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Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus formally unveils the July Declaration at the National Parliament premises in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP The student-people uprising of 2024 that overthrew the Sheikh Hasina-led government of Bangladesh will get “constitutional recognition”, said the July Declaration that was launched by Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday (August 5, 2025) in Dhaka.The Declaration, launched on the anniversary of the fall of Hasina government, blamed the Awami League for creating a one-party state in Bangladesh after 1971 and said the party was “loyal to external forces”. In a statement sent to The…
Israeli attacks have killed at least 83 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip amid a deepening Israel-induced hunger crisis, medical sources have told Al Jazeera, as hospitals in the besieged territory have recorded eight more deaths from starvation and malnutrition.Among those killed on Tuesday were 58 aid seekers who were shot by Israeli forces as they approached aid distribution sites operated by the US- and Israeli-backed GHF.Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary, reporting from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, said the “same exact scenario plays out in Gaza every single day” since GHF distribution sites began operating in May.“Palestinians are approaching these distribution…
Varanasi, A camera-equipped drone crashed late Tuesday evening near platform number 7 of Varanasi Cantonment Railway Station, prompting a swift security response, officials said. Drone crashes near Varanasi railway station, cops suspect could belong to content creator Authorities suspect it belonged to a content creator filming for social media, although its owner has not yet been identified. RPF in-charge Sandeep Yadav said that teams from the Railway Protection Force , Government Railway Police Force , and a bomb detection and dog squad rushed to the site immediately after being alerted. The area was cordoned off and thoroughly searched to rule…
The United States Department of State has announced the first foreign citizens to be subject to bonds of up to $15,000 should they visit the country on tourist visas.On Tuesday, Zambia and Malawi, both African countries, were the inaugural entries on a list of countries that the State Department will subject to visa bonds.The idea, announced earlier this week, is to impose bonds on countries whose citizens have high rates of overstaying their US visas.Tourists from those countries would have to pay an amount ranging from $5,000 to $15,000 at the time of their visa interview to enter the US.…
Genetically engineered humans may still sound like science fiction. But there’s a new push to edit the genes of human embryos to eliminate diseases and enhance characteristics parents value.
A Palestinian activist who helped make the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land” was shot dead in a suspected Israeli settler attack in the occupied West Bank. We go to his community to hear about the man and the incident that lead to his death.(Image credit: Julia Frankel/AP)
A mismatch between internship opportunities and participation, and a significant gender imbalance in the first pilot round of the PM Internship Scheme earlier this year forced the government to tweak the norms of this flagship scheme. These steps taken to improve participation, including the disclosure of information about the company name, its profile and geographical location, seems to have catalysed a very tangible outcome — a sharp increase in the share of female applicants in total applicants to 41 per cent in the second round, up from 31 per cent seen in the first round.The gender imbalance with the ratio…
In book world, the summer of 2025 is officially the summer of Substack.Over the past few years, Substack has been slowly building a literary scene, one in which amateurs, relative unknowns, and Pulitzer Prize-winning writers rub shoulders with one another. This spring, a series of writers — perhaps best known for their Substacks — released new fiction, leading to a burst of publicity that the critic, novelist, and Substacker Naomi Kanakia has declared “Substack summer.”“Is the Next Great American Novel Being Published on Substack?” asked the New Yorker in May. Substack “has become the premier destination for literary types’ unpublished…
NewsFeedRecord-breaking rains flooded parts of Hong Kong, disrupting flights, schools, and courts as the city recorded its highest August rainfall since 1884. The storm followed deadly flash floods in southern China that killed five people.Published On 5 Aug 20255 Aug 2025
Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday urged the Centre to utilise the waters of the Chenab River to resolve the water-sharing dispute between his state and Haryana and sought the scrapping of the Sutlej Yamuna Link canal project. Utilise Chenab river water, shelve SYL canal issue: Punjab CM to Centre Mann participated in a meeting called by Union Jal Shakti Minister C R Patil in Delhi over the SYL canal issue, in which Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini was also present. The Punjab chief minister said in the last meeting held on July 9, the Union government…
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