Vladimir Putin won the Russian Presidential Elections with nearly 88 per cent votes. While addressing Russian citizens, the newly elected President Putin warned of World War III. Direct conflict between Russia, NATO would mean the world would be “one step away” from World War III. The Ukraine conflict has triggered deepest crisis in Moscow's relations with West since 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Putin has often warned of the risks of nuclear war but says he has never felt the need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine. Elections in Russia came just over two years since the full-scale conflict broke out between Ukraine, Russia. It has been considered as one of the Europe’s deadliest conflict since the World War II. The chair of the central election commission in Moscow said Putin won a record 88 pc of the vote. He received more votes in comparison to the 2018 Elections where he bagged 76.69 per cent of the total votes counted. Vladimir Putin was first elected as the President in 2000 and re-elected in 2004, 2012, 2018 and 2024 respectively.
18 March,2024 12:32 PM ISTNeither here nor there that sums up the plight of hundreds of former soldiers who have been dumped by Britian, the country they fought for in World War II. The state government earlier provided them Rs 10 a day to survive since October 1, 1989. It raised the sum from monthly Rs 300 to Rs 600 in January 1, 1999 to Rs 1275 in August 1, 2004. Yet, these men pose a peculiar dilemma. The irony is that most of them fought against Germans as part of the British Army during the World War II. After the World War II, they served Indian Army for a short duration, however post independence most of them who could not fit in the recruitment criteria of Indian Army were either rejected or they quit. While the country today is celebrating the 62 Republic, the fate of this diminishing World War II veterans and their widows are hanging. Will they get a reason to smile in their twilight days of their life, which may set anytime? The State Department of Sainik Welfare HQ at Pune through their 30 districts offices all over Maharashtra have been supporting the veterans in every possible way and have even requested the state government to increase the financial assistance from Rs 1275 to Rs 3500, which is minimum pension to any government servant as per the 6th pay commission. Story & Video BY - Vinod Kumar Menon,MiD-DAY
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