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October 5, 2024 12:14 PM
Nations worldwide have prepared contingency plans to evacuate citizens from Lebanon after a dramatic escalation in the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese armed movement Hezbollah, backed by Iran. Although no country has launched a large-scale military evacuation yet, some are chartering aircr...
October 4, 2024 2:26 PM
Israeli strikes sealed off Lebanon's main border crossing with Syria early on Friday, hours after an intense Israeli attack on Beirut's southern suburbs that is thought to have targeted the heir apparent to Hezbollah's slain secretary general. The strikes added to fears inside Lebanon that Israel's...
October 4, 2024 11:52 AM
The French Ambassador to India, Thierry Mathou, on Friday said that France aims to host 30,000 Indian students in the coming year, as part of its broader objective to foster people-to-people exchanges within the Indo-French bilateral relationship. Mathou emphasised that this initiative is a key pri...
October 4, 2024 11:07 AM
Rwanda is battling its first-ever outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus, with 36 cases reported so far and 11 deaths. The World Health Organization said this week the risk of the outbreak is very high in Rwanda, high across the African region, and low globally. What is Marburg virus? Marburg is a ...
October 3, 2024 1:58 PM
The United Nations Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA), the International Court of Justice and U.N. chief Antonio Guterres are among the favourites for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, experts said, in a year marked by the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. Given past form, the Norwegian Nobel Committee is cap...
October 3, 2024 11:44 AM
Salaries in India are projected to increase by 9.5 per cent in 2025, compared to an actual increase of 9.3 per cent this year, a report showed on Thursday. The engineering and manufacturing and retail industries project double-digit increases at 10 per cent, closely followed by financial institutio...
October 3, 2024 5:30 PM
Israel's military said it killed 15 Hezbollah militants in south Lebanon on Thursday and bombed Beirut after its forces suffered their deadliest day on the Lebanese front in a year of clashes with the Iran-backed group. Israel said it killed the Hezbollah members in a strike on the municipality bu...
October 3, 2024 8:54 AM
As the festival of Sharadiya Navaratri begins, temples across the country witnessed a surge of devotees coming together to celebrate the first day of the nine-day festival dedicated to worshipping Goddess Durga. Devotees were seen standing up in queues to offer their prayers to Maa Durga on the firs...
October 2, 2024 10:33 AM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of his 155th birth anniversary at Rajghat in the national capital on Wednesday. In a post on X, Prime Minister Modi expressed his heartfelt tributes to Mahatma Gandhi, emphasizing the lasting impact of Bapu’s life and ide...
September 30, 2024 2:26 PM
Japan's incoming prime minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday he plans to hold a general election on Oct. 27. Here is what to expect in the following weeks as Ishiba seeks to hold on to his party's lower house majority and solidify his position atop a scandal-plagued party. WHAT HAPPENS NOW? Ishi...
