Washington, Jan 9 (UNI) President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate senior diplomat Jennifer Gavito to be the new US ambassador to Libya, the White House said in a release. Gavito is a career member of the senior Foreign Service with a class of Minister-Counselor and most recently served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary…
Quito, Jan 9 (UNI) Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa decreed on Monday a state of emergency, imposing a curfew for 60 days throughout the country, including in prisons, due to the “serious internal commotion” in several prisons. The president said the measure is based on the “factual situation” of violence and criminality which is affecting the…
Washington, Jan 9 (UNI) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and discussed the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the Houthi attacks on vessels in the Red Sea, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller. “Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince…
Houston, Jan 9 (UNI) At least 21 people were injured following an explosion on Monday at a hotel in downtown Fort Worth, Texas, authorities said. One person was in critical condition and four others were seriously injured, according to Medstar, which provides ambulance and emergency medical services in Fort Worth. The explosion took place around…
Mumbai, Jan 8 (UNI) Legendary actresses Zeenat Aman and Neetu Kapoor are set to grace the couch for the upcoming episode of Koffee with Karan for season 8 on January 11 on Disney+ Hotstar. This time the conversations will be edgier, crazier and candid with no room to escape. The upcoming episode of Koffee with…
New Delhi Jan 8 (UNI) The Indian National Congress on Monday hailed the Supreme Court judgment in the Bilkis Bano case as ‘revolutionary’ and said that the BJP’s true face of ‘anti-women’ has been exposed. Addressing a press conference at the AICC headquarters here, senior party leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that the central government’s…
New Delhi, Jan 8 (UNI) A Seven-Judge Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court of India will start hearing from January 9 the plea of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on retaining minority institution status. The seven-judge bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud will decide on the question of whether an educational institution created by…
New Delhi, Jan 8 (UNI) Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has increased the weekly resting period for flight crews from 36 hours to 48 hours, the Civil Aviation Ministry said in a statement on Monday here. According to the revised Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) regulations issued by DGCA, the definition of night has…
New Delhi, Jan 08 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday described the Vikas Bharat Sankalp Yatra as the journey of the country and said it was helping government officers and public representatives reach out to people in the nook and corner of the country. “Vikas Bharat Sankalp Yatra has become not only the journey…
Tokyo, Jan 8 (UNI) The death toll has climbed to 168 in Japan’s Ishikawa on Monday after a series of earthquakes of up to 7.6 magnitude struck the central prefecture and its vicinity last week, as heavy snow and rain have hampered rescue operations. The number of people currently unaccounted for surged to 323 in…
