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Foxconn India factory workers hospitalised after food poisoning
256 workers were treated as out-patients and 159 were hospitalised, of whom 155 have already been discharged
1 min read18 Dec 2021Vladimir Putin has not yet ordered retaliatory sanctions against US: Kremlin
The US State Department announced new sanctions last week, blaming Moscow for the poisoning of a Russian ex-spy in Britain in March, something Russia denies
1 min read13 Aug 2018K.R. Meera’s ‘The Unseeing Idol Of Light’: Blindness and insight
In the violent world of K.R. Meera's new novel, no one, not even a pregnant woman, is safe
5 min read1 Jun 2018Commonwealth meet: India to walk tightrope on UK-Russia face-off
UK is looking for support from Commonwealth nations to bring out a strongly worded statement slamming Russia for using a lethal nerve agent on British soil
1 min read16 Apr 2018Russia spied on Sergei Skripal and his daughter for at least five years: Report
Russia's intelligence agencies have been spying on former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia for at least five years, Britain's NSA Mark Sedwill has told Nato
1 min read13 Apr 2018UK slip gives Russia an opening in spy poisoning war of spin
The deletion of a tweet drawing a direct link between the findings of British scientists and Russian culpability for the spy poisoning allowed Russia to revel in London's apparent inconsistency
2 min read5 Apr 2018Russia threatens to oust another 50 UK diplomats
Russia has already ejected 23 UK diplomats over the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia
1 min read31 Mar 2018Russia expels 59 diplomats from 23 countries
Russia reserved the right to take action against four other nations in a worsening standoff with the West over the poisoning of a former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the UK
3 min read31 Mar 2018The Russian nerve agent that spooked Europe
Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter were earlier this month poisoned to death by Novichok, a nerve agent developed in the former Soviet Union, leading to a worldwide backlash against Russia
2 min read28 Mar 2018Donald Trump said to plan expulsion of Russian diplomats over spy-poison case in UK
Donald Trump is preparing to expel Russian diplomats from the US in response to the nerve-agent poisoning of a former Russian spy in the UK. The expulsions are likely to be announced on Monday
3 min read24 Mar 2018Popular Topics
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The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared