Day: April 13, 2022

Yellen says China faces consequences if it fails to help stop Russia’s war in Ukraine

WASHINGTON, April 13 – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday appealed to China to take action to help end Russia’s war in Ukraine, warning in a landmark speech that Beijing’s standing in the world would suffer if it fails to do so. In remarks prepared for delivery […]

Kremlin says Biden’s ‘genocide’ comments are wrong and unacceptable

April 13 – The Kremlin said on Wednesday it categorically disagreed with U.S. President Joe Biden’s description of Russia’s actions in Ukraine as “genocide”, and it accused Washington of hypocrisy. Biden said on Tuesday that Russia’s behaviour in Ukraine amounted to genocide in his view, using that word […]

EXCLUSIVE India open to additional $2 bln aid for Sri Lanka with eye on China – sources

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, April 13 – India is willing to commit up to another $2 billion in financial assistance to Sri Lanka while also supporting the island nation with food and fuel, five sources told Reuters, as New Delhi tries to regain ground lost to China in recent years. […]

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy mocks Putin for saying war is going to plan

April 13 – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday mocked Moscow’s insistence that the war against his nation was going well, asking how President Vladimir Putin could have approved a plan that involved so many Russians dying. Putin, speaking on Tuesday, said Russia would achieve all of its […]

Search and rescue efforts bolstered in Philippine disaster

MANILA, Philippines — As search and rescue efforts increased with the arrival of equipment, the death toll has risen to at least 56, with 28 others missing, after a summer tropical depression that unleashed days of pounding rain caused landslides and floods in the central and southern Philippines, […]

Biden: Russia war a ‘genocide,’ trying to ‘wipe out’ Ukraine

DES MOINES, Iowa — President Joe Biden has now said Russia’s war in Ukraine amounts to “genocide,” accusing President Vladimir Putin of trying to “wipe out the idea of even being a Ukrainian.” “Yes, I called it genocide,” he told reporters in Iowa on Tuesday shortly before boarding Air Force […]

Lt Governor interacts with Members of J&K’s First Women Cycling Club

JAMMU, APRIL 13: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today interacted with members of women cycling club, ‘Women Do Ride’ of J&K, at the Raj Bhavan. The Lt Governor congratulated the members of the first women cycling club led by Ms Payal Jain. He appreciated the efforts of first women […]

Follow-up Preparatory Meeting held ahead of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s visit to Jammu on 24th April, 2022 on national “Panchayati Raj Diwas”

Dr Jitendra Singh and Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Shri Giriraj Singh fine-tune Exhibition themes for PM’s Jammu event The Minister informs about some of the identified themes as Poverty and enhanced livelihood village, Healthy village, Child-friendly village, Water sufficient village, Clean and green village, Self-sufficient […]

President of india’s greetings on the eve of birthday of dr. B.r. Ambedkar

DELHI, APRIL 13: The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind has greeted fellow-citizens on the eve of the birthday of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.  In a message, the President has said, “On the occasion of the birth anniversary of the architect of the Indian Constitution, Dr. Bhimrao Ramji […]

NITI Aayog & UN Hold Workshop on Upcoming GoI–UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework 2023–27

Whole of Government & Whole of UN Convergence Needed to Achieve India’s National Development Priorities’: NITI Aayog Vice Chairman GoI-UNSDCF Strives towards a More Inclusive, Resilient & Sustainable India DELHI, APRIL 13: NITI Aayog and United Nations on Tuesday organized a day-long national validation workshop on the upcoming […]

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