Paris, July 21 (UNI) More than 8.8 million tickets have been sold for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sports Director Kit McConnell said. “More than 8.8 million tickets sold, which is an incredible number for these games, the most ever for sport event in France,” McConnell told reporters on Saturday….
La Paz, July 21 (UNI) Sixteen people were killed and 14 others injured on Saturday in a road accident on an international highway connecting Bolivia with Chile, police said. A cargo truck returning to Bolivia from the country’s border with Chile crashed into a passenger bus heading for the Arica region of Chile, said Nilo…
Islamabad, July 21 (UNI) The poliovirus was detected in a child in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, taking the total number of reported polio cases in the South Asian country to nine, an official has said. Coordinator to the Prime Minister on National Health Services Regulations and Coordination Malik Mukhtar Ahmad Bharath said Saturday that wild…
Chengdu, July 21 (UNI) Rescuers have retrieved eight bodies, found and brought four to safety as of 8 p.m. Saturday, after rain-triggered flash floods in southwest China’s Sichuan Province left over 30 missing. The disaster occurred at around 2:30 a.m. Saturday, which damaged over 40 houses and affected 1,254 residents in Xinhua village, Hanyuan County…
Charikar, Afghanistan, July 21 (UNI) At least two people were killed and six others injured in a blast in east Afghanistan’s Parwan province, Fazal Reem Maskin Yar, spokesman of the provincial police department, said. The incident took place in an iron market in Charikar City, the provincial capital of Parwan on Saturday afternoon, the official…
Colombo, July 21 (UNI) Sri Lanka’s Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources on Saturday said two fishing vessels carrying six Sri Lankan fishermen have gone missing. Talking to the media, Director General of the department Susantha Kahawatta said that these vessels left Sri Lanka, from different ports, on July 7. One of them is a…
Bucharest, July 21 (UNI) A collision between a locomotive and a passenger train at Basarab Station in Bucharest on Friday evening left 15 people injured, said local authorities. Eight people have been hospitalized, according to emergency authorities. According to local media, 10 fire engines, all available medical resources, two extrication vehicles, a multiple victim transport…
By Vishal Bharti Jammu, July 20 (UNI) With Jammu region witnessing a spate of terror attacks in the recent weeks, an ‘Operation All-Out’ is being launched by the security forces for which around 3,000 additional troops are being moved here. The ‘Operation All-Out’ and induction of additional troops have been necessitated because of the fact…
Amroha (UP), July 20 (UNI) Rail traffic on Delhi-Lucknow route was disrupted after 10 coaches of a freight train derailed near Amroha railway station on Saturday, official sources said here. According to railway sources 10 coaches of the freight train from Moradabad to Delhi derailed near Amroha railway station disrupting rail traffic on Moradabad-Delhi route….
Srinagar, July 20 (UNI) A day after Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board said that action has been initiated against those who tried to allegedly hurt the sectarian cordiality, Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulama (MMU) on Saturday appealed for peace and unity. MMU, the umbrella organisation of all major Islamic sects in Jammu and Kashmir, including some social and…
