New Zealand will celebrate the Maori New Year on July 14 this year and mark its newest public holiday for the second time after last year’s inaugural celebration as a statutory holiday. Celebrations leading up to Matariki began on Thursday as a booklet containing karakia
Tourism in Italy sets to smash record this year
Tourism in Italy this year is set to smash record levels set before the coronavirus pandemic, new data showed, putting the sector’s recovery ahead of pace in Europe as a whole. Provisional data from the start of the year shows a dramatic improvement
Britain has supplied Ukraine with long-range cruise missiles
Britain has supplied Ukraine with ‘Storm Shadow’ long-range cruise missiles, a Western official said on Thursday. CNN first reported the decision, citing multiple senior Western officials.
Mpox is no longer a global health emergency: WHO
The World Health Organisation on Thursday declared that mpox, earlier known as Monkey Pox, is no longer a global health emergency. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO, made the announcement while addressing a media briefing on global issues.
Teacher booked for forging Covid report to evade poll duty
An assistant teacher, who submitted a fake Covid-19 positive medical certificate to get exemption from polling duty in the municipal elections, has been booked. The action was taken against her after the block education officer, Vijay Virendra Singh
Nitish calls for more oppn parties to unite against BJP
If more opposition parties work together and stand united, it will yield a good result while taking on the BJP in the next Lok Sabha polls, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said here on Thursday. Nitish Kumar,
Manipur Police commando killed, 4 cops injured in militant attack
A Manipur Police commando was killed and four other policemen were injured when Kuki militants attacked a police patrol party at Tronglaobi in the state’s Bishnupur district on Thursday, police said.
Naveen Patnaik rules out joining ‘third front’ after meeting PM
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik made it clear on Thursday that he is not going to join the third front or a common political platform of non-BJP parties. Patnaik also said that the Biju Janata Dal (BJD)
BJP and morality contradictory to each other: Pawar
Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar on Thursday said the Bharatiya Janata Party and morality are contradictory to each other and asserted that the Supreme Court’s verdict on last year’s Maharashtra political crisis will help the MVA convince people about BJP’s “misuse” of authority.
Sachin Pilot to get CRPF security cover for his ‘Jan Sangharsh Padyatra’
Rajasthan’s former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot will get CRPF security cover during his ‘Jan Sangharsh Padyatra’ being taken out from Ajmer to Jaipur May 11 to May 15. CRPF troopers, both in uniform and in plain clothes, who will walk along with Pilot in the padyatra.
