TN: Major fire breaks out in Ramanathapuram GH

Ramanathapuram (Tamil Nadu), Jan 2 (UNI) Over 350 people, most of them patients, had a narrow escape, after a major fire broke out in Ramanathapuram Government Medical College Hospital on Wednesday midnight. Police said here on Thursday morning that the fire was reported at the electrical control room on the second floor of a block…

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5 killed in Brazil car crash

Sao Paulo, Jan. 2 (UNI) At least five people were killed and several others injured on New Year’s Eve in a multi-car crash in southern Brazil, local authorities said on Wednesday. The accident occurred on a state highway near a town in southern Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state, said municipal police in Sao Miguel…

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Palestine suspends Al Jazeera’s broadcast operations

Ramallah, Jan. 2 (UNI) Palestinian authorities suspended broadcast operations of Qatar-based Al Jazeera Media Network in Palestine, citing its failure to meet regulations, the Palestinian official news agency WAFA reported Wednesday. The Palestinian Ministerial Committee, comprising representatives from the ministries of culture, interior, and telecommunications, “also ordered the temporary suspension of work by all journalists,…

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Former Israeli Defense Minister submits resignation from parliament – Reports

Jerusalem, Jan 2 (UNI) Former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant has submitted his resignation from the country’s parliament, Knesset, the Times of Israel newspaper reported on Thursday. However, Galant remains a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, the newspaper said, citing the ex-minister’s live statement. Galant reportedly explains his decision by disagreement with…

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