Washington DC: US President Joe Biden expressed condolences on the passing of former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, recognising his contributions to US-India relations and global cooperation. “Jill and I join the people of India in grieving the loss of former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh,” President Biden said in an official statement by the…
Tandianwala: At least six people, including women and children, died and three others were injured in a car accident caused by dense fog at Tandianwala in Pakistan’s Punjab, Ary News reported. The accident occurred when a car from Lahore to Tandianwala collided with a sugarcane-loaded tractor-trolley in a suburban area. The victims, members of the…
A 5.1 magnitude earthquake has struck northeastern Japan. Strong tremors were felt in Miyagi and Fukushima, but no tsunami warning has been issued. People were seen fleeing their homes in fear. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake had a magnitude of 5.1 at 4:10 am. on Saturday. There were no immediate reports of any…
Dubai: Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), has approved the “Protocol for Autopsy and Aviation Medicine in Air Accident Investigations,” a new step toward improving air accident investigation practices. This protocol represents a significant and distinctive addition to the…
Dhaka: A massive fire broke out in the Bangladesh Secretariat main building in the capital city of Dhaka on Thursday. Many important documents of three ministries were burnt to ashes in the fire. Officials have formed a high-level investigation committee, suspecting it to be a conspiracy. The fire broke out in Building No. 7 of the…
New Delhi: An illegal Bangladeshi woman was deported by Anti-Narcotics Unit in the South West District of New Delhi, said reliable reports on Friday. According to reports, the 28-year-old woman has been identified as Sonali Sheikh. It is worth mentioning here that, she had been residing in India, thereby violating the provisions of the Foreigners Act,…
Jammu: The 72-hour-long shutdown against the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine ropeway project entered the second day in Katra town of Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district.The protest began started on Wednesday. Shoppers, transporters, hoteliers, Pony and Palki Wallahs in addition to other businessmen have been protesting against the proposed ropeway project from Tarakote to Sanjhi Chhat.In November,…
Maputo: The death toll from Cyclone Chido, an intense tropical cyclone that made landfall in northern Mozambique, has risen to 120, with 868 people injured and more than 680,000 affected, according to the latest figures released by Mozambique’s national disaster relief agency. Northern provinces of Mozambique, including Cabo Delgado, Nampula, and Niassa have suffered extensive…
Los Angeles: Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, started erupting again in Hawaii’s Big Island, the US Geological Survey (USGS) Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said. Elevated earthquake activity beneath the volcano’s summit began at approximately 2:00 a.m. local time on Monday. By 2:30 a.m. local time, the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory observed eruptive activity…
Aden: The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that Yemen bears the highest burden of cholera globally. In a statement, the WHO reported on Monday that as of December 1, Yemen had recorded 249,900 suspected cholera cases and 861 associated deaths in 2024 alone, representing 35 per cent of the global cholera burden and 18 per cent…
