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September 9, 2024 9:42 PM

New Delhi calls for ceasefire in Gaza at India-GCC meeting in Riyadh

External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar visited Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from September 8-9, 2024, to attend the first-ever India-GCC Joint Ministerial Meeting for Strategic Dialogue. During his visit, Dr Jaishankar co-chaired the meeting alongside  Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Ja...

September 9, 2024 5:39 PM

India Remains Top Source Market for Sri Lanka Tourism in 2024

India maintained the top spot as the leading source market for Sri Lanka tourism in the first 8 months of 2024. Almost 2.6 lacs Indians travelled to the island nation while 1.36 million tourists in all arrived in the first eight months of the year. As per the data released by the Sri Lanka Tourism D...

September 9, 2024 12:24 PM

Number of vultures in Pokhara and surrounding areas surge by 22%

Efforts to conserve vultures in Nepal have fructified, with the number of vultures in Pokhara and surrounding areas surging by 22 percent, according to the latest vulture census of Nepal. In Sudurpaschim province, 147 nests of rare vultures, including white-rumped vultures and slender-billed vulture...

September 9, 2024 11:04 AM

11 killed, 9 missing after torrential rains hit south Morocco

At least 11 people have been killed in the provinces of Tata, Tiznit and Errachidia in south Morocco after torrential rains battered southern Morocco.   At least nine others were missing after floods swamped many villages in the area, authorities added. The significant damage has occured with...

September 9, 2024 11:57 AM

3 Israelis killed in attack at Jordan and West Bank border point

Three Israeli men have been shot dead at a border point between Jordan and the West Bank. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said, the  Jordanian gunman identified as Maher Jazi approached the Allenby Bridge crossing in a truck from the Jordanian side and opened fire.   IDF statement said, secu...

September 9, 2024 9:41 AM

Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune wins second term with 95% vote

Algerian authorities declared President Abdelmadjid Tebboune the overwhelming winner of Saturday's election, but a rival candidate alleged irregularities in the count, and fewer than half of registered voters cast ballots. Official preliminary results gave Tebboune 95% of the vote, enough to avoid a...

September 9, 2024 12:08 PM

48 killed after gasoline tanker explosion in Nigeria

In Nigeria, at least 48 people were killed after a gasoline-laden tanker exploded on a busy highway in Niger. The head of the State Emergency Management Agency told reporters that the ill-fated tanker had a head-on collision with an oncoming truck carrying cattle along the Bida-Agaie-Lapai highway w...

September 8, 2024 9:58 PM

Typhoon Yagi claims 14 lives in Vietnam and destroys over 3000 buildings

In Vietnam, at least 14 people have died and 176 injured after Typhoon Yagi struck the country yesterday. Vietnam's meteorological agency issued the downgrade in the typhoon today as the storm moved westward. However, it caution about the ongoing risk of flooding and landslides. Vietnamese official...

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