Syrian opposition fighters ride along the streets in the aftermath of the opposition’s takeover of Hama, Syria, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024.
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Syrian rebels celebrate in captured Homs, set sights on Damascus
Syrian rebels announced they gained full control over the key city of Homs early on Sunday (December 8, 2024) after only a day of fighting, leaving President Bashar al-Assad’s 24-year rule dangling by a thread as insurgents marched on the capital, Damascus.
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Thousands of Homs residents poured onto the streets after the army withdrew from the central city, dancing and chanting “Assad is gone, Homs is free” and “Long live Syria and down with Bashar al-Assad”.
It’s clear Centre does not want to talk, we’ll resume ‘Dilli Chalo’: farmer leader
A day after suspending their ‘Dilli Chalo’ march, farm leaders at the Shambhu border between Punjab and Haryana on Saturday said a group of 101 farmers will start a peaceful foot march towards the national capital on Sunday afternoon. The farmers have gathered near Ambala, where prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Surkasha Sanhita have been imposed.
Defence Minister Rajnath on three-day visit to Russia
The first of two stealth guided missile frigates, Tushil, under construction in Russia is set to be commissioned during the three-day visit of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh beginning on Sunday (December 8, 2024) for the 21st meeting of India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military and Military Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-M&MTC). The visit comes ahead of the planned visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to India early next year for the annual summit level meeting.
Notre Dame reopens five years after fire
The archbishop of Paris re-opened Notre Dame cathedral on Saturday (December 7, 2024) by symbolically knocking on the doors and entering the 12th-century landmark which has been restored after a devastating fire in 2019 .Wearing new designer vestments and carrying a staff cut from one of the roof beams that survived the inferno, Laurent Ulrich joined hundreds of VIPs inside the Gothic masterpiece for a two-hour ceremony.
U.P. invokes ESMA, imposes six months ban on protests
Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday (December 7, 2024) invoked the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA), banning strikes by government employees in all State government departments, corporations and authorities for a period of six months.
Indigenous nuclear attack submarine design to take 4-5 years, another five years for construction
The design phase of the indigenous nuclear attack submarines (SSN) will take four to five years and another five years for the construction of the first one building on the experience of the ballistic nuclear missile submarine programme (SSBN), officials in the know said. Meanwhile, the third SSN leased from Russia is expected to be delivered to the Indian Navy in 2028 after delays.
The Hindu journalist’s reporting on Manipur wins accolades at IPI India Awards
The Hindu journalist Vijaita Singh’s reporting on the ethnic strife in Manipur, under way for over 18 months now, won accolades at the International Press Institute India Award for Excellence in Journalism, 2024 on Saturday (December 7, 2024).
The IPI, in a statement, said that there were several entries in the print, digital, and broadcast categories, covering different angles of the strife in Manipur and as a result, the Jury had decided to recognise the five best entries for cash prizes and citations as a “mark of appreciation and acknowledgement of the media’s efforts to bring out the various facets of the human tragedy caused by the civil strife”.
Kin of women and children abducted, killed in Jiribam seek death penalty for perpetrators
Family members of the six women and children from the Meitei community abducted and murdered in Manipur’s Jiribam district last month were in New Delhi on Saturday (December 7, 2024) where they made an appeal for justice, seeking swift identification of the perpetrators and the harshest of punishments to them under the law.
Published – December 08, 2024 07:39 am IST