‘Settle Issues Of 1971’: Bangladesh’s Muhammad Yunus To Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif
Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus said Thursday he had “agreed to strengthen relations” with Pakistan, a move likely to further test his country’s frosty relations with India. Pakistan and Bangladesh were once one nation but split in a brutal 1971 war, with Bangladesh then drawing closer to Pakistan’s arch-rival India. But Dhaka’s ties with New […]
Lord Mandelson expected to be named as UK ambassador to US
Lord Mandelson formerly served as business secretary under Tony Blair Lord Mandelson is expected to be named as the UK’s next ambassador to the US. The Labour grandee, who served in multiple ministerial roles under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown before taking up a life peerage in the Lords, was considered to be one of […]
Dominique Pelicot’s double life: Who is the man who plotted his wife’s mass rape?
Dominique Pelicot’s double life: Who is the man who plotted his wife’s mass rape? Dominique Pelicot – captured in photos and a court sketch – has been sentenced to 20 years in prison It was something in Dominique Pelicot’s swagger, his “élan” – as the French might put it – that immediately struck the psychiatrist […]
Bua Noi, World’s Loneliest Gorilla To Spend 36th Christmas In Thai Mall Zoo
Thailand’s only gorilla, a female named ‘Bua Noi’ or Little Lotus, is set to spend another Christmas trapped in a grim, concrete cage at Pata Zoo in the capital city of Bangkok. Regarded as the “world’s loneliest gorilla”, Bua Noi has been imprisoned in the zoo since 1988, as per Guardian, which is constructed on […]
Water Floods American Airlines Flight 30,000 Feet Above Ground, Causing Panic
Passengers on a recent American Airlines flight from Dallas to Minneapolis were left in shock when water began leaking from a rear restroom, flooding the cabin mid-flight. The incident, which occurred on December 7, sparked panic among flyers, who feared they might “drown” 30,000 feet above the ground. The viral footage of the flood, posted […]
Nepali Influencer Bibek Pangeni Dies After Battle With Cancer, Social Media Flooded With Grief
Bibek Pangeni, a social media personality and Nepali PhD candidate in Physics and Astronomy at the University of Georgia, has died after fighting a courageous battle with a brain tumor. He was diagnosed with the condition in 2022. Bibek’s wife, Srijana Subedi, has been a pillar of strength in his illness. She spent her entire […]
32 Kg Unlabelled Noodles, 10 Kg Expired Chicken Found At Secunderabad Restaurant
Food safety inspections were carried out at establishments in and around Secunderabad on December 18, 2024. When the task force inspected Golden Dragon Restaurant in Parklane, the FBO [Food Business Operator] did not provide Water analysis reports, Employee Health Records and FoSTac certificates of employees. The officials found and discarded synthetic food colours that they […]
“World Watching Us”: Jagdeep Dhankhar On Chaotic Parliament Session
Parliament’s winter session – its final week roiled by mud-slinging and protests by MPs over Amit Shah’s “Ambedkar is the fashion” remark and disruptions and fractious debates over the ‘one nation, one election‘ push – concluded Friday afternoon, with a stern message from Rajya Sabha Chair. “The world watches our democracy. Yet we fail our […]
Gas Leak, Then Blast: CCTV Shows Moments After Jaipur Crash That Killed 8
CCTV footage showed fire sweeping over a property minutes after a collision between a gas tanker and multiple vehicles turned the Jaipur-Ajmer highway into an inferno on Friday morning. Visuals showed fire engulfing a residence, likely near the highway, leaving a trail of destruction in the property. Other visuals showed smoke filling in a street, followed […]
MP Woman Stabs Husband’s Employee To Death Suspecting Affair
A woman allegedly stabbed her husband’s employee to death, suspecting her of having an affair with him, and injured another woman in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur city, police said on Friday (Dec 20). The police on Thursday arrested Shikha Mishra (35) for the killing that took place at Professor Colony on Wednesday, an official said. Additional […]
H5N1 Virus: What Is Avian Flu And Why Is It A Global Health Threat?
Avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, has re-emerged as a significant global health threat in 2024. According to the United Nations, the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 strain has “spilled over into wildlife,” infecting over 500 bird species and at least 70 mammalian species. The H5N1 virus has now established its presence in […]
“Saw A Man Burning”: Eyewitness Recalls Jaipur Fire Horror That Killed 8
A deadly collision involving a CNG tanker and several vehicles turned a stretch of the Jaipur-Ajmer highway in Rajasthan into an inferno on Friday morning, killing at least eight people. The incident took place around 5:30 am outside a petrol pump. An eyewitness, who narrowly escaped the fire, told NDTV that he was just a […]