DH Evening Brief: March 4, 2022
UP Polls: Allies role crucial in poll battle in Varanasi
The task is cut out for allies of both the BJP-led coalition and the one headed by the Samajwadi Party to mobilise core voters in Varanasi, where the poll battle is being seen as a test of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity in his constituency.
Zelenskyy accuses Russia of 'nuclear terror' after attack on power plant
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Moscow Friday of resorting to "nuclear terror" and wanting to "repeat" the Chernobyl disaster after he said invading Russian forces attacked a nuclear power plant. He begged world leaders to wake up and prevent Europe from "dying from a nuclear disaster" after the continent's largest plant caught fire after it was shelled.
In Pics | Russian forces attack Ukrainian nuclear plants
Russian troops scaled their attack on Ukraine by shelling Europe's largest nuclear plant on March 4. The forces set the Ukrainian facility ablaze and raised fears that radiation could leak from the damaged power station. A generating unit at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest of its kind in Europe, had been hit during an attack by Russian troops. The fire at the nuclear power plant has now been extinguished.
Karnataka Budget: No hike in taxes, Rs 1,000 crore for Mekedatu project
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has proposed no increase in taxes in the Budget 2022-23 presented by him in the state Legislative Assembly on Friday.
Sanjiv Kapoor appointed CEO of Jet Airways
Grounded carrier Jet Airways on Friday announced the appointment of Sanjiv Kapoor as the chief executive officer.