A partially deaf Auckland woman has spoken of the devastating moment she discovered the body of 8-year-old Gurshabad Singh in her backyard swimming pool, saying she never heard the autistic schoolboy enter her property before he drowned.Gurshabad died in November last year after escaping from a school transport van in Te Atatū South and making…
New Delhi: The absence of anaemia estimates from the newly released National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-6 Fact Sheets has sparked questions among public health experts, with the government saying the indicator was excluded because of concerns over the blood-testing method used in previous survey rounds.Health Ministry officials said haemoglobin testing was not carried out in…
Donald Trump (File photo) US President Donald Trump on Sunday asserted the conditions around the Iran peace deal, saying that no sanctions would be lifted or assets be unfrozen upfront till the peace deal is reached.In a recent interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press”, Trump , on being asked he would consider unfreezing assets…
Bishnoi gang claims responsibility for two shootings targeting Indians in Portugal. INDIA bloc to meet in Delhi with 23 parties, amid internal rifts and likely absences of DMK and AAP. Cockroach Janta Party vows nationwide agitation over exam irregularities, demands education minister’s resignation. India dominate Afghanistan in Test as Suthar shines; hosts lead by 451…
Six-year-old survives fatal crash A six-year-old girl narrowly escaped a tragic road accident that claimed the lives of her Dubai-based father, mother and aunt after she switched to another vehicle during a brief stop just minutes before the crash in Kerala.Dubai-based Indian man, wife killed in Kerala road crash; daughter survives after car switchAccording to…
On May 21, India’s power grid hit a number it had never seen before. Demand crossed 270 gigawatts, peaking at 270.73 GW. To put that in context, the entire installed power capacity of the United Kingdom is roughly 80 GW. India was drawing more than three times that in a single afternoon.The reason was heat….
Trump administration border czar Tom Homan says he paid an unannounced visit to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility and ate lunch alongside detainees after hearing complaints about the quality of food being served.Speaking in an interview with Fox News, Homan said he wanted to see for himself whether the meals were actually…
NEW DELHI: Leaders of the opposition INDIA bloc are set to meet in New Delhi on Monday in what will be the alliance’s first major huddle after recent Assembly election setbacks for some of its key constituents and amid growing strains within the coalition.Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said on Sunday that 23 political parties…
Singapore has ordered three social media platforms – YouTube, Facebook and X – to block access to 14 posts that targeted the Indian community and undermined the country’s model of multiculturalism, the Ministry of Home Affairs said on Saturday.The police issued disabling directions under the Online Criminal Harms Act requiring the platforms to “take all…
Saudi authorities arrested 7,760 people for violating residency, labour and border regulations during nationwide enforcement operations conducted over a one-week period, according to the Ministry of Interior.The inspections, carried out jointly with several government agencies between May 28 and June 3, targeted individuals accused of breaching immigration and employment laws across the Kingdom.Official figures showed…