A file photo of industrialist Ratan Tata with Andhra Pradesh CM N. Chandrababu Naidu. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Expressing condolence on the death of Ratan Tata, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday (October 10, 2024) said in his message on ‘ X` that few men have left such an enduring imprint on this … Read more
A view of vehicles under a collapsed building following an earthquake in Hatay, Turkey February 7, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters India’s decision to send rescue teams to help with earthquake relief is timely, much needed and a sign of “true friendship”, said envoys from Turkey and Syria, countries hit hard by Monday’s earthquake that … Read more
March 3, 2022 — The World Health Organization has called on top-level officials involved in the Russian invasion of Ukraine to ensure access for delivery of essential medical, surgical, and trauma supplies to help the Ukrainian people and refugees in neighboring countries. A shortage of oxygen, insulin, cancer therapies, and other essential supplies will continue … Read more
Feb. 22, 2022 — Paul Edward Farmer, MD, a renowned infectious disease specialist, humanitarian, and health care champion for many of the world’s most vulnerable patient populations, died suddenly in his sleep from a cardiac event Monday in Rwanda, where he had been teaching. He was 62. Farmer co-founded the Boston-based global nonprofit Partners in … Read more
Afghanistan is “at the brink of economic collapse” and the international community must urgently resume funding and provide humanitarian assistance, Pakistan‘s foreign minister warned Thursday as US, Chinese, Russian and Taliban diplomats met in Islamabad. Shah Mehmood Qureshi spoke at the opening of the so-called “troika plus” meeting, which included Thomas West, the new US … Read more