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A female teacher of a play school near Mattancherry was on Thursday arrested for cruelly beating up a three-and-a-half-year-old boy with a stick, leaving marks on his back, police said. The woman was booked under section 118 (voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and section 75 (punishment for cruelty to child) of the Juvenile Justice Act, police said. The beating came to light as the child showed reluctance in going to the play school and on being questioned, revealed what had happened, an officer of Mattancherry police station, where the case is registered. “There were marks on the boy’s back. A case was registered… Read More »Play School Teacher Arrested For Beating Toddler With Stick In Kerala: Cops

Israel pounded central Beirut with a deadly air strike on Thursday while its ground troops in Lebanon were accused of firing on the UN’s peacekeeping headquarters, injuring two of them. The air raid on Beirut, where an AFP journalist heard several loud explosions, was the third such attack on the centre of the Lebanese capital since Israel escalated its campaign last month. “The Israeli enemy’s attacks on the capital Beirut this evening resulted in an updated toll of 22 people killed and 117 others injured,” Lebanon’s health ministry said in a statement. A Lebanese security source, without giving further details, said a “Hezbollah figure” was targeted, after a series of killings of top officials in… Read More »Israel Strikes Central Beirut, Killing 22, Injuring 117, Hezbollah Figure Targeted

Lebanon’s health ministry said Thursday at least 11 people had been killed in Israeli strikes on Beirut — the third such attack on the capital since Israel escalated its air campaign last month. Israel has repeatedly pounded southern Beirut suburbs, the bastion of Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement, for more than two weeks but strikes have rarely targeted the city centre. “The Israeli enemy’s attacks on the capital Beirut this evening killed, according to a preliminary toll, 11 people and injured 48 others,” the ministry said in a statement. Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) said the strikes hit the densely populated neighbourhoods of Nweiri and Basta. “The first strike in Beirut targeted the third floor of an… Read More »11 Killed, 48 Injured In Israeli Strikes In Lebanon

<p> Johannesburg, Oct 10 (PTI): As Ratan Tata was cremated with full state honours in India on Thursday, prominent South Africans paid homage to the iconic businessman, recalling his links with the country.</p><p> The former Tata Group chairman passed away on Wednesday evening aged 86.</p><p> “Ratan Tata’s passing leaves a huge void in the Indian business fraternity, but he leaves a legacy that will endure for generations to come as he pioneered globalisation and India’s progression into an economic powerhouse,” said internationally renowned South African filmmaker Anant Singh.</p><p> “He was an inspirational business leader who was a role model to many around the world.  He was a forward-thinking business icon and a philanthropist with a huge… Read More »Eminent South Africans recall relationship with business icon Ratan Tata

Celebrating the year 2025 as ASEAN-India Year of Tourism for which India will make available USD 5 million towards joint activities.To celebrate a decade of the Act East Policy through several people centric activities, including a youth summit, a start-up festival, a hackathon, a music festival, building on an ASEAN-India netrowk of think tanks and the Delhi Dialogue.To organise an ASEAN-India women scientists conclave under the ASEAN-India Science and Technology Development Fund.Doubling the number of scholarships at the Nalanda University and a provision of new scholarships for ASEAN students at the Agricultural Universities in India.Review of the ASEAN-India Trade and Goods Agreement by 2025.Enhancing disaster resilience for which India would contribute an additional USD 5… Read More »At ASEAN-India Summit, PM Modi Proposes 10-Point Plan To Strengthen Group