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Russian prank callers fool UK Home Secretary Priti Patel into a 15 minutes call, had pranked UK Defence Secretary earlier

OpIndia Staff - 26 March, 2022

After Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, Russian prank callers talk to Priti Patel for 15 minutes on the Ukraine issue

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USA President Joe Biden makes another gaffe? Tells US troops in Poland that they are ‘going to be in Ukraine’, White House clarifies

OpIndia Staff - 26 March, 2022

Joe Biden made another gaffe while talking to the US troops posted in Poland claiming that troops would be 'going to Ukraine'

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‘US-UK funded media and PR organisations running Ukraine’s propaganda ops, lobbyists working to send more weapons to prolong the conflict’: Report

OpIndia Staff - 25 March, 2022

While the Russian Language News Exchange claims to be 'independent', Cohen writes that it is a project by Free Press Unlimited, funded by the Dutch government and European Commission.

Opinions

No blue eyes, no blond hair: Is that why victims of war in Ethiopia and Yemen are children of a lesser God?

Sandeep Singh - 25 March, 2022

While the west focuses on humanitarian crisis unfolding in Ukraine, it has turned a blind eye to sufferings of victims in Ethiopia and Yemen

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‘No, relationship with China is not normal’: EAM Jaishankar says after 3-hour long meeting with Chinese FM Wang Yi, China’s statement on Kashmir discussed

OpIndia Staff - 25 March, 2022

Dr. Jaishankar said that India's current relationship with China is unhealthy and present situation is a 'Work in Progress.'

World

NOT satire: Russia gets banned in tree competition, Poland wins ‘European Tree of the Year’ award

OpIndia Staff - 25 March, 2022

Poland won the European tree of the year competition this year after Russia was disqualified over its invasion of Ukraine.

News Reports

India says no to ‘high-powered’ UK delegation planning to visit Delhi to persuade govt against Russia, trip cancelled last minute

OpIndia Staff - 25 March, 2022

Initially, the delegation was to visit to discuss the UK-India free trade deal, however, the purpose of their visit changed after Russia launched its special military operations in Ukraine in February.

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‘Mr. Trudeau, you are a disgrace to any democracy, spare us your presence’, ‘dictatorship’: How Canada PM faced humiliation in EU Parliament

OpIndia Staff - 25 March, 2022

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited the EU Parliament to deliver a speech and faced humiliation over truckers protest

Tech

Love pours in after creator of GIF file format Stephen Wilhite passes away at 74

OpIndia Staff - 24 March, 2022

In 1987, while working as an information manager at Compuserve, Stephan Wilhite invented the Graphics Interchange Format or GIF which later became an important tool of memetic conversation.

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