At around 3 am Sunday, a flight from Bucharest landed at Delhi’s IGI Airport. Around 250 passengers who got off breathed a sigh of relief. These were the first of the students from war-torn Ukraine to land on Sunday, the second day of the evacuation. On Sunday, 688 Indian nationals returned in three Air India…Continue Reading

Hundreds of thousands of refugees are leaving Ukraine amid the Russian invasion, but some Ukrainian men and women are returning home from across Europe to help defend their homeland.After news of Russia’s military attack against Ukraine, these Ukrainian doctors try to return home from Hungary by hitchhiking at the Zahony border crossing on Thursday. Some…Continue Reading

Close on the heels of Quad foreign ministers meet in Melbourne, Australian high commissioner to India Barry O’Farrell has said that the gathering is a sign of return to “in-person meetings”. Speaking exclusively to WION’s Diplomatic Correspondent Sidhant Sibal, envoy Barry called the “incredibly important meeting” a demonstration of “four countries talking about the need…Continue Reading

The week that was: Latent View logs 250% return in a week, Paytm makes a recovery

SynopsisThe volatility was high with India VIX surging to 20.80 level from 14.85 level a week ago amid the expiry of the monthly F&O series. That said, select stocks delivered as high as 250 per cent return for the week. Getty ImagesNEW DELHI: It was a scary week for Dalal Street, where concerns over inflation,…Continue Reading

Return of the Covid Spectre: As Europe Reels Under Fresh Wave, A Look at What Triggered Surge, Guidelines

A passenger wears a face mask in a bus amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Kazan, Russia. (Image: Reuters)With Europe once again the epicentre of the global pandemic that first prompted lockdowns in March 2020, new restrictions and vaccine mandates are expected to spread nearly two years after the first Covid case…Continue Reading

Four days on, wait continues for return of 2 arrested Indian fishermen, 1 body from Sri Lanka

It’s been four days since Indian fishermen Rajkiran, Xavier and Suganthiran left from their respective homes in the Kottaipattinam fishing hamlet in Southern state of Tamil Nadu. The fishing boat they were traveling in sunk near the Delft island (between India and Sri Lanka), owing to what the Sri Lankan Navy calls “a collision” with…Continue Reading