Saudi women make their mark at Madinah Dates Season exhibition
Riyadh, 21 October: Women and girls from the Madinah region made their presence felt at the 2024 Madinah Dates Season exhibition, which was held next to Quba Mosque. They conducted arts and cooking workshops, organized the crowd flow, participated in marketing, and displayed various types of dates and date by-products, the Saudi Press Agency reported […]
‘Pakistan sponsored’, says BJP’s Kavinder Gupta on J&K terror attack
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) BJP leader Kavinder Gupta on Monday said the terror attack on civilians in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal was cowardly and Pakistan-sponsored. He stated, “It was a tragic incident, and such cowardly attacks are wrong. Pakistan-sponsored terrorism is behind such acts, but this must be strongly suppressed and stopped. Our security […]
Sudan, South Sudan discuss resumption of oil transportation
Khartoum, Oct 21 (IANS) Sudan and South Sudan stressed the need to address the obstacles facing the resumption of South Sudan’s oil exports via the Sudanese territory. This came after Chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council and General Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan met on Sunday with South Sudan’s Presidential […]
Palestinian envoy calls for emergency Arab League meeting over Gaza
Ramallah, Oct 21 (IANS) Palestine has requested an emergency meeting of the Arab League Council at the level of permanent representatives amid “intensifying Israeli aggression,” a Palestinian envoy said. The request comes in light of the escalating Israeli “crimes” committed against the defenceless Palestinian people, said Mohanad A. A. Alaklouk, the permanent representative of Palestine […]
At NDTV World Summit, PM Modi lists achievements of Modi 3.0 government in first 125 days
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Sharing his vision for a developed India by 2047 at the two-day NDTV World Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday listed the achievements of his government in the first 125 days of its third term while emphasising that the country continues to move at an incredible pace in every […]
Moldova to hold presidential runoff
Bucharest, Oct 21 (IANS) Moldova is set to hold a runoff presidential election on November 3, as none of the candidates gained the required over 50 per cent of the votes in the first round after almost all the votes were counted early Monday morning. Under the country’s constitution, a candidate must win an absolute […]
US: 2 killed, 38 injured in flash flooding in New Mexico
Houston, Oct 21 (IANS) At least two people have been killed, 38 injured and nearly 300 rescued after overnight flash flooding caused by heavy rainfall swamped roads and homes in Roswell, a city in the southeastern US mountain state of New Mexico, authorities said. City officials on Sunday said the rain caused heavy damage to […]
Brazilian Prez sustains head injury, cancels trip to BRICS summit in Russia
Sao Paulo, Oct 21 (IANS) Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was hospitalised in Brasilia after sustaining a bruise to the head in an accident at home on October 19, thereby cancelling his planned trip to Russia to participate in the upcoming BRICS Summit. The Brazil president’s office announced on Sunday, Xinhua news agency […]
S. Korea, Austria hold talks to discuss economic ties
Seoul, Oct 21 (IANS) South Korean Trade Minister Cheong In-kyo met with his Austrian counterpart on Monday to discuss bilateral economic ties in areas such as cutting-edge industries, the Trade Ministry said. Cheong met Austrian Labor Minister Martin Kocher in the central city of Sejong to share ideas on utilising their respective strengths to build […]
Hamas claims targeting Israeli soldiers, military vehicles in Gaza
Gaza, Oct 21 (IANS) The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, have announced that they had killed and wounded Israeli soldiers in several operations in the northern Gaza Strip. In separate statements on Sunday, the brigades reported that its forces targeted in the west of the Jabalia camp an Israeli Merkava tank with a […]
