Lucknow’ 15 Dec 2023 : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath paid floral tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his death anniversary, in Lucknow. “…We are paying tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. We all know Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel as a great freedom fighter…Today’s India is formed of the dreams of …

New Delhi’15 dec’2023 : A FIR registered under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in connection with the Parliament security breach on Thursday revealed the insights of the case and showed the meticulous planning done by the accused. The FIR mentioned that the pair of sports shoes used by one …

15-12-2023 WASHINGTON: White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to discuss efforts to create a sustainable peace between Israelis and Palestinians, the White House said. They also discussed the humanitarian response in Gaza, including how to …

15-12-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies MELBOURNE: Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja says he will “fight” the decision to bar him from making an on-field statement in support of Palestinians. The batter had planned to wear shoes bearing the words “all lives are equal” and “freedom is a human right” at a …

15-12-2023 PARIS: The world has turned topsy-turvy, say angry French farmers, and here are the signs to prove it. Motorists in rural France have recently been astonished to see thousands of road signs at entrances to towns and villages turned upside-down. The name-bearing roadside plaques have been unscrewed, flipped, then …

15-12-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies SYDNEY: A woman once branded “Australia’s worst mother” has had her convictions for killing her four children quashed. The New South Wales Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the evidence originally used to jail Kathleen Folbigg was “not reliable”. The 56-year-old was pardoned and freed …

15-12-2023 WEST BANK: Since the war in Gaza began, Israel’s military operations in the occupied West Bank have become more frequent, and more forceful. The northern city of Jenin, the epicentre of these raids before the Hamas attacks is now a weekly battleground. The Palestinian teenagers I met who were …

15-12-2023 ANTARCTICA’S COASTLINE: Scientists now have good numbers to describe the true scale of the world’s biggest iceberg, A23a. Satellite measurements show the frozen block has a total average thickness of just over 280m (920ft). Combined with its known area of 3,900 sq. km (1,500 sq. miles), this gives a …

15-12-2023 WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives has voted to formalize its impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. Lawmakers voted along party lines to back a resolution that Republicans say will give them more power to gather evidence and enforce legal demands. Three Republican-led House committees allege bribery and corruption …

14-12-2023 RAFAH/ GAZA CITY: Strong wind and heavy rain in Gaza overnight on Wednesday brought even worse misery to displaced families, tearing and flooding flimsy tents, drenching clothes and blankets and making everyone cold. At a tent camp in Rafah, located on sandy terrain strewn with rubbish, people were trying …