Myanmar’s long isolation and its internal instability are likely to complicate the global humanitarian aid response to the earthquake that struck on Friday, despite a rare plea for outside help from the country’s military-dominated government. “We need and want the international community to provide humanitarian aid,” said the military spokesman, Gen. Zaw Min Tun. “We…
Mumbai: “My mind simply went blank.” That’s how an assistant director with a financial institution described the moment a man, posing as a police officer over a video call, aggressively accused her of drug trafficking and placed her in ‘digital custody’ last year. She ended up paying nearly Rs 1 lakh as the caller held…
JAMMU: While no new cases of the mystery illness — that has claimed 17 lives in Badhaal village in J&K’s Rajouri district since Dec 2024 — have been reported since Jan 24, the district administration is continuing with “intensive preventive care” for residents, with 87 Badhaal families comprising 364 members kept in isolation after being…