A threat assessment for navigational safety caused by the container debris of the ill-fated Mv. X-press Pearl off the Colombo Port has been carried out and shared with Sri Lankan Authorities. The Indian High Commission said in a statement....
Supreme Court Judge Janak de Silva today (28) recused himself from hearing the Fundamental Rights petition filed by former Minister RishadBathiudeen.
Bathiudeen filed a Fundamental Rights petition in Supreme Court seeking an interim order to release him forthwith from the...
• If the second dose is administered with substantial delay beyond the recommended 8-12 weeks interval, there is no need to restart a full course of vaccination. Unpublished data show a strong anamnestic response even after an interval between...
South Asia Gateway Terminals states that recovery in shipping volumes was swift during the latter part of the 2020 and it has been sustained throughout.
In a press communique issued as a result all maritime service providers had to rethink...
The ‘Very Severe Cyclonic Storm’ Yaas that made landfall south of Balasore in Odisha on Wednesday tore into the bordering regions of West Bengal and Odisha and weakened into a cyclonic storm, leaving behind a trail of destruction in...
Social media giant Facebook on Tuesday said it aimed to comply with the provisions of India’s new IT rules for intermediaries which come into effect today. The company added, however, that it continued to discuss the issues related to...
“Nun’s office Tivoli safe!” When I was a child, we used to play a game where several of us whispered a message to one another in sequence. The fun of the game is when errors pop up along the...
India is interested in ensuring that Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin gets the endorsements from the World Health Organisation without delay. Sources informed that top diplomats of the Ministry of External Affairs are studying the matter to ensure recognition from WHO...
A negative Covid-19 report isn’t the end of the problems associated with the virus, warn doctors. They now say that since it affects multiple organs, those who were on mechanical ventilation, ICU or form into any high-risk category of...
Journalists in Bangladesh are up in arms against the arrest, under the Official Secrets Act, of a leading investigative journalist Rozina Islam on the charge of “stealing” documents from the Health Ministry.
In an unusual reaction, Rozina’s journalistic fraternity has...
The British oil company Cairn Energy confirmed on Saturday that it has initiated a process to seize Indian assets to enforce the $1.2 billion international arbitration award it has won against India in a tax dispute involving retrospective taxation....
A combination picture shows al-Jalaa building as it collapses after being hit by Israeli missiles
By Al Jazeera Staff
Youmna al-Sayed had less than an hour to get to safety.
But with just one elevator working in al-Jalaa tower, an 11-storey...
