New Delhi, (UNI) Hockey India on Wednesday congratulated Raghu Prasad RV on being appointed as Umpire in the discipline of hockey for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games by the International Hockey Federation (FIH), world governing body for hockey. The FIH announced its decision on Tuesday following the selection made by FIH Technical Officials and Umpiring…
Tel Aviv, (UNI) Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant denied media reports on Wednesday that claimed Israel approved and transferred US weapons to Palestinian forces. Earlier in the day, Israeli army radio Galei Tzahal reported that Palestinian authorities had recently received a shipment of US weaponry and munitions directed for use in counterterrorist operations against Palestinian…
Jammu, (UNI) Ace shooter from Jammu and Kashmir Aneesha Sharma has scripted history by making into the Asian Shooting Championship to be held from October 22 to November 2, 2023 in Changwon, Korea. As per the communiqué issued here on Wednesday, Aneesha, a trainee of Mission Olympics Shooting Academy Jammu, has created history for J&K…
Bamako, (UNI) The Malian armed forces repelled a car bomb attack in the east of the country, the Malian aBamako news portal reported on Wednesday. According to Mali’s General Staff of the Armed Forces, the attack took place in the town of Bourem on Tuesday morning and was carried out by a group of terrorists…
Colombo, (UNI) Sri Lanka legend Lasith Malinga has heaped praise on Dunith Wellalage, after the young spinner had India’s high-profile top-order in a spin with a superb bowling performance at the Asia Cup. Wellalage picked up his maiden five-wicket haul at senior international level when collecting the outstanding figures of 5/40 against India at the…
Tripoli, (UNI) More than 600 families were displaced by the floods that hit eastern Libya on Sunday, an official from the Libyan Health Ministry told a press conference in the capital Tripoli later on Tuesday. Medical teams have been sent to eastern Libya to help those in need, said Mohamed Kablan, head of the emergency…
Dhaka, Sep 13 (UNI) Bangladesh and the United Kingdom are set to sign a Standard Operating Procedure, SOP, soon to facilitate the return of irregular or illegal Bangladeshis from the UK, said Senior Foreign Secretary Ambassador Masud Bin Momen Wednesday. “We made decisions about one or two mechanisms. We will sign the SOP soon so…
Srinagar, (UNI) J&K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday evening paid floral tributes to J&K Police’s Deputy Superintendent of Police Himayun Muzamil Bhat, who was killed in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Two Army officers Colonel Manpreet Singh, who was Commanding Officer of 19 Rashtriya Rifles and Major Ashish Donchak were also…
New Delhi, Sep 13 (UNI) On the birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a group of 73 ‘Swachhta Praharis’ (sanitation guards) from Delhi go to Ayodhya to have darshan of Ram Lalla and wish for his healthy and long life. This information was given here on Wednesday by former Mayor of East Delhi and Bharatiya…
By BD Naraayannkar Bengaluru, Sep 13 (UNI) The first batch of Women Agniveer Vayu (AGV) is undergoing training at the Airmen Training School at Belagavi, and 10 of these are expected to report to Yelahanka Air Force Station in December for undergoing 8-week long system training. Air Commodore Rohith Vijayadev told UNI on the sidelines…
