‘A woman dies every two minutes during pregnancy, childbirth’
Every two minutes, a woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth, according to the latest estimates released in a report by United Nations agencies, which emphasised that the world must significantly accelerate progress to meet global targets for reducing maternal deaths, or else risk the lives of over one million more women by 2030. The report, […]
IGNOU extends admission deadline for Jan 2023 session
New Delhi: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has extended the admission deadline for the January 2023 session for both online and ODL mode till February 28. Candidates can apply from the official website of IGNOU — ignouadmission.samarth.edu.in and ignouiop.samarth.edu.in. The last date of admissions for all the programmes both for Online and ODL […]
Raut alleges ‘threat’ from Maha CM’s son
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Sanjay Raut on Tuesday wrote to the police alleging “threat to life” from Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s son, with an MLA from the Shinde camp calling it a “cheap stunt”. “Lok Sabha member Shrikant Shinde (Eknath Shinde’s son) has given a supari (contract) to kill me to a […]
UN fears Israeli reforms will undermine judiciary
GENEVA: The United Nations’ human rights chief on Tuesday voiced concern that a proposed overhaul of Israel’s judicial system would “drastically undermine” the ability of the judiciary to uphold human rights and the rule of law. Israel’s parliament is pushing ahead with changes promoted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s religious-nationalist government which it says are […]
Biden makes surprise trip to Kyiv before war anniversary
KYIV: US President Joe Biden on Monday made a trip to Kyiv organised in strict secrecy, promising $500 million in fresh arms deliveries and “unwavering” American support ahead of the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion. Air raid sirens rang out across the capital at one point as Biden walked alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during […]
Blinken warns China against assisting Russia in Ukraine
MUNICH: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday warned top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi of consequences should China provide material support to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, saying in an interview after the two met that Washington was concerned Beijing was considering supplying weapons to Moscow. The top diplomats of the two superpowers met at […]
Turkish teenager pulled alive from rubble 10 days after quake
KAHRAMANMARAS: A teenage girl was pulled alive from the rubble in Turkiye on Thursday more than 10 days after a devastating earthquake hit the region, but such rescues have become increasingly rare, leaving sorrow and anger to mount as hope dies. The 17-year-old was extracted from the ruins of a collapsed apartment bloc in Turkiye’s […]
Lok Sabha: Rahul Gandhi has replied to breach of privilege notice, says Congress
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Thursday sent a reply to a breach of privilege notice over his remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, informed Congress sources on Thursday. Rahul allegedly made ‘unparliamentary’ remarks against PM during his address in the Lok Sabha on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s joint address to the Parliament. […]
Survivors plucked from rooftops as New Zealand cyclone kills four
Military helicopters winched stranded storm survivors to safety in New Zealand on Wednesday after Cyclone Gabrielle killed four people and displaced 10,500 more. With the storm now fading into the South Pacific, rescue teams have finally reached regions cut off by days of torrential rain and gale-force winds. The New Zealand military deployed three NH90 […]
Turkiye-Syria quake toll rises above 35,000
The toll from last week’s earthquake in Turkiye and Syria rose above 35,000 on Monday, as rescue teams started to wind down the search for survivors and the aid effort shifted to hundreds of thousands of people made homeless. Eight days after the 7.8-magnitude tremor, Turkish media reported a handful of people were still being […]