Russia War

A look back at 2022: The year of war, unrest and grief

The year 2022 was tumultuous. It was the year of war — Russia's Vladimir Putin launched an invasion in Ukraine — unrest and grief. The year started calmly, stepping out of the shadows of the COVID-19 pandemic, only to see a war upending the lives of countless and countries becoming angrier

Explained: How the US and its allies are ‘helping’ Russia in the Ukraine war through Iran’s drones

Russia has effectively used Iranian-made Shahed-136 and Mohajer-6 drones in the ongoing war in Ukraine. Now, investigations have revealed that the weaponry has several components made by US companies and other firms based in Germany, Israel and Japan

Russia's war in Ukraine, climate change... The vexing issues at the G20 summit

The leaders of the G20 will meet under the hopeful theme of 'recover together, recover stronger' in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic consequences. Russia's war and climate change are among the vexing issues at the summit in Bali, Indonesia

Explained: Why India purchased the most expensive LNG shipment in history

GAIL India Ltd, the largest gas distributor in the country, purchased three LNG cargoes for over $40 per million British thermal units — more than double the price it paid around this time last year. The exorbitant prices come owing to the cancellation of gas deliveries due to Russia’s war in Ukrain

Not just Vishwaguru, but also Annapurna: The biggest lesson for India from the Ukraine war

India’s most important learning from the war must be that a world of food shortage is dawning, and its agriculture must play a critical role in India

Amnesty International says Russia must face war crimes justice

“The pattern of crimes committed by Russian forces that we have documented includes both unlawful attacks and willful killings of civilians,” Agnes Callamard, Amnesty International’s Secretary-General, said in a statement on Friday

Reconciling war with peace amid Ukrainian crisis: Through the works of a Russian poet and an Indian rishi

How the writings of Sri Aurobindo and Alexander Pushkin provide us with a compass that will show us the right direction in this overwhelmingly chaotic world of ours

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Mounting attack may end scope for negotiation, says Volodymyr Zelenskyy

The Ukrainian president said that the continuing siege of Mariupol could scuttle attempts to negotiate an end to the war

Ukraine-Russia war: Moscow bans entry to British PM Boris Johnson

The step was taken as a response to London's unbridled information and political campaign aimed at isolating Russia internationally, creating conditions for restricting our country and strangling the domestic economy, the foreign ministry said

GhoseSpot | India has changed and it will be a mistake to judge it by the lens of the past

As seen in the Modi government’s handling of the Ukraine crisis or Jaishankar’s aggressive diplomacy in the US, it’s obvious that the old order now has to deal with a new India which will talk in its own idiom and walk at its own pace