Putin responsible for Navalny's death: Biden

United States President Joe Biden said that he is 'outraged' by the reported death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. IMAGE: A picture of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny is......

Russian Opposition leader Alexei Navalny goes 'missing' from prison

The lawyers of jailed Russian Opposition leader Alexei Navalny, have not heard from him for around a week and his name is also missing from the list of the prisoners, CNN reported citing the......

Modi cannot be intimidated or forced to act against Indian interests: Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday heaped praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that he cannot be intimidated or forced to take decisions that are contrary to national interests.......

When Aurora Borealis Painted The Heavens

The Northern Lights, also called Aurora Borealis, illuminated the night sky of Norway, Russia and Iceland. The Aurora are caused by a coronal mass ejection on the Sun.   IMAGE: The Northern......

8 bn rubles of Indian oil firms stuck in Russia

As much as 8 billion rubles (about Rs 1,000 crore) of dividend income belonging to Indian oil firms is stuck in Russia after the Putin administration clamped down on dollar repatriation, officials......

No formal rupee-rouble payment platform in place: Das

The Reserve Bank is working with the government to thrash out a payment settlement solution for Indo-Russian trade, which is hit by the economic sanctions imposed on Moscow after it invaded......

Ruble becomes best-performing currency in March

The ruble has recouped most of its losses and become the top-performing currency globally. Photograph: Alexey Malgavko/Reuters It continues to gain and is up 60 per cent against the US dollar from......

Will govt restart rupee-rouble trade?

The government may soon give the green light to bilateral trade between Russia and India in their national currencies to avoid any trade disruptions, multiple people aware of the matter said.......

Grand Swiss Chess: Arjun Erigaisi in joint lead

IMAGE: Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi pipped Rinat Zumabayev of Kazakhstan in the fifth round to jump into the joint lead FIDE's Grand Swiss chess tournament on Monday. Photograph: Anna Shtourman/FIDE......

Vaishali beats former World chess champ Muzychuk

IMAGE: India's R Vaishali needed just 23 moves to beat Ukraine's Mariya Muzychuk and register her third victory in four games at the FIDE women's Grand Swiss tournament. Photograph:......

Putin accuses IOC of using Olympics for politics, racism

IMAGE: On Thursday, Putin commended new multinational events among non-Western states to Russia's sportsmen and sportswomen, including games being organised by the BRICS group of emerging......

Qatar's human rights record questioned at FIFA Congress

  IMAGE: A long exposure shows FIFA's logo near its headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland February 27, 2022. Photo: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters A Norwegian soccer official delivered a scathing......

Sports Shorts: Boxers continue to shine at Asian Junior Boxing

Indian youth boxers Vishwanath Suresh (48kg) and Anand Yadav (54kg) produced gritty performances to enter the finals of the Asian Youth and Junior Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan on Friday.......