New York : Increasing numbers of Syrian refugees are returning to their homeland from Jordan due to drastic aid cuts, homesickness and inability to pay smugglers to sneak them into Europe.According to The New York Times, the refugees and aid officials said that the growing numbers of refugees returning to Syria suggests that conditions in […]
London, Oct. 5 : The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has blown up a nearly 2,000-year-old arch in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra.According to Sky News, ISIS militants destroyed the arch, but left the colonnades in place, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.Syria’s antiquities chief Maamoun Abdulkarim said that if […]
Colombo, Oct. 5 : Sri Lanka’s former president Mahinda Rajapaksa has said that even though the United Nations resolution against Sri Lanka on war crimes sponsored by the US without a vote is being hailed as a diplomatic victory, he is unable to share the same view.According to Lankaweb.com, Rajapaksa said in a statement that […]
New Delhi : German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Digital India’ initiative, saying that India’s experience in digitisation will help Germany and that there is great room for further projects.”We made the best possible use of time and have been able to sign so many agreements. Economic relations are of […]
Varanasi, Oct. 5 : Tension gripped Varanasi on Monday as several protesters took to streets over the Ganesha idol immersion.The police resorted to lathi charge to disperse the protesters, who had set several vehicles on fire.Earlier, the police had baton-charged some pilgrims when they were trying to immerse Ganesha idols in the Ganga.Earlier in 2013, […]