Gaza, Jan 25 (UNI) A UN training center in Gaza’s major southern city of Khan Younis was attacked and set on fire on Wednesday, killing at least nine people, a UN official said. Two tank rounds hit the building that shelters 800 people, killing at least nine people and wounding 75 others, Thomas White, director…
Ottawa, (UNI) Six people died and only one survived the crash of a BAE Jetstream aircraft in the vicinity of Fort Smith, in Canada’s Northwest Territories (N.W.T) the coroner’s office for the territory said on Wednesday. On Tuesday, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said that it was deploying a team of investigators to investigate…
Beijing, Jan 25 (UNI) A 5.2-magnitude earthquake jolted Aheqi County in Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture of Kizilsu in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at 6:21 a.m. Thursday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter, with a depth of 15 km, was monitored at 41.08 degrees north latitude and 78.55 degrees…
Ayodhya (UP), (UNI) A massive huge turnout of devotees was witnessed in Ayodhya on the second day on Wednesday after the consecration ceremony of Lord Ram during which people stood in long queues around Rampath and the temple premises since morning braving severe cold coupled with fog. Devotees of all ages fervently kept chanting Jai…
Hyderabad, Jan 24 (UNI) Team India captain Rohit Sharma was forthright about India’s selection headache for the first Test of the ICC World Test Championship series between India and England that begins here from Thursday. With Virat Kohli absent due to personal reasons and KL Rahul ruled out as a wicketkeeping option by head coach…
Mumbai, Jan 24 (UNI) The BSE Sensex on Wednesday rallied 689.76 pts to close high at 71,060.31 on the strength of Telecommunications, Metal and Oil and Gas stocks. The National Stock Exchange (NSE) rose 215.45 pts at 21,453.95. The NSE registered days high and low at 21,482.35 and 21,137.20 pts respectively. High oscillation was witnessed…
Nanchang, Jan 24 (UNI) The death toll from a building fire in the city of Xinyu in east China’s Jiangxi Province on Wednesday afternoon has risen to 39, local authorities said. The fire broke out at approximately 3 p.m. from a street shop in the Yushui District of Xinyu, said the local fire response emergency…
Mumbai, Jan 24 (UNI) Maharashtra state Governor and chancellor of universities Ramesh Bais has been appointed to Dr. Vijay Janardhan Phulari as new vice chancellor of Fr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University (BAMU) in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. According to the official press statement issued on Wednesday, Dr. Vijay Phulari is a senior professor at Shivaji University, Kolhapur,…
Mapusa (Goa), Jan 24 (UNI) India’s Nithya Mani qualified for the main draw of the ongoing WTT Star Contender Goa 2024 after winning her final qualifying round match on Wednesday at the Peddem Indoor Stadium here. Chennai-based Nithya won a nail-biting contest against England’s Tin-Tin Ho by 3-2 (11-7, 6-11, 5-11, 11-9, 11-7) in the…
Melbourne, Jan 24 (UNI) China’s top-ranked tennis player Zheng Qinwen reached her maiden Grand Slam semifinal after a comeback victory over unseeded Anna Kalinskaya at the Australian Open on Wednesday. Zheng fought back 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-1 in a tense night session quarterfinal at the Rod Laver Arena. The 21-year-old Zheng will start as the…
