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Heatwave accentuates electricity demand; Bihar, Jharkhand, Punjab among st
Updated : 3 years, 11 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 : 3 years, 11 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 : 3 years, 11 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 : 3 years, 11 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 : 3 years, 11 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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Ukraine-Russia conflict hits energy sector, Northeast Frontier Railway tak
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 29 (ANI): At a time when the ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict is impacting the energy sector in the country, the Northeast Frontier Railway has taken up a solar route to generate more green energy.
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Will not let Russia intimidate, says Biden after gas supplies cut off to t
Updated : 3 years, 11 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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US to call for joint response against Russia at upcoming Quad meeting
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 29 (ANI): US President Joe Biden will raise the issue of a unified response against Russia in the upcoming Quad summit in Toyko next month and will provide an update on the steps Washington is taking to help Ukraine amid the ongoing conflict, the White House said on
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EU unveils regional energy taskforce in Bulgaria after Russian gas suspens
Updated : 3 years, 11 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 awaiting decision from Sweden, Finland on NATO accession before June su
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States is awaiting formal decisions from Sweden and Finland about whether to join NATO in the buildup to an alliance summit in June, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday.
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US House passes bill to let Biden form lend-lease deals for military suppl
Updated : 3 years, 11 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 : 3 years, 11 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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