NEW DELHI: India has made significant progress in reducing child deaths over the past three decades, but deaths among newborns are a cause for concern, the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation Report 2025 shows, reports Anuja Jaiswal.The country’s under-five mortality rate has declined from 127 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1990…
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Saudi Arabia’s on Thursday said, the “little trust” Iran had rebuilt with its Arab neighbours was now “completely shattered” after a series of attacks across the Gulf. Speaking in Riyadh after an emergency meeting of Arab nations to address the severe regional escalation, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister…
NEW DELHI: Opposition MPs at a parliamentary committee meeting on Wednesday questioned PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel days before its, along with the US, attack on Iran and govt’s “silence” on the killing of the Islamic country’s supreme leader as the ministry of external affairs briefed the panel on safety and security of the…
Pakistan army (PTI file photo) There will be no Republic Day parade in Pakistan this year, as Islamabad has cancelled its March 23 ceremonial event due to the Middle East crisis, which has triggered an oil crisis in Pakistan amid rising tensions in the Gulf region, the Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s office confirmed, according to…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted people on the start of Navratri and the traditional Indian New Year, celebrated across the country in different forms.Extending wishes for Nav Samvatsar, Navratri, Gudi Padwa, Ugadi, Cheti Chand, Navreh and Sajibu Cheiraoba, the prime minister said these occasions mark the arrival of a new year,…
The UAE has confirmed that Friday, March 20, 2026, will be the first day of Eid Al Fitr/Representative Image Eid Al Fitr 2026 will be celebrated on Friday, March 20 across the UAE and several Gulf countries, after the Shawwal crescent moon was not sighted, marking the completion of a 30-day Ramadan. The UAE confirmed…
South Pars natural gas field (Agencies) The already tense situation in the Middle East escalated sharply on Wednesday after Israel struck an Iranian production facility at the South Pars gas field, which Iran shares with Qatar across the Gulf. The attack comes amid a widening regional crisis triggered by a joint US-Israel military operation at…
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments Commissioner Wednesday questioned the definition of ‘industry’ settled by Supreme Court in 1978, saying how it can cover temples when most of them are maintained from surplus money generated from donations to a few of them, reports Dhananjay Mahapatra.Appearing for the body which oversees administration, management…
Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed/Image: WAM A new housing package worth AED4.21 billion has been approved in Abu Dhabi, bringing support to 2,652 Emirati citizens just ahead of Eid Al Fitr 2026, in a move aimed at strengthening family stability and improving living standards across the emirate.The package, approved by H.H. Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed…
. Iran struck Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City, one of the world’s largest gas export hubs, on Wednesday, causing heavy damage to the key facility.QatarEnergy said in a statement early Thursday that “several of its Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facilities were the subject of missile attacks, causing sizeable fires and extensive further damage” after the…