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Morning Digest | Kharge calls meeting of INDIA bloc floor leaders on Sept 5; EC to visit Bhopal today to inspect poll measures, and more

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Opposition’s Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) leaders Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge during a press conference after the bloc leaders meeting, in Mumbai on Friday | Photo Credit: ANI Mallikarjun Kharge calls meeting of INDIA bloc floor leaders on September 5 ahead of Parliament’s Special Session Ahead of the Special Session of Parliament, floor…

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Indian American US Presidential Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy Calls For Strategic Clarity On Taiwan

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Vivek Ramaswamy said US should shift from strategic ambiguity to strategic clarity. Washington: The US embraces a policy that fails to recognise Taiwan as a nation and adopts the posture of “strategic ambiguity” over whether or not it will defend the East Asian country against a Chinese invasion, Indian American Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy…

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Burning Man festival flooding strands tens of thousands at Nevada site; authorities investigate 1 death

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September 04, 2023 07:09 am | Updated 07:09 am IST – Nevada, U.S. An unusual late-summer storm turned a week-long counterculture fest into a sloppy mess with tens of thousands of partygoers stuck in foot-deep mud and with no working toilets in the northern Nevada desert in the U.S. But some Burning Man revelers said…

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Algeria Says It Fired Warning Shots At Jet Skiers Who Strayed Across Border

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Algeria’s defence ministry released its version of events in a statement on Sunday (Representational) Cairo: Algeria’s defence ministry said on Sunday its coastguard fired warning shots before firing directly at a man on a jet ski who entered Algerian waters, in an incident that a survivor said left two dead. The incident took place on…

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US Postal Employee Steals $1.7 Million From Residents: Report

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The investigators believed that Muchimba altered checks from the US Treasury (Representational) Washington: A US Postal Service worker in Washington, DC, has allegedly stolen around $1.7 million from its residents, Wtopnews reported citing a court document.  As per the Wtopnews website, the civil forfeiture filing ordered the seizure of $402,669.95 from the bank account, believed…

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2 Killed, 6 Injured In Shooting At Canada Wedding Venue

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Ottawa police confirmed that fatalities were of two men, aged 26 and 29. (Representational) Montreal, Canada: Two people were killed and six others wounded late Saturday in a shooting in the parking lot of a reception venue in Ottawa, authorities said. Two weddings were taking place at the venue when gunfire erupted outside, sending shocked…

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Zelenskyy replaces defence minister, Russian drones hit Ukraine port

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday announced the departure of defence minister Oleksiy Reznikov, calling for “new approaches” a year and a half into Russia’s invasion. The announcement came hours after Ukraine fought off an attack by Russian drones in the southern Odesa region early Sunday that hit a Danube port on the border with…

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Ukraine Claims Big Breakthrough, Says Russian Lines Breached In South

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Heavily mined territory had slowed Ukrainian troops (File) Kyiv: Kyiv’s army has made an important breakthrough by breaching Russian lines in southern Ukraine, a key general told British media this weekend, saying he now expected faster progress in the Zaporizhzhia area. General Oleksandr Tarnavskiy, leading the southern counteroffensive, spoke several days after Kyiv declared a…

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Gender Reveal Party Turns Deadly As Plane Crashes In Front Of Guests In Mexico

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A stunt plane crashed in front of oblivious guests. A terrifying video has gone viral on the internet which shows a gender reveal in Mexico ending in a tragedy. The video shows a stunt plane involved in the celebration crashing in front of the guests. In a video posted to X (formerly Twitter), the footage…

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Bangladesh gears up to host Russia’s Lavrov and French President Macron as Sheikh Hasina plans G-20 participation

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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina may hold a bilateral meeting with PM Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G20 summit. File | Photo Credit: KRISHNAN VV The first fortnight of September is appearing hectic in Dhaka’s diplomatic calendar with multiple high-profile visits and agreements that are being scheduled. The series is expected to start…

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