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Rajnath Singh on Saturday said the country's growth cannot be imagined without the development of farmers and villages, and asserted that the Modi government was standing shoulder to shoulder with the cultivators. Addressing a mega farmers' rally at Government Science College ground in Chhattisgarh's capital Raipur, he also targeted the previous Congress dispensation in the state, accusing it of indulging in corruption and derailing its development. "...I am the son of a farmer and hail from a village. Farmers can yield gold from the soil with their efforts and hard work. My government is standing shoulder to shoulder with farmers. Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Centre has been taking several steps for the welfare of farmers," the minister said.

India's policy was 'Nation First' and the consumer was 'paramount', Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that the Centre was able to keep oil prices from shooting up despite global turbulence amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict and drone attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea. The Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas said 85 per cent of India's crude requirements are met by imports, with the price of crude in the international market being the benchmark. Addressing a press conference in the national capital on Saturday, Puri said, «If you accept that (global issues), you have to deal with the price of crude in the international market and the price at which it is made available. What happened in the last few years?»

Joe Biden over his State of Union address, his predecessor Donald Trump called his speech «terrible» and said that he suffers from «terminal case of Trump derangement syndrome,» Fox News reported. Reacting to Biden's address, the former President told Fox News Digital, «He was angry, mentally disturbed, and misrepresenting a lot of the facts concerning almost every subject he discussed.»

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s (DMK) and was Chennai West Deputy Organiser (NRI Wing) until he was dismissed permanently from the party on February 25 over his links with the drug cartel. Also Read : International drug racket in Delhi: Film producer identified as mastermind; NCB, Delhi Police seize illegal substance His links led to political war of words with the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), opposition parties in Tamil Nadu, mounting attack on DMK over Jaffer.

Yemen's Houthi rebels on Friday set off explosions ahead of a Singapore-flagged vessel in the Gulf of Aden, authorities said. The attack targeted the bulk carrier Propel Fortune, which continued on its way, according to the United States military's Central Command. «The missiles did not impact the vessel,» Central Command said. «There were no injuries or damages reported.» The Houthis did not immediately claim responsibility for the attack. A statement from Houthi military spokesperson Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree was delayed on Friday night over «urgent military developments in the theatre of military operations», according to the rebel-controlled SABA news agency. He was scheduled to speak on Saturday.

Indian Army following their successful completion of rigorous training at the Officers Training Academy (OTA) on Saturday. Additionally, three officer cadets and six women cadets from friendly foreign countries successfully completed their training, fostering bonds of camaraderie and cooperation across international borders, the OTA said. Reviewing the impressive and meticulously turned out passing out parade by the contingents at the Parameshwaran drill square, OTA, Chennai, Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari said warfare was undergoing a fundamental change with the emergence of new technology and radically newer doctrines. «India's security dynamics involves multi-faceted threats and challenges. It would require us to build multi-domain capabilities and execute operations simultaneously and in shortened timeframes,» he said and called upon the young officers to stay abreast with technological advancements.

(Reuters) — S&P Global said on Friday it considers it a «virtual certainty» that Ukraine will default on its external commercial obligations and cut the country's long-term foreign currency (FC) credit rating deeper into junk territory.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose NATO-member country has sought to balance its close relations with both Ukraine and Russia, offered during a visit Friday from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to host a peace summit between the two countries. Erdogan, who has repeatedly discussed brokering a peace deal, said at a news conference in Istanbul following his meeting with Zelenskyy that he hoped Russia would be on board with Turkey’s offer.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Istanbul for talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Efforts are ramping up to deliver more desperately needed aid to war-ravaged Gaza, with the United States and Europe focusing on opening a sea route in a signal of the West’s growing frustration with Israel’s conduct in the war

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has agreed to acquire a minority stake in Telecom Italia SpA’s landline network.

Russian army, said Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal on Friday. «We have strongly taken up the matter for the early discharge of such Indian nationals. Strong action has been initiated against agents who recruited them on false pretexts,» said Jaiswal. «We remain committed to the early release of our nationals serving as support staff with the Russian army and then eventually return home,» he added.

Russia-based agents involved in the human trafficking network that pushed Indians into the Ukraine war zone are under the CBI scanner, officials said on Friday. The agents allegedly confiscated the passports of Indians arriving in Russia and forced them to fight with the armed forces, officials said. The network was busted by the CBI on Thursday. Christina and Moinuddin Chippa, a resident of Rajasthan, are based in Russia and were facilitating the trafficking of Indian youth to Russia by offering them lucrative job opportunities there, officials said. The central probe agency's FIR has listed 17 other Visa consultancy companies, their owners and agents spread across India, they said.

U.S. embassy in Russia has warned U.S. citizens to avoid large gatherings in Moscow due to what it said were reports that extremists had imminent plans for an attack. The embassy, which has repeatedly urged all U.S. citizens to leave Russia immediately, gave no further details about the nature of the threat, but said people should avoid crowds and be aware of their surroundings.

Jaishankar has defended India's stance on Russia amidst ongoing Ukraine conflict, stating that people tend to «cherry-pick principles» when it suits them and ignore them when it doesn't. Jaishankar, who is currently on a visit to Japan while responding to a question at the Nikkei Forum on India-Japan Special Strategic Partnership, said that Indian territory has been occupied by another country but the world has maintained silence over the matter. The foreign minister was asked during the interaction whether India's decision to not criticise Russia and its territorial violation of Ukraine, should be taken to be «double-standards.»

When China launched the Yaogan-41 satellite into space late last year, it travelled further than most such objects. Reconnaissance satellites tend to sit in low-Earth orbit (LEO), whizzing around the planet between 11 and 16 times a day (see chart 1). But Yaogan-41 headed for higher ground, some 36,000km from the Earth.

Amazon Prime Video was inspired to make a television series from video games and it is coming soon with 'Fallout'. Though more and more video game adaptations are being made, they are still somewhat rare and half of them are animated. It is difficult to create a live-action series, but 'The Last of Us' set an example for others with its huge success. Before Amazon completes the 'God of War' series, it will release 'Fallout' and its performance will decide the issue.

Netflix has released the final trailer of «3 Body Problem», an expected adaption of Chinese science fiction writer's bestselling novel The Three Body Problem. Netflix launched the final trailer in its social media handles with the caption, «You aren't prepared for what is coming.» The release date of March 21 has been announced in the same caption.

Cairo on Thursday, but will continue with Gaza ceasefire talks until an agreement is reached with Israel, the Palestinian group said in a statement, with a Hamas official blaming Israel for the lack of progress. «Hamas's delegation left Cairo this morning for consultation with the leadership of the movement, with negotiations and efforts continuing to stop the aggression, return the displaced and bring in relief aid to our people,» the Hamas statement said.

telecom regulator shall soon issue a mandate to demarcate separate numbering series for transactional versus marketing calls made by businesses for commercial purposes. Currently, only 140 number series are allocated for all kinds of commercial purposes. These could in future be classified into (140) marketing and (160 or 161) for service calls to easily identify the purpose of the caller. The move is complementary to Trai's (telecom regulatory authority of India) recent recommendations for network operators as well as mobile device makers to enable display of caller's name, both for personal phone numbers as well as enterprise callers. «The DoT has approved our recommendation to allocate separate series which have been tested for both purposes...Trai shall soon issue a direction in this regard,» a senior Trai official told ET.

Biden will announce a plan in his State of the Union address Thursday for the U.S. military to help establish a temporary port on the Gaza coast, increasing the flow of humanitarian aid for the beleaguered territory during the Israel-Hamas war, according to administration officials. The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to preview the announcement, said the operation will not require that American troops be on the ground to build the pier that is intended to allow more shipments of food, medicine and other essential items.