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A Ukrainian journalist who was captured by Moscow while reporting from occupied east Ukraine has died in Russian detention, a Ukrainian official said Thursday. Victoria Roshchyna, who would have turned 28 this month, disappeared in August last year after travelling to Russian-held east Ukraine for a report. She remained missing until April 2024, when her father received a letter from Moscow’s defence ministry saying she was being held in Russian detention, according to Ukraine’s main journalist union. The circumstances of her arrest were not made public and it was not clear where she was being held inside Russia. “Unfortunately, information about Victoria’s death has been confirmed,” said Petro Yatsenko, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s prison of… Read More »Ukrainian Reporter Captured By Russia Dies In Detention, Says Kyiv

The United States urged its ally Israel to avoid Gaza-like military action in Lebanon, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it could face “destruction” like the Palestinian territory. Israel’s military chief, Herzi Halevi, vowed to keep bombing Hezbollah targets, a campaign that has killed more than 1,200 people since September 23, “without allowing them any respite or recovery”. The comments came after a phone call between Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden, their first in seven weeks. The White House said Biden told Netanyahu to “minimise harm” to civilians in Lebanon, particularly in “densely populated areas of Beirut”. “There should be no kind of military action in Lebanon that looks anything like Gaza and leaves… Read More »US Warns Israel Not To Repeat Gaza Destruction In Lebanon

‘Welcome’, a one word SMS from the then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to the then Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata led to shifting the Tata Nano project from West Bengal to Gujarat way back in 2008. PM Modi had sent the SMS to Mr Tata when the industrialist was addressing a press conference in Kolkata announcing the exit of Tata Nano project from West Bengal after violent protests led by Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee. “When Ratan Tata said in a press conference in Kolkata that they are leaving West Bengal, I sent him a short SMS saying ‘welcome’. And now you can see what a Re 1 (worth) SMS can do,” PM… Read More »“Welcome”: When PM Modi’s SMS To Ratan Tata Helped Gujarat Get Nano Plant

A newborn baby girl found in a sack in Aishbagh locality in Bhopal on Wednesday morning was rescued and sent to hospital but she died during treatment on Thursday, a police officer said. The locals saw the baby girl and informed the police about the matter. Upon receiving the information, the police rushed to the spot and sent the infant to the hospital. According to police, a CCTV video of the incident has also come to light in which a woman is seen arriving on a scooty with a sack and leaving after placing the sack. A case was registered against the woman, identified as Firdosh Khan (40), a resident of Aishbagh, who worked as… Read More »Newborn Baby Girl Found In Sack Dies During Treatment In Bhopal: Police

Indian players are the best in the world and can bat well in any conditions, said Bangladesh pacer Taskin Ahmed while conceding that batting frailties have let down the visitors in the T20I series, which the hosts lead 2-0 with one match left to play. Bangladesh face a potential series whitewash after losing the second T20I by 86 runs, having lost the first match by 7 wickets. “(There is) no doubt that they are (the) best in the world, not only in their (home) conditions but all over the world. They are more experienced and better players than us,” Taskin told the media on Wednesday. The pace trio of Taskin, Tanzim Hasan Sakib and Mustafizur… Read More »With “Best In The World” Praise For India, Bangladesh Star Shreds Own Team