Japan: Japan is reporting a record number of flu cases, at an average 64.39 patients per clinic in the last week of December. This number is the highest since records were started in 1999 according to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The country as a whole saw 317,812 cases, and every one of the…
Six people died when a propane-butane cylinder exploded in a restaurant in the northwest Czech city of Most, setting the building on fire, emergency services said on Sunday. “The fire spread extremely fast after a gas heater was probably knocked over,” the local fire service posted on X. Eight people were injured in the fiery…
Bhubaneswar: Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the Indian diaspora at the 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Bhubaneswar, Odisha’s Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan emphasised the PM’s appeal for their participation in India’s development, particularly in the eastern region. Harichandan also underscored the PM’s encouragement to the Indian diaspora for frequent visits to India and…
New Delhi: Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Maulvi Amir Khan Muttaki while on his visit to Dubai. The meeting is India’s first high-level bilateral dialogue with the Afghan government.It is worth mentioning here that since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021 this was India’s first meeting with them. “We will…
California: Multiple major wildfires raging across Los Angeles County, the most populous US county, has killed at least five people and damaged at least 1,100 buildings, authorities said. The Palisades fire, a devastating wind-driven brush fire in Pacific Palisades starting Tuesday, spread to 15,800 acres (63.9 square km) as of Wednesday afternoon with zero containment, according…
Kyiv: At least 13 people were killed and 30 others injured in a Russian-guided bomb attack on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia, according to officials, Al Jazeera reported. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that 13 people were killed in the attack and offered condolences to the families of the victims. Zelenskyy shared a video on X (formerly Twitter)…
Patna: The Patna district administration has strongly refuted allegations made by Prashant Kishor, who claimed he was taken to Beur jail on January 6 without proper documentation. In a statement, the administration described Kishor’s statements as baseless and accused him of spreading rumours to further his political agenda.As per the statement, Prashant Kishor and his supporters…
Sydney: Three people, including two foreign tourists, have been killed and three more hospitalized with serious injuries after a seaplane crashed off the coast of Western Australia (WA), authorities confirmed on Wednesday. The Premier of WA, Roger Cook, said at a press conference with WA Police Commissioner Colonel Blanch that the bodies of the deceased…
New York: Two Indian Americans were elected in special elections to Virginia’s legislatures, ensuring the Democratic Party keeps its slender majority despite the national Trump wave in last year’s election. Kannan Srinivasan was elected to the State Senate and J.J. Singh to the State House of Delegates on Wednesday. In what seems like a round of…
Patna: Tremors were felt in Bihar’s Sheohar district after an earthquake struck near the Nepal-China border region on Tuesday morning, authorities said. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 93 kilometers, northeast of Lobuche, Nepal. “Notable quake, preliminary info: M 7.1 – 93 km NE of Lobuche, Nepal,” USGS Earthquakes stated in a post on…
