Month: April 2024

UK Rwanda Law Sparks Fear Among Migrants Hoping To Cross Channel

April 23, 2024 admin

45,000 people attempted to cross the Channel to Britain in boats in 2022 (Representational) London: Britain’s new law allowing the deportation of undocumented asylum seekers to Rwanda is sparking fear among migrants who have come to France in the hope of crossing the Channel to England. Incredulity and trepidation spread in a makeshift camp at…

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Israel Army Unit Facing US Sanction Threat Has History Of Abuses

April 23, 2024 admin

Tel Aviv, Israel: An Israeli battalion which US media say Washington is likely to sanction over alleged rights violations against Palestinians, has a long history of transgressions and impunity, according to analysts and Israeli media. The military’s Netzah Yehuda unit was founded in 1999 to encourage ultra-Orthodox Jewish men to enlist but has since accepted…

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BJP Names Tashi Gyalson As Ladakh Candidate, Drops Sitting MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal

April 23, 2024 admin

Polling is scheduled for May 20 in the constituency. New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday named Tashi Gyalson as its candidate from the Ladakh Lok Sabha seat, dropping sitting MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, who reacted defiantly and asserted that he will soon announce his next course of action. Tashi Gyalson is the chairman-cum-chief executive councillor…

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UPA Debated, Decided To Do Nothing After 2008 Attacks, Claims S Jaishankar

April 23, 2024 admin

Hyderabad: The previous UPA government decided “not to do anything” after the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks with the justification that “it would cost more to attack Pakistan than not attacking it”, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar claimed on Tuesday. Describing India as a voice of the ‘Global South’ (comprising about 125 countries), he said the…

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In Trump Hush Money Trial, First Witness Testifies He Helped Candidacy

April 23, 2024 admin

They have charged Trump with criminally falsifying business records Washington: The first witness in Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial, National Enquirer publisher David Pecker, testified on Tuesday that he had a “highly confidential” agreement to use his supermarket tabloid to help Trump’s 2016 presidential bid. Pecker, 72, testified in a New York court that…

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Gaza War Enters 200th Day As Fears Of Israeli Invasion Mounts

April 23, 2024 admin

Shelling and loud explosions were heard in southwest Gaza (File) Gaza: The Israel-Hamas war entered its 200th day on Tuesday with fears mounting of an Israeli invasion in the overcrowded south of the besieged Gaza Strip amid calls for hostages to be freed. The Israeli army carried out intense shelling overnight of Gaza City, AFP…

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Why RCB Couldn’t Retain Yuzvendra Chahal In 2022? Mike Hesson Reveals Real Reason

April 23, 2024 admin

Former Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Director of Cricket Mike Hesson revealed why they did not retain the Indian spinner Yuzvendra Chahal in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 season auction. Hesson, who served as the franchise’s DoC from 2019-2023, made these comments as Chahal became the first-ever bowler in the history of IPL to reach…

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DRDO Develops India’s Lightest Bulletproof Vest Against Highest Threat Level

April 23, 2024 admin

The ergonomically designed front HAP is made of a monolithic ceramic plate. New Delhi: A unit of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully developed the lightest bulletproof jacket in the country for protection against the highest threat level 6, an official statement said on Tuesday. This jacket is based on a new…

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Five dead trying to cross English Channel hours after U.K. passes deportation law

April 23, 2024 admin

This photo provided by the Prefecture Maritime du Nord et de la Manche shows migrants continuing their journey to Britain off northern France coast on April 23, 2024. Five people, including a child, died while trying to cross the English Channel from France to the U.K., French authorities said, just hours after the British government…

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Hamas to stay in Doha if ‘useful’ for Gaza war mediation: Qatar

April 23, 2024 admin

Displaced Palestinians, who fled their homes due to Israeli strikes, cook as they shelter in a UNRWA-affiliated school, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip on April 23, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Qatar said on April 23 that Hamas’s political leadership would stay in Doha…

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