President Zelenskyy's telephonic conversation with Prime Minister Modi came hours after India abstained on a UN Security Council resolution by the United States that 'deplores in the strongest terms' Russia's 'aggression' against Ukraine.
Sisodia, who also hold the education portfolio, along with his officers are in Finland to study the education system of that country.
In a statement, Modi said he will be visiting Berlin on May 2 at the invitation of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, following which he will travel to Copenhagen on May 3-4 at the invitation of his Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen to hold bilateral engagements and also participate in the Second India-Nordic Summit.
Funds parked by Indian individuals and firms in Swiss banks, including through India-based branches and other financial institutions, jumped to a 14-year-high of 3.83 billion Swiss francs (over Rs 30,500 crore) in 2021 on a sharp surge in holdings via securities and similar instruments while customer deposits rose as well, annual data from Switzerland's central bank showed on Thursday.
Rediff reader Rakesh Pandey, 46 from Reoti, Ballia, Utter Pradesh shares his dreams for 2020.
India's best player Yuki Bhambri is back in the squad and that changes the dynamics for the three-day rubber.
Eleven countries voted in favour of the resolution while three countries - India, China and the UAE abstained.
Das is the first Indian track athlete to win a medal in the history of this competition.
Zverev deserved to be thrown out for umpire abuse, says Nadal
Abhinav Bindra became first Indian to win Olympic gold on August 11, 2008
Eriksen collapsed just before halftime and was taken to hospital after receiving CPR on the pitch
Ukraine had said the shirt was a symbol of national unity, and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy posted a selfie on Instagram with the jersey on this week.
'We would prefer to play home games. That would be an advantage, that you do not travel. The other countries we play against play home games. That is a shame for us but we have to accept the situation as it is.'
Images from the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Wednesday, Day 6.
Sergio Ramos equalled Iker Casillas's record of 167 appearances for Spain on an emotional night at Sporting Gijon's El Molinon stadium, which paid tribute to the late Spain and Sporting forward Quini before kickoff.
The 79th Annual Golden Globe awards have been announced. A quick look at the winners.
Eriksen seeks return to 'normal life' with Brentford
World number one Kento Momota was stunned by number 38 South Korea's Heo Kwanghee on Wednesday, going down 15-21, 19-21 and looking visibly despondent at each lost point in his first round match at the Olympics, on Wednesday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday.
There's bonhomie, balcony discussion, Bollywood music and a pleasing air as everyone is at their agreeable best. The ambience is a tad too ideal and peaceful to be real but there's something comforting about their harmony, almost therapeutic now in a post-Covid society.
Pfizer and BioNTech SE on Monday said trial results of COVID-19 vaccine showed that it is safe and produced robust neutralising antibody response in children aged five to 11 years, and they plan to seek regulatory approvals as soon as possible.
Areeba's compatriots, Kartikki Singh Shaktawat and Saniya Sheikh, shot scores of 58 and 57 to end in 58th and 65th spots respectively.
UEFA said Eriksen, who was given CPR by medics on the pitch, was transferred to hospital where the 29-year-old was stabilised, with officials saying he was conscious. Following is a list of players who have collapsed on the pitch during a match.
Missing out on the last Euros in France and then the 2018 World Cup in Russia were a major setback and re-establishing their reputation as a footballing force is top priority for coach Frank de Boer and his team.
North Macedonia ask UEFA to probe Austria's Arnautovic's goal celebration during their Euro 2020 match on Sunday. The 32-year-old Marko Arnautovic, who has Serbian background, apologised on Monday for his reaction towards North Macedonia fans but denied he had using racist language towards them.
At the regional level, there will be 67 Associate Members taking part, said the ICC, adding that due to the depth of strength within Africa and Europe, both regions have sub-regional qualifiers feeding into a final qualifier for the region. Africa, Americas, EAP and Europe will have one top tier regional qualifier and Asia will have A and B to determine which teams will progress into the two eight-team global qualifiers.
Chinky Yadav upstaged the experienced Rahi Sarnobat and the fancied Manu Bhaker to win gold as India swept the women's 25m pistol event of the ISSF Shooting World Cup in New Delhi on Wednesday.
United States President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are due to meet Monday in Helsinki in a historic meet. However, ahead of the summit in Finland, thousands of Helsinki protesters demonstrated against Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. About 2,500 protesters demonstrated in support of human rights, democracy and the environment.
Hima Das scripted history on Thursday by becoming the first Indian woman to win gold at the IAAF World Under-20 Athletics Championships. The 18-year-old, a pre-event favourite, won the women's 400 metres final on the third day of competition in Tempere, Finland, clocking 51.46 seconds.
Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik stunned reigning World champion Petra Olli of Finland to enter the final of the women's 65kg category freestyle at the Dan Kolov 2019 wrestling meet in Ruse, Bulgaria.
Winger Emil Forsberg scored a double, including the second fastest strike in European Championship history, before Viktor Claesson's stoppage-time goal to help Sweden seal a 3-2 win over Poland on Wednesday and top Group E, heading into the last-16.
'It is difficult to see how we will be able to get out of the hole that we have dug ourselves into and are digging deeper into,' notes Aakar Patel.
The medals tally at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo.
Neeraj Chopra, on Sunday, won a gold in the Savo Games in Finland with an impressive performance, beating his Chinese Taipei rival Chao-Tsun Cheng as the duo warmed up for an Asian Games showdown.
The announcement of date and venue comes a day after Putin's adviser Yuri Ushakov in Moscow said the two leaders will meet in a third country.
She threw a distance of 63.72m in the women's discus throw at the National Inter-State #Athletics Championship to punch her ticket to the Games.
Finland's Valtteri Bottas kept champions Mercedes on pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix on Saturday after title-chasing team mate Lewis Hamilton was hit with a five-place grid penalty.
India's top sprinter Hima Das, who had a stellar 2018, has been nominated for the prestigious Khel Ratna by the state government of Assam. The 20-year-old from Dhing village in Assam is one of the youngest nominees for Khel Ratna this year.
Kevin de Bruyne, Eden Hazard and Axel Witsel werw hardly missed as Belgium looked a yard quicker, spread the ball around with ease and dealt competently with the occasional Russian threat.
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