Hardeep Puri, India's Petroleum Minister, asserts that India's continued Russian oil imports have stabilized global energy prices. Discontinuing this trade would have caused prices to surge past $120 per barrel. Despite Western restrictions, India increased Russian oil procurement, preventing a significant global supply disruption, he has said.
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Aaron Rodgers plans to disappear from the spotlight after his final NFL season with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He confirmed his one-year deal and desire to leave public life completely with his wife, Brittani. Rodgers defends Brittani's privacy and criticizes paparazzi intrusion. He won't sell wedding photos or leak family information.
Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi defended his family members' professions after a social media user questioned their legitimacy as doctors on National Doctors' Day. The dispute arose when Gujrathi acknowledged his father, an ayurvedic specialist, mother, a cosmetologist, sister, a physiotherapist, and wife, a homeopathic doctor.
Tensions escalate as China's ambassador to India, Xu Feihong, dismisses the Dalai Lama's declaration regarding his reincarnation and criticizes Union minister Kiren Rijiju's support. Xu asserts that China opposes external interference in the reincarnation process, deeming it an internal affair. He emphasizes that the Chinese government holds the authority over religious status and titles.
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