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Farhan Haq, the deputy spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said on Friday that the group issued the plea in a joint statement on the war-torn country’s humanitarian situation and a funding gap.He added that the agencies and NGOs require unhindered access to identify people’s needs, Xinhua news agency reported.”They also warned that the decreasing funding trends continue to worry humanitarians, with a huge funding gap, steadily rising over the past five years, further compounding the situation,” Haq said, noting that 75 per cent of the Yemeni population grapples with humanitarian needs.The spokesman said that since last month, the Humanitarian…

As the Pineios river, one of Greece’s largest river, continued to pour water into the lake, authorities warned locals about the threat posed by the rising water levels to the few remaining parts of the Thessaly region that had yet to be flooded, Xinhua news agency reported.So far, at least 45 villages and parts of the cities of Larissa and Volos were affected, with 4,594 people evacuated, more than 70,000 hectare of land submerged in muddy waters, over 200,000 animals killed and crops devastated, according to the latest update by Greek authorities released on Thursday.Thousands of people were still without…

According to government sources, for the special Parliament session, rehearsal was done for one day in the old building and two days in the new building.All arrangements are already in place for the special session in the old building, but since this time the photo session is to be held on the first day of the special session i.e. on September 18, therefore special preparations have been made there too.For the new Parliament building, this will be the first session, hence a rehearsal was conducted for two days to check all the arrangements and facilities.Especially seating arrangements for all ministers…

The gang’s modus operandi involved altering the electronic security systems of the stolen vehicles.Two key members of the criminal outfit have been arrested, with 10 stolen vehicles recovered during the operation, an official said on Friday.The arrested gang leaders have been identiifed as Ashraf Sultan, a.k.a. Gaji, a resident of Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, and Irfan a.k.a. Pintu, hailing from Ranchi, Jharkhand.These individuals collaborated with approximately 25 other gangmembers from Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan, and West Bengal to execute their car theft operations.Their primary method involved bypassing the security systems of four-wheelers like Fortuner, Innova, Scorpio, Creta, Brezza, among others,…

The 18 MLAs, including ministers Y. Khemchand and Bishwajit Singh have been camping in Delhi for the past three days in a bid to persuade Central leaders to take immediate steps to end the over four-month-long ethnic violence in Manipur and restore normalcy. Manipur state Congress President Keisham Meghachandra Singh said that it seems that efforts made by BJP MLAs in Delhi are useless as their top leaders are not taking part in the team. “It’s just like old wine in a new bottle,” he quipped.|The MLAs’ efforts would not be successful as the ruling party is not serious about…

Colombo, Sep 15 (IANS) Despite suffering a narrow six-run defeat to Bangladesh in the Super Four stage of the Asia Cup, opener Shubman Gill’s sparkling 121 on a tough pitch and against a four-man spin attack earned him praise from captain Rohit Sharma.”He backs his game; he knows exactly how he wants to play. Pretty clear on what he wants to do for the team. Look at his form over the last year. Pretty solid against the new ball. Works really hard; there’s no optional practice for Gill,” said Rohit after the match ended.Though Gill hit eight fours and five…

The India Meteorological Department has predicted rainfall in several parts of the state including regions experiencing drought-like situations.The Met Office has predicted moderate to heavy rainfall in the next three days in the districts of Raisen, Narmadapuram, Betul, Harda, Burhanpur, Khargone and Seoni.Besides, districts such as Sehore, Khandwa, Ratlam, Ujjain Chhindwara are likely to witness heavy rainfall in the next three days.The weather department has issued a red alert for districts — Burhanpur, Khargone, Barwani, Alirajpur, Jhabua, Dhar, Indore and Dewas districts.It said that the region is likely to witness heavy rainfall along with thunderstorms on Saturday.Notably, poor rainfall in…

The exhibition will feature nine Indian art forms and participation by around 30 master artists from these forms.This is the online platform’s inaugural exhibition that will celebrate India’s rich cultural landscape traversing through the land of the simplistic beauty of Warli art to displaying the devotional art of ‘Mata ni Pachedi’ and travelling through the land of Nathdwara of Shrinathji and the tales of Pabuji from the West. It will also showcase the arts of Bhils and the Gonds, Madhubani paintings, and Cheriyal scrolls from Telangana.Each of these art forms explores mythological themes and unique ways of storytelling and worship.The…

He mentioned that while the extent of the deluge’s devastation is still being assessed, the data that is now available indicates that 12,95,642 people have been affected.In response to a query from Congress MLA Bharat Chandra Narah, Mohan stated that more than 23,000 households in 3,335 villages had been impacted.According to the minister, 133 embankments are in danger of being breached and 37 embankments have suffered damage. At least 1,106 roads maintained by the Assam Public Works Department (PWD) as well as 101 bridges have been damaged by the floods.”A total of 16,663 animals have died due to the flood…

In response to a query by BJP MLA Terash Gowalla, the Minister stated that indigenous people are receiving land ownership in accordance with the Assam Land Policy, 2019.He stated that 1,34,532 landless people have received land ownership rights in the last five years.A total of 16,441 of them were reported from the Dhemaji district, 15,360 from Jorhat, and 12,389 from Dibrugarh, respectively.Meanwhile, Bhaskar Jyoti Baruah of the Congress asked another question, and Mohan responded by stating that the state has 48 proclaimed tribal belts and blocks, of which 19 are in the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) and the others are…