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Attacks from suspicious residents complicate the fight against Ebola in Congo

The Ebola outbreak has more than 900 suspected cases and over 220 suspected deaths.
Updated on May 26, 2026 02:06 pm IST

Second civilian flotilla headed towards Gaza, Netanyahu holds security meet

Owing to the rough seas, the flotilla sailed to another port, from where it set sail with more than 60 vessels.
Updated on Apr 29, 2026 05:30 pm IST

Michigan families eligible for $500 monthly and $1,500 one-time payment

Michigan's Rx Kids program offers $500 monthly and a one-time $1,500 payment to families, regardless of income, to support pregnancy and early baby expenses.
Published on Feb 16, 2026 08:15 am IST

US pledges $2 billion for UN humanitarian aid as Trump slashes funding

The pledge creates an umbrella fund from which money will be doled out to individual agencies and priorities
Updated on Dec 29, 2025 03:45 pm IST

Man vandalises tehsildar's car over alleged aid delay in Maharashtra's Nanded

The accused damaged the tehsildar's car in anger with a spade after claiming he had not got some aid he is entitled to.
Published on Oct 27, 2025 07:15 pm IST

Camera, data & two web developers: How millions watched Gaza aid flotilla raid

An activist holds a placard and shouts slogans outside Israel's embassy as they protesting the detention of members of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, in Pretoria, South Africa, October 3, 2025. REUTERS/Esa Alexander
Published on Oct 04, 2025 12:29 pm IST

Israeli envoy calls Gaza flotilla a ‘PR stunt’: 'Only interested in provocation'

Israeli navy forces aboard the Gaza-bound vessel Oxygono, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla
Updated on Oct 02, 2025 12:30 pm IST

Afghan earthquake survivors refuse to return to villages, fearing landslides

Afghan earthquake survivors refuse to return to villages, fearing landslides
Published on Sept 08, 2025 12:12 pm IST

Gaza’s lifeline: Humanitarian aid needs more than UN

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Palestinians queue to fill up on drinking water in the sweltering heat in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on August 12, 2025.
Published on Aug 25, 2025 03:52 pm IST

Israel airdrops aid into Gaza with six countries, denies claims of starvation

This marked the first joint operation conducted with three European countries.
Published on Aug 02, 2025 12:42 pm IST

Why enough food is not reaching Gaza even after Israel eased its blockade

Nearly all the trucks are stripped of their cargo by crowds that overwhelm them on the roads as they drive from the borders.
Published on Aug 01, 2025 08:45 am IST

Jordan, UAE airdrop 25 tons of aid to Gaza for first time in months

As per the Gaza Health Ministry, 127 people, including 85 children, have died due to malnutrition since the war began nearly two years
Published on Jul 27, 2025 06:49 pm IST

UN reports 798 deaths near Gaza aid hubs in six weeks

The United Nations has called GHF's aid model "inherently unsafe" and a violation of humanitarian impartiality standards.
Updated on Jul 11, 2025 09:04 pm IST

MP CM Mohan Yadav announces 1,500 monthly Ladli Behna Yojana aid from Diwali

Yadav also stated that 51 lakh girls have benefited from the Ladli Laxmi Yojana, receiving a total of 672 crore in assistance.
Published on Jul 05, 2025 01:17 pm IST

US-backed aid operation in Gaza ‘killing people’, says UN chief

"The search for food must never be a death sentence,” Guterres said.
Published on Jun 27, 2025 10:28 pm IST

Deadly break in at UN warehouse as aid trickles into Gaza

Deadly break in at UN warehouse as aid trickles into Gaza
Updated on Oct 06, 2025 09:34 pm IST

Humanitarian Aid Returns to Gaza—and Hamas

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Smoke billows to the north as Palestinians move with their belongings through Jabalia while fleeing the northern Gaza Strip towards Gaza City on May 19, 2025.
Updated on May 21, 2025 11:24 am IST

Harvard’s $9 billion battle with Trump is bad news for Massachusetts’ economy

refused to strike a deal with the Trump administration saying its demands went beyond the stated mission of combating antisemitism and threatened the school’s independence.
Updated on Apr 17, 2025 07:54 am IST

Rescuers search for survivors of Myanmar earthquake amid tremors, rebel attacks

Rescue efforts continued in Myanmar after an earthquake led to close to 1,700 fatalities in the country
Updated on Mar 31, 2025 04:29 am IST

Donald Trump vows to provide aid to Myanmar after deadly earthquake

Myanmar Earthquake: US President Donald Trump promised that they would provide aid to Myanmar
Updated on Mar 29, 2025 04:44 am IST

Trump administration's cuts to USAID halt vital aid to Gaza amid ceasefire issue

Due to the Trump administration's cuts to USAID, aid organisations are now forced to pay out of pocket to maintain a precarious truce after hundreds of millions of dollars in contractual payments were halted
Published on Mar 07, 2025 11:44 am IST

Trump administration's aid freeze threatens healthcare for 35,000 in Syria

During a 90-day assessment, USAID, the US Agency for International Development, issued stop-work orders for what the government claims is excessive expenditure.
Published on Feb 13, 2025 03:34 pm IST

Fadnavis announces 2 cr ex gratia to family of constable killed Maoist

The family of policeman Mahesh Nagulwar, who was murdered in a clash with Naxalites in the Gadchiroli district, would receive 2 crore in financial aid from the state government, according to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
Published on Feb 12, 2025 12:04 pm IST

University of Southampton Delhi-NCR unveils 2 scholarship schemes, check details

Beyond these scholarships, the university has also planned the Future Talent Bursary, a financial aid program exclusively for academically strong but financially disadvantaged undergraduate students.
Updated on Feb 01, 2025 08:10 am IST

Palash Sen: I never sold out to the film industry

Palash Sen speaks about encouraging the younger generation in the music industry.
Updated on Jul 17, 2024 03:14 pm IST

The US says the end of its pier for Gaza aid is coming soon

The US says the end of its pier for Gaza aid is coming soon
Published on Jul 12, 2024 12:52 am IST

Commercial goods trucked into Gaza after aid logjams

As bombs thunder in Gaza, just across the border in southern Israel truck driver Itzik waits in a barbed-wire protected parking lot for his delivery to clear inspection into the hunger-stricken territory.
Published on Jul 11, 2024 04:34 pm IST

Israel army to pause daytime fighting along southern Gaza route to ramp up aid

Palestinians attend Eid al-Adha prayers by the ruins of al-Al Rahma mosque destroyed by Israeli air strikes, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict. (Reuters)
Published on Jun 16, 2024 01:39 pm IST

US tells UN: Israel undermines goals with civilian harm in Gaza

Palestinians walk amid houses destroyed in an Israeli strike, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
Published on May 29, 2024 11:56 pm IST

War and climate change are overwhelming Somalia

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Somali boys play with a replica of a gun during the Eid al-Fitr celebrations, marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Mogadishu, Somalia April 10, 2024. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
Published on May 22, 2024 08:00 am IST