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Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain dies at 73; PM Modi offers condolences

Zakir Hussain, considered one of the greatest players of the tabla or Indian drums and known for his "dancing fingers", has died. Hussain, 73, died in a San Francisco hospital from complications of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis - a chronic lung dise...

December 16, 2024 10:41 AM

India and Bangladesh commemorate 53rd anniversary of Vijay Diwas

India and Bangladesh on Monday marked the 53rd anniversary of Vijay Diwas, commemorating the decisive victory in the 1971 India-Pakistan war. The occasion, which celebrates India's victory and the subsequent liberation of Bangladesh (then East Pakist...

December 16, 2024 10:41 AM

Hundreds, possibly thousands, feared dead as Cyclone Chido devastates French island of Mayotte

Several hundred people and possibly even thousands may have been killed when the most powerful cyclone in nearly a century hit the French Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte, a senior local French official said on Sunday. "I think there will certa...

December 15, 2024 6:36 PM

Maharashtra cabinet expansion: BJP chief Bawankule, Shiv Sena’s Uday Samant, others take oath as ministers

Leaders of the Mahayuti alliance were sworn in as cabinet ministers in the Maharashtra government during a ceremony at Raj Bhavan in Nagpur on Sunday. The Mahayuti alliance comprises the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Nationalist Congress Par...

December 15, 2024 4:59 PM

Israeli troops kill 20 in Gaza Strip, attack school sheltering displaced Palestinians

Israeli troops killed at least 20 Palestinians, most of them in the northern Gaza Strip, on Sunday airstrikes and other attacks on targets that included a school sheltering displaced Gazans, medics and residents said. They said at least 11 of the de...

December 15, 2024 1:04 PM

Ukraine to set up mechanism to supply food to Syria, Zelenskiy says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday he had instructed his government to set up supply mechanisms to deliver together with international organisations and partners food to Syria in the aftermath of the fall of President Bashar al-...

December 15, 2024 11:11 AM

South Korea’s acting president moves to reassure allies, calm markets after impeachment

South Korea's acting president, Han Duck-soo, moved on Sunday to reassure the country's allies and calm financial markets a day after President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached and suspended from his duties over a martial law attempt. Han spoke with U.S....

December 15, 2024 10:42 AM

India sends 60 tons of medical assistance to Jamaica

India on Saturday dispatched approximately 60 tons of emergency medical equipment, generators, and other essential utilities to Jamaica to bolster the country's healthcare infrastructure and disaster preparedness. The Ministry of External Affairs sp...

December 14, 2024 5:37 PM

Seven killed in Israeli strike on Gaza school, Palestinian emergency service says

At least seven Palestinians were killed and 12 wounded after an Israeli strike on a former school that was sheltering displaced people in Gaza City, the civil emergency service said on Saturday. The Israeli military is looking into the report, a spo...

December 14, 2024 4:21 PM

South Korea’s Yoon defiant after impeachment over martial law bid

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed on Saturday to fight for his political future after he was impeached in a second vote by the opposition-led parliament over his short-lived attempt to impose martial law, a move that had shocked the nation. ...

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