‘We’re not Amazon’: UK defence secretary suggests Ukraine could say thank you more

Ben Wallace says west would like to see gratitude for help, as Zelenskiy complains over caution on Nato membership

Dan Sabbagh in Vilnius

The British defence secretary, Ben Wallace, has suggested Ukraine needs to put more emphasis on thanking the west for its assistance after Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s complaints on Tuesday that his country had not been issued a firm timetable or set of conditions for joining Nato.… Read the rest

Nagaland Chief Secretary asks banks to open branches in unbanked RD block areas

KOHIMA, Jul 10 (NEPS): Nagaland Chief Secretary, J Alam said Nagaland had 25 RD Blocks without any bank branches and added that they were some of the major challenges.

Speaking as Chief Guest at the Opening of the SBI Treasury Branch Kohima at the New Capital Complex, Kohima on 10 July 2023, the Chief Secretary informed that many banks had already been given the tasks to meet the targets by opening branches in the 25 RD Blocks where the banking facilities were not there.… Read the rest

‘Terrible mistake’: human rights groups decry sending cluster bombs to Ukraine

Joe Biden faces backlash from organizations and from within his own party for greenlighting transfer of the weapons

David Smith Washington bureau chief and Luke Harding in Kyiv

Joe Biden has been condemned by human rights groups after he approved sending widely banned cluster munitions to Ukraine, with one fellow Democrat branding the decision “unnecessary and a terrible mistake”.

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