Covid LIVE: Centre writes to UP, Delhi, 3 other states over rising TPR

India recorded 1,247 new Covid infections on Monday; number of active cases rose to 11,860

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Russia hit over 1,200 Ukrainian targets with missiles, airstrikes and artillery

Russia has claimed that it has hit more than 1,200 Ukrainian targets with missiles, airstrikes and artillery, and street battles have broken out as President Vladimir Putin's troops launched their new offensive in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, Daily Mail reported.

 

Russian troops managed to take control of the eastern city of Kreminna after hours of relentless bombing, as gunfights between Putin's men and battling Ukrainian forces continue.

 

"Control over the city of Kreminna is lost, street fights are taking place," Luhansk regional governor Serhiy Haidai said, as Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia has begun the "battle for the Donbas".

 

Downing Street has been warned that the battle could take 'months', with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson telling a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday that Ukraine's situation is 'perilous' with Putin intent on victory "regardless of the human cost".

 

Russia's Defence Ministry said on Tuesday that high-precision air-based missiles had struck 13 Ukrainian positions in parts of the Donbas region, including the city of Slavyansk, while airstrikes had hit 60 military targets.

 

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British official predicts attrition war next in Ukraine

British officials say the next phase of the war in Ukraine is likely to be an attritional conflict that could last several months.

 

A senior UK national security official briefed the Cabinet on Tuesday, as Russia ratcheted up its battle for control of the eastern Donbas region.

 

Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spokesman said the official told ministers that Russia's greater number of troops was unlikely to be decisive on its own against fierce Ukrainian resistance.

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Shanghai reports 7 more covid deaths as situation remains grim

Shanghai reported seven more deaths due to Covid-19 as the Chinese financial hub grapples with a record outbreak, taking the death toll in the country to 4,648 with over 21,400 new cases, most of them from the city.

 

Seven new deaths from Covid-19 were reported on Monday in Shanghai in addition to the three a day earlier, the first in the recent outbreak, taking the total death toll in the country due to coronavirus since it emerged in Wuhan in 2019 to 4,648, according to figures released by China's National Health Commission on Tuesday.

 

Those who died were from the age group of 60 to 101, the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission said.

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GCTM can establish a holistic treatment protocol for specific diseases: PM Modi

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IMF slashes global growth forecast to 3.6% this year, down 0.8% from January

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PM Modi inaugurates WHO-Global Centre for Traditional Medicine

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Russian finance minister to lead delegation at G20 meeting

Finance Minister Anton Siluanov will lead Russia's delegation at this week's meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 major economies, the Russian finance ministry said on Tuesday.

 

G20 host Indonesia said last week Siluanov had confirmed he planned to attend the G20 meeting on April 20 virtually.

 

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen had said Russia should be expelled from the G20, and warned that the United States would boycott some G20 meetings if Russian officials show up.

 

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PM to shortly inaugurate WHO-Global Centre for Traditional Medicine, Mauritius PM present for ceremony

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WHO Chief attends ground-breaking ceremony of Jamnagar Global Centre for traditional medicine

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EU president Ursula Von Der Leyen to visit India on 24-25 April, to hold bilateral talks with PM: MEA

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Russian official says Ukraine strikes village near border, three wounded

A Russian provincial governor accused Ukrainian forces on Tuesday of striking a village near Russia's border with Ukraine and wounding three residents.

 

It was not possible to independently confirm details of the incident or who was responsible. There was no immediate reaction from Ukrainian officials.

 

"Three people were wounded. One has already been discharged and is being treated as an outpatient. Two women are in hospital, under the care of qualified doctors... The wounds are of moderate severity," said Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of the Russian province of Belgorod.

 

More than 30 houses were damaged, he added, and electricity and gas supplies will be restored in the next few hours.

 

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IPL 2022: DC-PBKS match shifted to Mumbai from Pune after Covid outbreak

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Russia is starting new phase of its Ukraine operation: Foreign minister

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Moscow was starting a new stage of what it calls its special military operation in Ukraine which he predicted would be a significant development.

 

"Another stage of this operation (in eastern Ukraine) is beginning and I am sure this will be a very important moment of this entire special operation", Lavrov said in an interview with the India Today TV channel.

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Fire breaks out at a shop in Kirti Nagar Furniture Market

Fire breaks out at a shop in Kirti Nagar Furniture Market, 15 fire engines rushed to the spot; no casualty reported

 

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A tyre factory in Lviv blazes with huge plumes of smoke