Woman chief jail superintendent in Karnataka’s Kalaburagi gets threat message
Kalaburagi (Karnataka), Nov 28 (IANS) The Chief Jail Superintendent of Kalaburagi District Prison, R. Anita, has received a threatening audio message from an anonymous person warning that her car would be blown up with explosives. According to police reports, the threatening message was sent as an audio recording to a police inspector in Kalaburagi on […]
‘I am very happy today’, Priyanka Gandhi takes oath as Lok Sabha MP
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) It is another milestone for the Nehru-Gandhi family as Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took the oath of affirmation as a member in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. Wearing an off-white saree with a golden border and holding the Constitution booklet, which has become a familiar sight in this Parliament session after […]
Fake currency notes of Rs 3 lakh face value recovered in Kolkata, one arrested
Kolkata, Nov 28 (IANS) Fake currency notes having a face value of Rs three lakh were recovered from a bus depot in Kolkata on Thursday and one person was arrested in this connection. The accused was identified as Manwar Sheikh, a resident of Kaliachak in Malda district. According to the Special Task Force of Kolkata […]
Masato Kanda elected as ADB president
Manila, Nov 28 (IANS) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Thursday that its Board of Governors has unanimously elected Masato Kanda as the ADB’s 11th president. Kanda, 59, currently serves as special advisor to Japan’s prime minister and minister of finance, Xinhua news agency reported. He will assume office on February 24, 2025, succeeding […]
Japan: Two die in fire at lawmaker’s residence
Tokyo, Nov 28 (IANS) A fire broke out Wednesday in an apartment building in Tokyo where a Japanese lawmaker lives with her family, and two unidentified bodies have been found at the scene, local authorities said. A report was made after 7 p.m. local time Wednesday that a fire had started at a unit in […]
Endangered Australian cockatoo among world’s longest-living birds
Sydney, Nov 28 (IANS) An endangered type of cockatoo found only in southwest Australia is among the longest-living bird species in the world, according to a new research. The research, published in the Pacific Conservation Biology on Thursday, found that Carnaby’s cockatoos can live for up to 35 years in the wild, Xinhua news agency […]
Trump’s proposed tariffs threaten North American jobs, says Mexican employers’ association
Mexico City, Nov 28 (IANS) US President-elect Donald Trump’s proposal to slap tariffs on Mexico and Canada could threaten the regional job market and create economic uncertainty, the Employers’ Confederation of the Mexican Republic (Coparmex) warned. Coparmex on Wednesday said that Trump’s repeated tariff threats would impact the region’s economic stability and pose “a direct […]
UN Biodiversity Conference to reconvene in February in Rome
Montreal, Nov 28 (IANS) The UN Biodiversity Conference, suspended this month in Cali in Colombia will reconvene from February 25-27, 2025, in Rome at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity on Wednesday agreed to […]
New centre to strengthen Australian ties with Southeast Asia: FM Penny Wong
Canberra, Nov 28 (IANS) Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has launched the ASEAN-Australia Centre in the nation’s capital. Wong and Kao Kim Hourn, secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), officially launched the new centre at an event in Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday night, Xinhua news agency reported. Wong said in […]
Australia commits additional humanitarian aid to Sudan
Canberra, Nov 28 (IANS) The Australian government has committed additional assistance to address famine and humanitarian needs in Sudan. The federal government on Wednesday evening announced 17 million Australian dollars ($11.04 million) in humanitarian aid for Sudan amid the ongoing civil war in the country, Xinhua news agency reported. It takes Australia’s total humanitarian aid […]
