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We've to look after our interests: Hardeep Puri on oil trade with Russia
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday said India imports a very small portion of its oil requirements from Russia and was open to buying it if the terms were right. He said India has to look after its interests.
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OSCE to close Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], April 29 (ANI/Xinhua): The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has announced that it would take immediate steps to close the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported Friday.
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Washington hopes Mexico to join US-led opposition to Russia on Ukraine
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States hopes that Mexico will join the opposition to Russia on the issue of Ukraine - a matter that will be discussed between the leaders of the two countries later on Friday, a senior Biden administration official said.
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Heatwave accentuates electricity demand; Bihar, Jharkhand, Punjab among st
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): The demand for power has risen in April due to heatwave and people in different parts of the country are facing power cuts. The problem has been accentuated by a steep rise in prices of imported coal due to Russia-Ukraine conflict and some power plants n
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AfD leader says Germany should bargain launch of Nord Stream 2 for gas pay
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], April 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Germany could agree to launching the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in exchange for Russia agreeing to sell gas in euros, Tino Chrupalla, the co-chairman of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, said in an interview with Sputnik.
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Serbia receives secret anti-aircraft consignment from China
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Belgrade [Serbia], April 29 (ANI): Amidst an armed build-up in the Balkans in midst of the Russia-Ukraine war, China has reportedly supplied a secret consignment of anti-aircraft weapons to the Serbian military.
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UN Secretary-General describes Russia-Ukraine war an 'absurdity'
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], April 29 (ANI): During his visit to Ukraine's Borodyanka, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described the ongoing war "an absurdity" and stated that he imagines his family in one of the rooms which has now been destroyed.
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European Union calls on all actors to avoid destabilization of situation i
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union has called on all actors concerned to avoid the destabilization of the situation in the unrecognized republic of Transnistria, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Friday.
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Will not let Russia intimidate, says Biden after gas supplies cut off to t
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 29 (ANI): US President Joe Biden said on Friday Washington will not let Russia intimidate or blackmail their way out of sanctions.
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EU unveils regional energy taskforce in Bulgaria after Russian gas suspens
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Commission announced on Thursday the creation of a regional taskforce in Sofia that will shop around for energy supplies ahead of winter after Russia stopped pumping gas to Bulgaria and Poland.
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US House passes bill to let Biden form lend-lease deals for military suppl
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The US House of Representatives passed legislation loosening requirements for engaging in lend-lease deals for defense equipment with Ukraine and other Eastern European countries, paving the way for more US arms to flow into the region amid Russia's s
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Radiation levels at Ukraine's Chernobyl plant within safe range: IAEA
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Chornobyl [Ukraine], April 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Radiation levels at the exclusion zone of Ukraine's Chornobyl nuclear power plant, which Russian forces had controlled for weeks before withdrawing in late March, have remained within the safe range, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) sa
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