30 killed in Israeli bombing on Gaza school (Ld)

IANS | June 6, 2024 9:12 AM

Gaza, June 6 (IANS) Thirty Palestinians were killed, most of them children and women, and dozens injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting a school housing displaced people in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, medical sources told the media on Thursday morning.

Indian woman Army major to receive UN award for gender advocacy

Arul Louis | May 29, 2024 1:29 AM

United Nations, May 29 (IANS) Indian Army Major Radhika Sen has been selected to receive a UN award recognising her advocacy for women and girls while serving as a peacekeeper, Stephane Dujarric, the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, announced here.