip its military with a new 240mm multiple rocket launcher starting this year, state media said Saturday, adding a «significant change» for the army's artillery combat capabilities was under way. Leader Kim Jong Un on Friday oversaw a live-fire test of the «technically updated» rocket system, Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency said. The announcement comes as analysts say the nuclear-armed North could be testing and ramping up production of artillery and cruise missiles before sending them to Russia for use in Ukraine.

The British economy bounced back strongly in the first three months of the year, bringing to an end to what economists termed a “technical recession.”

Lithuania is holding a presidential election on Sunday at a time when Russian gains on the battlefield in Ukraine are fueling greater fears across all of Europe about Moscow's intentions

tariff concessions under its proposed free trade agreement (FTA) talks with the five-member Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). Engineering goods, electronics and agriculture are expected to benefit from the agreement and the government asked the industry to identify restrictions, if any, that they face in the five members of the EAEU including Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia. «The two sides have met and discussed initiating formal talks for the pact,» an official said, adding that in the light of this development, inputs have been sought from industry on barriers and products in which the country wants to achieve self-reliance. New Delhi's concerns stem from the fact that India's exports to the union in April-January FY24 were $3.7 billion while imports were $51.7 billion due to crude oil imports from Russia. Moreover, the bloc has signed free trade pacts with China, Vietnam, Serbia and Iran, which could impact Indian industry's competitive position in any of the EAEU markets.

White House said on Friday. The Ukraine aid package includes artillery, munitions for NASAMS air defenses, anti-tank munitions, armored vehicles and small arms that can immediately be put to use on the battlefield, a U.S. official told Reuters earlier on condition of anonymity. The weapons aid will utilize Presidential Drawdown Authority, or PDA, which authorizes the president to transfer articles and services from U.S. stocks without specific congressional approval during an emergency. As a part of the $95 billion aid bills, Congress authorized $60.8 billion worth of various forms of aid to Ukraine, including $8 billion worth of PDA items.

Jim Simons, a mathematician who founded the most successful quantitative hedge fund of all time, passed away on Friday in New York City, his foundation announced on its website.