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“Scenes out of a Zombie film” IDF on beheading of babies by Hamas

12 Oct 2023 15:00 PM IST

As Thursday marks the sixth day of Israel Hamas conflict, Israel Defence Force (IDF) spokesperson Lieutenant Col. Jonathan Conricus confirmed reports that the Hamas had beheaded babies in the Israeli kibbutz of Kfar Aza. The spokesperson said it was hard to believe that Hamas could perform such a barbaric act.

PM Modi, Russian President Putin may hold summit this year: Indian envoy

12 Oct 2023 14:57 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin are likely to hold a summit before the end of this year, India’s ambassador to Moscow was quoted as saying by Russian news agency RIA. “This is being discussed. Discussions are ongoing at a high level,” India’s ambassador to Moscow Pawan

Israel Defence Forces launch airstrikes overnight across Gaza, killing senior Hamas official

12 Oct 2023 13:31 PM IST

The Israel Defence Forces announced that that it had successfully targeted a senior Hamas naval forces official Mohammed Abu Shamala on Thursday overnight as it carried out a night of airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, reported The Jerusalem Post. The IDF struck his home, which was used to store maritime

White House: US Navy aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower headed to the Mediterranean

12 Oct 2023 12:17 PM IST

The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier and her strike group are sailing for the Mediterranean, according to John Kirby, the White House’s National Security Council’s coordinator for strategic communications. The deployment of the second US aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean has not been operationally decided, according to Kirby, who

Lidia makes landfall as Category 4 storm near Mexico’s Puerto Vallarta resort

12 Oct 2023 09:44 AM IST

Hurricane Lidia made landfall as an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm Tuesday evening, with winds of 140 mph (220 kph) near Mexico’s Pacific coast resort of Puerto Vallarta. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Lidia’s eye appeared to have reached land near Las Penitas in the western state of Jalisco.

Evacuations are underway in Cordoba province as wildfires grow amid heat wave

12 Oct 2023 09:43 AM IST

Dozens of people were evacuated from their homes in Argentina’s central Cordoba province on Tuesday as wildfires grew amid an intense heat wave. Images and video from the area showed massive flames in hills surrounding populated areas, as firefighters worked to combat the flames that had reached some homes in

Akshardham Temple billed to be second-largest in world

12 Oct 2023 09:42 AM IST

A Hindu temple, billed to be the second-largest in the world, and the largest in the Western Hemisphere, has been inaugurated in the US state of New Jersey. Spread over a sprawling 185 acres, the Akshardham Temple in Robbinsville City New Jersey stands at 191 feet high. The temple, situated

Deadly bird flu reappears in US commercial poultry flocks

12 Oct 2023 09:41 AM IST

Highly pathogenic bird flu has made its first appearances in U.S. commercial poultry flocks this season, affecting one turkey farm in South Dakota and one in Utah. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that avian influenza, which is deadly to commercial poultry, was confirmed in a flock of 47,300 turkeys

Russia loses bid to regain seat on the UN’s top human rights body

12 Oct 2023 09:40 AM IST

Russia was defeated in its bid to regain a seat in the U.N.’s premiere human rights body by a significant majority in Tuesday’s election in the General Assembly, which voted last year to suspend Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine. Russia was competing against Albania and Bulgaria for two seats

Shadow work: Why you should be cautious of the TikTok self-help trend

12 Oct 2023 09:39 AM IST

I doubt the psychologist Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961), in all his prescience, would have predicted that his work would one day fuel a TikTok trend called “shadow work”. Life coaches and self-help gurus on the platform promote the exploration of shadow as a path to self-development. The exercises they recommend

Trump acknowledged penthouse size – 11,000 square ft, not 30,000 he later claimed

12 Oct 2023 09:36 AM IST

Donald Trump signed a document 30 years ago that gave the true size of his New York penthouse which was later listed as far larger on financial statements, according to evidence Tuesday at the former president’s civil business fraud trial. The evidence appeared in an email attachment shown as Allen

Zelenskyy at NATO defence MINISTERS’ MEETING seeking more support to fight Russia

12 Oct 2023 09:36 AM IST

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived at NATO for Wednesday’s meetings with alliance defence ministers to further drum up support for Ukraine’s fight against Russia. “It’s very important that there are priorities. There are air defence systems. These are not just basic words. These are very concrete things and we need