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May 23, 2024 2:40 PM

Buddha Purnima Celebrated with Fervor by the Buddhist Community in UAE

Dubai, UAE - The Buddhist community in the United Arab Emirates is celebrating Buddha Purnima, which commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and death of Gautama Buddha, with great enthusiasm and devotion.The Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery in Dubai, the oldest Buddhist monastery in the UAE establishe...

May 23, 2024 8:20 AM

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak calls early General Election on July 4

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called an early national election for July 4. He made the announcement outside his Downing Street office, saying now is the moment for Britain to choose its future. Voters across the United Kingdom will choose all 650 members of the House of Commons for a term ...

May 22, 2024 10:01 PM

Buddha Purnima observed in Bangladesh

Buddha Purnima, the biggest religious festival of the Buddhists, was celebrated on Wednesday across Bangladesh with due religious fervour.  Buddha Purnima falls on Baisakhi Purnima marks Gautama Buddha's birth, enlightenment and Mahaparinirvana on the same day.   Marking the day, the Bangladesh...

May 22, 2024 9:25 PM

Spain becomes 99th member of International Solar Alliance 

Spain has become the 99th member of the International Solar Alliance. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that Spain handed over the International Solar Alliance Instrument of Ratification, during the meeting of Ambassador José María Ridao Domínguez of Spain with the Head of ...

May 22, 2024 6:06 PM

Awami League MP killed in India, Bangladeshis involved: Bangladesh Home Minister

Some Bangladeshis killed ruling Awami League(AL) member of Parliament Anwarul Azim Anar at a flat in New Town, near Kolkata, said Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday. “The information we have so far is that the people of our country are involved in the killing,” the Home Minister ...

May 22, 2024 5:35 PM

UAE Honours Indian Embassy, Consulate at MoFA Excellence Awards

Dubai, May 22 : India's diplomatic missions in the UAE were recognized for their outstanding work at the 5th Minister of Foreign Affairs  Excellence Awards ceremony held under the patronage of Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan,  Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates. In a rare di...

May 22, 2024 1:37 PM

Head of WHO asks Israel to lift blockade on medical supplies into Gaza

  Head of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has asked Israel to lift blockade on medical supplies into Gaza, saying nearly 700 seriously ill patients are stuck in a war zone.   Addressing a press briefing in Geneva, Mr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said crossings from Egy...

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