Live: Russia may try to split country, says Ukraine intelligence

Live news updates: India will resume scheduled international flights from Sunday; Joe Biden meets Ukraine ministers and Polish president.

12:12 PM

Blinken to attend Israel-Arab summit clouded by Iran and Ukraine

Washington's top diplomat will try to deepen Israeli-Arab rapprochement at a summit in Israel on Sunday where he may also face pushback against the emerging Iran nuclear deal and questions about the U.S.-Russia struggle over Ukraine, said Reuters. Kicking off a regional tour, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett before joining Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and counterparts from four Arab countries at a desert retreat.

11:21 AM

India's economic progress underway: PM Modi

India is taking massive steps towards economic progress. The country is thinking big and working to realise that vision, says PM Modi.

11:20 AM

Modi hails state marketplace for traders

11:06 AM

Make in India campaign shows our strength: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi says when India last week met its target of exporting goods worth $400 billion it showed demand for its products and resilience of its economy. "Make in India shows strength and range of our products,” he says on ‘Mann Ki Baat'.

10:18 AM

Musk giving 'serious thought' to building new social media platform

8:45 AM

China finds second black box of crashed plane

Recovery crews on Sunday found the second black box--the flight data recorder--from the wreckage of a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 jet that crashed into a mountainside in southern China with 132 people on board, state media reported.

8:08 AM

7 people killed in Chittoor bus crash

7:51 AM

China Jan-Feb industrial profit up

Profits at China's industrial firms grew at a faster pace in January-February, official data showed on Sunday, in line with other signs of momentum in the economy, although the outlook is clouded by domestic COVID-19 outbreaks and the Ukraine conflict. Profits rose 5.0% in January-February from a year earlier, compared with a 4.2% gain reported in December, said the National Bureau of Statistics, according to Reuters.

7:02 AM

Petrol and diesel price hiked for 5th time

Oil companies on Sunday hiked petrol price by 50 paise a litre and diesel by 55 paise: the fifth time they did so in six days.

6:40 AM

China confirms no survivors in plane crash with 132 on board

All 132 people on board the plane that crashed into a mountainside in China earlier this week have been confirmed dead. The China Eastern flight from the city of Kunming in southwestern China was flying at 29,000 feet (8,800 metres) on Monday when it suddenly nosedived into a mountainous area, shortly before it would have started its descent to the airport in Guangzhou, a provincial capital on China’s southeastern coast.

5:58 AM

22 UP ministers face criminal cases: Report

Of the 45 new Uttar Pradesh ministers, 22 have declared criminal cases against themselves and most of them face serious charges, said on Saturday a civil society groups that studt elections. Uttar Pradesh Election Watch and the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) analysed the affidavits given by of 45 of the total 53 ministers, including Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

5:53 AM

Centre extends free foodgrain scheme by 6 months

The government on Saturday extended the scheme to provide 5 kg of foodgrains free of cost to the poor by six months till September 30 at a cost of Rs 80,000 crore. The Centre will incur an additional food subsidy of around Rs 80,000 crore for extending the scheme.

5:20 AM

Joe Biden meets with Ukraine ministers

President Joe Biden met with Ukraine’s defense and foreign ministers, and with Poland’s president, whom he assured that the US vow to defend NATO territory is a “sacred commitment.” He’ll later give what’s been billed as a major speech on U.S. and allied efforts to aid Ukraine and counter Russia. 

 

5:19 AM

Airlines spell out flight schedule for summers

Domestic and foreign airlines will operate around 930 daily flights India, which will resume scheduled international flights from Sunday. Indian carriers have proposed 1,466 departures per week while foreign airlines have planned 1,783 flights per week, according to data released by country’s aviation regulators.