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…
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…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (UNI) India today rejected allegations by Dhaka’s interim government accusing India of allowing anti-Bangladesh activities by members of the Awami League on its soil. In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the Indian government does not allow political activities against other countries to be carried out…
Khartoum, Aug 17 (UNI) At least 31 people were killed, including seven children and a pregnant woman, and 13 others injured on Saturday in an attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the city of El Fasher, western Sudan, according to volunteer groups. The Sudan Doctors Network, a volunteer group, said in a…
Praia, Aug 16 (UNI) The death toll from floods caused by a storm on Cape Verde’s island of Sao Vicente has risen to nine, local authorities said Friday. Cape Verde’s government has declared two days of national mourning and a six-month state of emergency on three islands after the storm struck Monday night, leaving widespread…
Jerusalem, Aug 16 (UNI) Israel’s far-right security minister Itamar Ben Gvir has posted a video footage of himself taunting the most high-profile Palestinian prisoner while visiting him in jail this week, in an encounter that has prompted outrage from supporters. In the video, Marwan Barghouti (66), who is serving five life sentences after being convicted…
New Delhi, Aug 14 (UNI) President Droupadi Murmu today said Operation Sindoor was a test case of Atmanirbhar Bharat in Defence sector and will go down in history as an example in humanity’s fight against terrorism. In her address to the nation on the eve of the 79th Independence Day the President said what was…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (UNI) Erik Solheim, former Norwegian Minister and Diplomat, has slammed US President Donald Trump for Tariffs against India and asked why does Trump work so hard to destroy the India-US relationship? ‘’Why does Trump work so hard to destroy the India-US relationship? The US and India are connected by many ties,…
Kherson (Ukraine), Aug 7 (UNI) Russia has launched a new bid to exert control over the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson by threatening key access roads with its drones and trying to split it in two by striking a vital bridge. On Sunday, a wave of airstrikes damaged a key bridge between Kherson’s island, Korabel,…
Los Angeles, Aug 7 (UNI) Canadian filmmaker James Cameron, who won the Oscars for “Titantic” and “Avatar”, has expressed fear about an arms race relying on AI saying it is a dangerous thing, In an interview with Rolling Stone to promote the book release of “Ghosts of Hiroshima,” which he plans on adapting into a…
