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Russian strikes killed at least eight people and wounded dozens across Ukraine on Saturday, local officials said, as Russian president Vladimir Putin warned that any deployment of European troops to Ukraine would amount to ‘a war with Russia’.Ukraine is facing an intensifying Russian air campaign involving ballistic missiles and jet-powered drones, with Moscow also targeting...

Shreyas Iyer (Image credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: India captain Shreyas Iyer believes his good understanding with head coach Gautam Gambhir can help India maintain clear communication and an attacking mindset in T20 cricket. India will face Afghanistan in the first T20I at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday.Iyer and Gambhir have worked...

UN reaction on Iran-UAE meet at Brics New Delhi: UN secretary-general spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric on Saturday welcomed the meeting between Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on the sidelines of the Brics Summit, saying it was important for parties in conflict to meet.“I think...

Brics gala dinner menu showcases an all-vegetarian Indian spread NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s gala dinner for Brics leaders and other visiting dignitaries is underway at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on Saturday evening, following the first day of the Brics Summit. The dinner is expected to conclude in the next 10 to 15...

US President Donald Trump stands on the tarmac as he arrives at Dublin Airport for a two-day visit to Dublin and Doonbeg, in Ireland. (Reuters image) TOI correspondent from Washington: There are presidential visits, there are diplomatic visits, and then there are Donald Trump visits, when the host country may want to hide the microphones,...

Leaders pose for a family photo during the Brics summit in New Delhi (Picture credit: Reuters) There is currently no proposal to introduce a common Brics currency, while discussions on settling bilateral trade in local currencies will continue as a way to reduce transaction costs, Sudhakar Dalela, secretary (economic relations) in the ministry of external...

Jairam Ramesh pointed to Paragraph 16 of the declaration, which recalls the 1955 Asian-African Conference in Bandung. NEW DELHI: Congress on Saturday took a jab at the Centre by invoking the iconic Bollywood melody, “Tu jahan jahan chale ga, mera saaya saath hoga,” to highlight former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru‘s diplomatic legacy and its presence...

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese president Xi Jinping on Saturday reaffirmed the need to take a “strategic and long term perspective” of India-China ties, while stressing border peace, adherence to existing agreements and a “fair, reasonable, and mutually acceptable” resolution of the boundary question, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) said.The two...

Why every disaster seems to fall on the 26th Gujarat, the tsunami, 26/11, and now Nepal. Some of the disasters etched deepest into public memory have one oddly specific thing in common: they happened on the 26th.The coincidence surfaced again after the August 26 catastrophe in Nepal, where a glacier collapse unleashed a wall of...

Image credit: Reuters Photo NEW DELHI: England completed a 3-0 Test series clean sweep over Pakistan at Edgbaston, but the series produced an unusual statistic.It was only the eighth three-match Test series in history to finish without a single individual century. It was also only the second such series in England, after the 1888 Ashes.England’s...