New Delhi, Aug 30 (UNI) Union Minister of State for Ayush Prataprao Jadhav said that government plans to launch a national health screening programme. He was speaking at the inauguration of the three-day 7th International Health and Wellness Expo at Pragati Maidan in Delhi, an official said on Friday. Jadhav presided over the inauguration ceremony…
Colombo/New Delhi, Aug 30 (UNI) Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval met Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena in Colombo and said that there is immense potential for both nations to further strengthen their economic cooperation. The Indian NSA, who is in Sri Lanka for the Colombo Security Conclave, separately met his Sri Lankan counterpart…
Kolkata, Aug 30 (UNI) Amid ongoing protests in Kolkata, the cease-work agitation by junior doctors in West Bengal government-owned hospitals entered its 22nd day on Friday even as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote a second letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a stringent Central law and fixed time-frame for trial in rape and murder…
Srinagar, Aug 30 (UNI) Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti on Friday hit out at the National Conference saying she was surprised that the latter views J&K as their personal fiefdom. Mufti was responding to NC Vice President Omar Abdullah’s comment on banned Jamat-e-Islami that fielded their…
Washington, Aug 30 (UNI) Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump labeled his Democratic rival Kamala Harris’s first interview as ‘Boring.’ “Boring!!!,” Trump posted on TruthSocial after Harris’ interview with CNN aired. The interview featured only one foreign policy question about her stance on the Middle East conflict, with no mention of Russia or China. It also…
Vienna, Aug 30 (UNI) The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Thursday that he will visit the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) next week as nuclear safety situation there “remains precarious.” IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi said in a statement that he will hold high-level talks and assess developments at the ZNPP during…
Tehran, Aug 30 (UNI) Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani on Thursday strongly condemned the Israeli army’s recent attacks on Palestinian cities and camps in the West Bank. In a statement released by the ministry, Kanaani criticized the 30-hour military operation by Israel in several northern West Bank cities, which resulted in the deaths of…
Gaza, Aug 30 (UNI) At least 31 Palestinians were killed on Thursday by Israeli bombing across the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian sources. An Israeli drone targeted a gathering of Palestinians east of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip with at least one missile, Palestinian security sources said. Medical sources told Xinhua that the…
Yaounde, Aug 30 (UNI) At least 145 people have been killed and nearly 1 million more affected as rainstorms and flash floods hit major parts of Chad since June, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). All the 23 provinces of the country have been affected, the OCHA said…
Kiev, Aug 30 (UNI) The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Thursday confirmed that an F16 fighter jet crashed during fighting in Ukraine. The F16 fighters participating in the combat had destroyed four missiles, and one of the aircraft lost contact while approaching the next target, the General Staff said in a statement…
