Category: General Interest

In the last two months, at least 1,500 people have died due to cholera and more than 246,000 new cases of the disease have been reported in conflict-riven Yemen, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported. In Sanaa, the number of suspected cases in the country’s..

An incendiary post on Facebook by a teenager has seemingly sparked off communal violence in West Bengal. According to latest reports, in a period of two days, at least six police vehicles as well as a number of shops and houses were torched by a mob in North 24 Parganas..

Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists and among the ones with the highest levels of unsolved crimes against the press. More than 100 media workers have been killed or disappeared since 2000, and most of these crimes remained..

Between June 23 to June 26, over 60,000 people believed to be working in Thailand have reportedly fled its borders. According to the immigration bureau in Thailand, this number has probably increased in the days since. This is due to the new labor laws that have..

A man tried to drive a car into a crowd of people standing in front of a mosque in Paris. There were no injuries as a result of theincident which place in a suburb called Creteil. The French police have already announced that they have caught the suspect has already been arrested..

Australian police have seized a World War II era machine gun during a traffic stop 100km (60 miles) north of Sydney. Officers searched a car on the Central Coast of New South Wales on June 25 and found an MP40 sub-machine gun plus 60 rounds of ammunition..

About 2000 people are protesting in Delhi and several across India against rising attacks on Muslims and Dalits by vigilante cow protection groups. Protests were also being held in 15 other cities as well as in London. The campaign, #NotInMyName, started with a..

A painless sticking plaster that delivers vaccine through the skin has passed important safety tests trial in people. Patch has a hundred-tiny hair-like micro needles that penetrate the skin’s surface. It is simple for people to stick on themselves and may help the people..

On Wednesday night, a new Europe-wide wi-fi service for aeroplanes came a step closer with the launch of a key satellite from French Guiana. Airline passengers will soon be able to connect to the internet either through this spacecraft or a complementary system of..

If there is ever a cyberattack in UK, then the region might respond with military strikes. This was the sentiment expressed by Sir Michael Fallon, the Defence Secretary of UK. He said that Britain has the resources and the ability to respond to such attacks through any domain..