‘Piles of body parts’: Gaza’s Maghazi residents find families ‘in pieces’
Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip – It has been four days since Gaza’s smallest refugee camp was pounded in yet another series of Israeli air strikes, but Palestinians there are still digging up the bodies of their loved ones from under the rubble. The onslaught in central Gaza’s Maghazi late on Sunday killed at least 90 Read More
No safe place for Palestinians in Gaza as Israel widens offensive
As the Israeli military pounded central and southern Gaza by land, sea and air, Palestinian authorities reported scores of casualties and the United Nations health agency said thousands of people were trying to flee the widening offensive. Residents in the central Gaza Strip said that with nightfall, Israeli tank shelling intensified on Wednesday east of Read More
Ayodhya railway station renamed Ayodhya Dham Junction ahead of Ram Temple inauguration
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the grand railway station and airport being built in Ayodhya on December 30
Amid dense fog in Delhi, 134 flights, 22 trains delayed; check full list here
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had predicted a low temperature of 7.8 degrees Celsius on Thursday, with a maximum of 22 degrees Celsius. The IMD issued a dense fog warning for Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi until December 31, 2023.
Actor and DMDK founder Vijayakanth dies, was on ventilator support after testing COVID-19 positive
Vijayakanth, the founder-leader of DMDK and a well-known Tamil actor, passed away in Chennai after testing COVID-19 positive
AIIMS issues COVID-19 guidelines after Delhi logs first JN.1 variant case
As per AIIMS guidelines issued on Wednesday, COVID testing will be administered for patients exhibiting Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI)-like symptoms, which include acute respiratory infection, persistent fever, or fever accompanied by cough.
India probes suspected human trafficking after 276 citizens return home
India has launched an investigation into how 303 Indians ended up on a chartered flight that was grounded in France
Colorado GOP asking US Supreme Court to overturn ruling disqualifying Trump from 2024 ballot
The Colorado Republican Party said it’s asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that barred former President Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s 2024 ballot. Earlier this month, the Colorado Supreme Court, in a 4-3 vote, overturned a lower court ruling that allowed Trump to appear on the ballot as a presidential Read More
In bid to counter China, US ramps up effort to boost military ties in Asia
On May 30, the United States accused China of intercepting one of its spy planes in an “unnecessarily aggressive manoeuvre” over the South China Sea. The American RC-135 plane, according to the US military, was conducting routine operations over the sensitive waterway when the Chinese fighter jet flew directly in front of its nose. A Read More
When death metal becomes one of 84,000 ways to practise Buddhism
Taipei, Taiwan – In the past few years, many of Taiwan’s largest music festivals have seen the unlikely ensemble of a shaven Buddhist nun introducing a band of five black-clad musicians whose faces are smeared blood red. When the first riffs break through the sound system, their hard yet atmospheric music immediately sounds like death Read More