By Earnest Kivumbi Benjamin New Delhi, Updated at 11:34 EAT on Wednesday 16th October 2024 The World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA-24) opened on Tuesday in New Delhi, India, where policy-makers, industry leaders and tech experts are meeting to consider global actions to reinforce the standardization work of ITU, the UN Agency for Digital Technologies. The…
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Over 100 people killed in stampede at religious event in India.
In a heartbreaking turn of events, police inspector Gen Shalabh Mathur has confirmed that a devastating stampede at a religious assembly in northern India has led to the tragic loss of at least 116 lives. The incident took place at a satsang (a Hindu religious event) in Hathras district in Uttar Pradesh state. The victims,…
India’s northern Haryana state tense after 5 killed in communal clashes between Hindus and Muslims
Indian authorities have imposed a curfew, suspended internet service and deployed thousands of paramilitary forces to parts of northern Haryana state after deadly communal clashes NUH, India — Indian authorities imposed a curfew, suspended internet service and deployed thousands of paramilitary forces Tuesday to parts of northern Haryana state after deadly communal clashes spread to Gurugram,…
Death toll in Manipur landslide in northeast India hits 26
Fresh rain and falling boulders have hampered rescuers who have so far pulled out 26 bodies from the debris of a landslide that wiped out a railway construction site in northeastern India’s Manipur state, officials said. By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated on Saturday 2nd July 2022 at 1424 EAT. Fresh rain and falling boulders have hampered…
India Why justice eludes many Dalit survivors of sexual violence.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1225 EAT on Wednesday 8th June 2022. While official data shows spike in sexual crimes against oppressed caste women, report says access to justice is limited, especially in rural areas. Mumbai, India – In February last year, Divya Pawar*, 35, left home after a dispute with her husband to visit…
Two arrested over death of Indian trader in Kikuube.
Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1545 EAT on Wednesday 27 April 2022. Police in Kikuube district has arrested two suspects in connection with the death of Mike Sultan, 40, an Indian trader based in Hoima district. The suspects whose particulars have been concealed by police for fear of jeopardizing investigations, were arrested on Tuesday afternoon…
Karnataka state’s ban on hijab in class. India Court upholds.
Court upholds ban in BJP-ruled state, a ruling that could set a precedent for the rest of the country, home to 200 million Muslims. Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1035 EAT on Tuesday 15/03/2022. An Indian court has upheld a ban on the hijab in class in the southern state of Karnataka, governed by Prime…
People dead as train details off the the rail in India.
At least nine dead and 45 others wounded as passenger train derails in the eastern state’s Jalpaiguri district. Rescuers have found four bodies overnight as they clear the 12 mangled coaches of a train that derailed in India’s West Bengal state, raising the death toll to nine, a railroad official said. By Faith Barbara Namagembe…
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