Thiruvananthapuram, June 12 (UNI) In the backdrop of several food poisoning cases being reported in Kerala, the Food Safety Department has conducted raids in 4451 hotels and shut down 80 for not maintaining necessary hygiene parameters. A special drive ‘Operation Monsoon’ was planned to ensure food safety following complaints that food is being distributed in…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 12 (UNI) With an aim to ensure fair and transparent access to Tatkal tickets and to safeguard the interests of genuine passengers, Indian Railways has announced key modifications in the Tatkal ticket booking system. These changes are aimed at enhancing user authentication and reducing misuse of the scheme. Effective July 1, 2025, Tatkal…
New York, June 12 (UNI) U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday named eight doctors and researchers, including two prominent critics of federal scientists and the Joe Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine policies, to replace roughly half the members he fired from an expert panel that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Los Angeles, June 12 (UNI) Nearly 400 people in immigration protests have been arrested or detained by the Los Angeles Police Department since Saturday, media reports said. BBC News revealed that the arrested and detained include 330 undocumented migrants and 157 people arrested for assault and obstruction. On the first night of curfew starting Tuesday…
Houston, June 12 (UNI) Non-essential U.S. embassy staff and their dependents have been ordered to leave Iraq due to unspecified security risks, sources from the U.S. State Department said. “Based on our latest analysis, we decided to reduce the footprint of our mission in Iraq,” the State Department said in a statement on Wednesday. “We…
Moscow, June 12 (UNI) Moscow is raising the issue of previously imposed restrictions on the work of Russian journalists with the United States, including sanctions against the Rossiya Segodnya international media group, Russian Ambassador to the US Alexander Darchiev said. “Of course they are being discussed. We are raising these issues,” Darchiev told reporters on…
Sydney, June 12 (UNI) Australian police have launched an investigation after the bodies of two people were found at a home in Sydney’s northern suburbs. Emergency services were called to conduct a welfare check at the home in Forestville, about 12 km north of central Sydney in the state of New South Wales (NSW) on…
Luanda, June 12 (UNI) At least two children died and 2,000 families suffered power cut after unusual heavy rains in dry season pounded Angola’s northern province of Uige for three days, the Angola Press Agency (ANGOP) said Wednesday. Antonio Simao, deputy provincial commander of the Service for Civil Protection and Firefighters, said the deaths occurred…
Jerusalem, June 12 (UNI) Israel has informed US officials that it is fully prepared to launch a military operation in Iran, the CBS News broadcaster reported on Thursday, citing sources. Washington expects that Iran may launch a retaliatory strike on some American facilities in neighboring Iraq, the report said. This is one of the reasons…
Moscow, June 11 (UNI) Russian Presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky has said that Moscow wants peace, but Ukraine must stop playing the role of ‘Western proxy’, if it wants the same. Medinsky had previously underscored that a mutually acceptable agreement between Russia and Ukraine could be reached quickly — if the Ukrainian side were to prioritise…
