Jaipur ’22 May 24: In the latest prediction, the Regional Meteorological Department of Rajasthan, in view of the searing and scalding heatwave has issued a red and orange alert for various districts. After the temperature breached the mark of 46 degrees Celsius, the Regional Meteorological Department has expressed the possibility …
Read More »“Indira Gandhi Imposed Emergency, Choked Democracy”: Rajnath Singh Hits Back At Congress
Karnal (Haryana)22 May 24: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh slammed the Congress, reminding them of how former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi choked democracy by imposing an emergency in the country. His comments came amid allegations by the Congress that if PM Modi-led BJP gets 400 seats after the 2024 Lok Sabha …
Read More »Haryana: Rahul Gandhi Targets PM Modi Over Agniveer Scheme
Mahendragarh (Haryana) 22 May 24: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Agniveer scheme, reiterating that the party would scrap the scheme after it forms the government at the Centre after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Addressing a public meeting in Haryana’s Mahendragarh, Congress leader Rahul …
Read More »India braces for more heatwaves amid elections
22-05-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ KERALA: As India’s northwest braces for more heatwave days this summer, capital Delhi has ordered the closure of all schools as temperatures surge as high as 47 degrees Celsius ahead of voting in the final two phases of national elections. The India Meteorological …
Read More »Singapore Airlines flight hits severe turbulence
22-05-2024 BANGKOK: One passenger was killed and 30 injured after a Singapore Airlines (SIAL.SI), opens new tab flight from London hit severe turbulence en route on Tuesday, forcing it to make an emergency landing in Bangkok, officials and the airline said. “Singapore Airlines offers its deepest condolences to the family …
Read More »ICC arrest warrants against Sinwar & Netanyahu
22-05-2024 THE HAGUE: The International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants for Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity over the October 7 attacks on Israel and the subsequent war in Gaza, the court’s prosecutor Karim …
Read More »Dozens more Palestinians martyred in West Bank raid
22-05-2024 EST BANK: Dozens of more Palestinians, including a doctor, have been killed by Israeli forces during an operation in Jenin in the north of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry has said. Dr Aseed Jabareen, a 50-year-old surgeon at Jenin Government Hospital, was shot dead on his …
Read More »Greek court throws out shipwreck trial against 9 men
22-05-2024 CAIRO: A court in Greece has abandoned the trial of nine Egyptian men accused of causing the biggest migrant shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea for a decade. The judges in the southern port city of Kalamata ruled they did not have jurisdiction to hear the case on the grounds …
Read More »France’s President to fly to riot-hit New Caledonia
22-05-2024 PARIA: Emmanuel Macron will fly to New Caledonia on Tuesday night to “set up a mission” on the riot-hit island, France has confirmed. France’s president will travel to the island after more than a week of unrest there over his government’s voting reform plans, which have been rejected by …
Read More »Thousands mourn Iran’s President in Tabriz procession
22-05-2024 TEHRAN/ TABRIZ: Iranians have gathered in Tabriz, the capital of the East Azerbaijan province, to mourn at a farewell procession for President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday. Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and six other people in the helicopter, including crew members, were also killed …
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