Daily News Dose: Indian student killed in shelling in Ukraine | Mar 1, 2022

Hello listener, this is your daily dose of news from Onmanorama. I'm your host, Ajish Jimmy George. These are the major news stories of the day

1. Indian student killed in shell attack in Ukraine
2. Indian Embassy in Ukraine asked Indians to leave Kyiv
3.Kerala is showing the way for India, says Sitaram Yechury as CPM state meet begins in Kochi
4. Ilker Ayci refuses to take up Tata Group's offer to be CEO & MD of Air India
5. Three more arrested over murder of Haridasan

Let’s get into the details.

1) An Indian student has lost his life in the Russian attacks on Ukraine.

The dead student Naveen Kumar hailed from Karnataka. He was killed in heavy shelling by the invading Russian forces on Kharkiv.

Naveen Kumar was a fourth-year MBBS student. The Ministry of External Affairs has conveyed the matter to the youth's family.

Russia shelled the second largest city Kharkiv on Tuesday damaging various installations over there. The Russian troops have also surrounded Ukraine capital city Kyiv and asked civilians to leave the city immediately.


2) The Indian embassy in Ukraine on Tuesday asked stranded Indians in Kyiv to leave the capital city urgently.

In an advisory, it asked the citizens to leave Kyiv by available trains or any other means.

The students were asked to carry their passport, sufficient cash, ready to eat meals, winter clothing and only essential items.

3) The 23rd State Conference of the CPM began in Kochi on Tuesday morning with veteran Marxist Anathalavattom Anandan hoisting the party flag. Party General Secretary Sitaram Yechury inaugurated the meeting.

Yechury said Kerala has been showing the way forward for the country.

The meet, which will go on till Friday will discuss the development of the new-age Kerala along with the party's organisational matters.

4) Former Turkish Airlines chairman Ilker Ayci on Tuesday said he has declined the Tata Group's offer to be the chief executive officer and managing director of Air India as "some sections of the Indian media" have attempted to "colour" his appointment in an undesirable manner.

Ayci is considered to be close to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, an ally of Pakistan.

RSS-affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch had last Friday said that the government should not give clearance to the appointment of Ayci "keeping in view national security".

Ayci said he remains grateful to the Tata Group and its chairman N Chadrasekaran for extending to him the honour and the opportunity to lead Air India.

5) Three more people have been arrested over the murder of CPM worker K Haridasan in Punnol, New Mahe.

Those arrested on Tuesday are Prajith, Pradeesh, and Dinesh.

The police have now arrested all the six members of the gang that took part directly in the killing.

Those arrested include BJP's Thalassery Block president and Municipal Councillor K Lijesh. The police have now confirmed that he was part of the gang directly involved in killing Haridasan.

All the accused in the sensational case are BJP activists.

The evidences gathered so far have revealed that the political enmity was the reason for the killing of Haridasan.

Now, let’s check out the covid update

6) India saw a single-day rise of 6,915 coronavirus infections, taking the country's total tally of cases to 4,29,31,045, while active cases fell below the one-lakh mark after 60 days.

The death toll climbed to 5,14,023 with 180 new fatalities reported in 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated at 8 am on Tuesday.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.77 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 1.11 per cent.

That brings us to the end of this episode! Be sure to come back tomorrow. As always, thanks for listening to Daily News Dose.