Cause temperature fluctuations Bhopal: The monsoon remained active across Madhya Pradesh over the last 24 hours, bringing significant rainfall to several regions and causing temperatures to fluctuate. While many parts of the state received much-needed downpours, the weather has been unpredictable. Heavy rainfall was reported in most districts of the Bhopal, Indore, Narmadapuram, and Ujjain…
Dubai, Aug 21 (UNI) The UAE, jointly with the World Health Organization (WHO), has evacuated 155 wounded and sick Palestinians and their families from the Gaza Strip, the UAE Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “The UAE medical staff transported seriously wounded patients to hospitals across Abu Dhabi, while the remaining patients and their families…
Kyiv, Aug 21 (UNI) The Ukrainian government terminated the memorandum with Iran on visa-free travel for citizens with diplomatic or service passports, Taras Melnychuk, the permanent representative of the Cabinet of Ministers in the Ukrainian parliament, said. “The memorandum of understanding between the government of Ukraine and the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran…
Washington, Aug 21 (UNI) The U.S. Department of State on Wednesday imposed sanctions on four individuals currently serving on the International Criminal Court (ICC) for having directly engaged in actions by the ICC to investigate, arrest, detain or prosecute U.S. and Israeli personnel with no consent from the two countries. Two ICC judges were designated…
Cairo, Aug 21 (UNI) Egypt has sent 1,288 humanitarian aid trucks into the Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom crossing between July 27 and Aug 17, according to a statistical chart released by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday. As many as 5,000 trucks carrying relief supplies are still waiting on the Egyptian side to…
Kochi, Aug 21 (UNI) The Spices Board has cautioned the public and stakeholders against participating in unauthorized cardamom auctions, warning that such activities violate the Cardamom (Licensing & Marketing) Rules, 1987, and will attract strict legal action. The Board said certain firms and entities, including some licensed dealers, have been conducting auctions without obtaining valid…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 21 (UNI) The Kerala Industries Department has launched a new online platform to market the products of textile units under its fold, in a bid to modernise operations and expand market reach. The platform, www.bpt.cditproject.org, developed by the Board for Public Sector Transformation (BPT) with technical support from C-DIT, will facilitate e-bidding and…
Jerusalem, Aug 21 (UNI) As the earliest stages of a massive assault on Gaza City take shape, Israel is calling up tens of thousands of reservists to take part in the impending military operation. The takeover and occupation of the largest city in northern Gaza, which Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said was one of…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Aug 21 (UNI) Fifteen-year-old Aayush Goyal, a Class 11 student of St Xavier’s Collegiate School in Kolkata, has touched the North Pole on a Russian icebreaker, said his Chartered Accountant father, Sushil Kumar Goyal. “He reached the North Pole a couple of days back. He is on his way back to…
Los Angeles, Aug 21 (UNI) A recent video posted by American singer Britney Spears on social media site Instagram has some fans worried. The pop superstar took to the social media platform on Tuesday (Aug 19) and shared a video of herself singing Rihanna’s “Unfaithful” with a partial British accent with her messy home visible…
