Dehradun, Nov 12 (IANS) At least 35 workers were trapped inside an under construction tunnel on Yamunotri national highway in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district on Sunday after a landslide led to a part of the structure collapsing and all efforts are on to rescue them, officials said.
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) Gaza Deputy Health Minister Youssef Abu Alreesh on Saturday said that there are 39 newborn babies in incubators inside the Al-Shifa Hospital -- the largest medical facility in the Hamas-controlled enclave -- which is currently being attacked by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), media reports said.
Tel Aviv, Nov 11 (IANS) The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said that four patients in the ICU of the Al-Shifa Hospital due to the continued electricity outage at the besieged enclave largest medical facility.
United Nations, Nov 10 (IANS) A UN report has warned that the poverty rate in Palestine will soar by 34 per cent, thrusting nearly half a million additional people into poverty, if the war in Gaza continues for another month.
Gaza, Nov 9 (IANS) The UN Relief Works Agency (UNRWA) said that since the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) created periodic evacuation "corridors" earlier this month, at least 40,000 people have walked from northern Gaza to the besieged enclave's southern regions.
Gaza, Nov 9 (IANS) Since Hamas launched its massive assault against Israel on October 7, at least 39 journalists and media workers have been killed in the Gaza Strip in the ensuing violence, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said in a report.
Tel Aviv, Nov 9 (IANS) In a joint statement, the UN Relief Works Agency (UNRWA) and World Health Organization (WHO) said conditions at the Al-Shifa Hospital -- the largest in the Gaza Strip and one of the oldest Palestinian health institutions -- were "disastrous" amid the raging Israel-Hamas war.
Mumbai, Nov 7 (IANS) At least 16 cars and two two-wheelers went up in smoke and virtually reduced to ash when a major fire engulfed the parking lot of a high-rise building in Dadar West, the BMC Disaster Control said here on Tuesday
Rome, Nov 5 (IANS) Shortly after storm Ciaran lashed Western Europe, the region now braces for yet another storm, Domingos.
Kolkata, Nov 4 (IANS) Components of Bailey Bridges supplied by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd -- a premier defence shipyard based in Kolkata -- have helped restore road connectivity in Sikkim that was devastated by floods after eruption of the South Lhonak Lake in the first week of October.
