Four killed in road accident in Kanyakumari
Chennai, May 12 - Four people were killed and seven others grievously injured when a van collided head-on with a bus in Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari district on Friday morning. According…
Mamata’s 3-yr diploma in medicine proposal may prompt mushrooming of pvt institutes
Kolkata, May 12 - West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's proposal to introduce a three-year diploma in medicine might result in mushrooming of private institutes offering diploma courses without adequate…
Brother of Tillu Tajpuriya’s aide commits suicide in Delhi
New Delhi, May 12 - A 25-year-old man, the brother of notorious shooter and close aide of slain gangster Tillu Tajpuriya, committed suicide by shooting himself at his house in…
Indonesia investigates swine flu entry on Bulan island
Jakarta, May 12 - The Indonesian government is investigating the entry of the African Swine Fever (ASF) virus that infected pigs at a farm on Bulan island in the Riau…
28 Palestinians killed, 93 injured by Israeli airstrikes on Gaza
Gaza, May 12 - Israeli fighter jets continued intensive airstrikes on the Gaza Strip for a third day in a row in response to rockets fired towards Israel, leaving 28…
Gaza rockets kill 1 Israeli, injure 11
Jerusalem, May 12 - An Israeli man was killed as rockets from Gaza hit a residential building in southern Israel, after two Palestinian rocket commanders were killed by Israeli airstrikes…
Warring parties in Sudan sign agreement to avoid harming civilians
Riyadh, May 12 - The Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have signed a preliminary agreement in the Saudi port city of Jeddah to avoid harming civilians,…
Alberta wildfire smoke blankets most of Canada
Ottawa, May 12 - Wildfire smoke from the blazes in Canada's western province of Alberta now blankets most of the country, a local media report said. As more than 80…
UN General Assembly Prez calls for debt relief for middle-income countries
United Nations, May 12 - UN General Assembly President Csaba Korosi called for debt relief, as well as equitable access to new technologies, for middle-income countries. The 110 middle-income countries,…
Mpox emergency is over: WHO
Geneva, May 12 - The mpox disease no longer represents a global health emergency, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), said at a virtual press conference…
