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BICOM 30th April 2021 There are conflicting reports into the exact number of deaths, with  Kan Radio News saying least 44 people were killed and 150 people, including children, were injured, of which six are in critical condition, 18 are in serious condition, eight are in moderate condition and the rest are in light condition The Magen David Adom (MDA) rescue service said 38 people had been killed at the scene. It said its paramedics treated doze...

Intl NGO Oxfam has warned that 5M people in Tigray face extreme hunger Addis Getachew   | 04.05.2021 A view from the Kedamay Weyane livestock market in Mekelle city of the Tigray region, in northern Ethiopia. ( FILE PHOTO - Anadolu Agency ) ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Ethiopia on Tuesday described international anti-poverty NGO Oxfam’s claim that 5 million people in the country’s northernmost region of Tigray face extreme hunger...

Northern Command to set up support system for former personnel, their families in J&K, Ladakh Northern Army Commander Lt Gen YK Joshi, accompanied by the Chinar Corps Commander Lt Gen BS Raju visited the 250 bed (Level 1 & Level 2) COVID Healthcare Facility jointly established by Chinar Corps and Civil Administration at Old Air Field Military Station, Rangreth, Srinagar UDHAMPUR : The Northern Command of the Indian Army is setting up a robust support system to take care of its former personnel ...

Northern Command to set up support system for former personnel, their families in Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh SECTIONS Northern Command to set up support system for former personnel, their families in Jammu and Kashmir, LadakhPTI Last Updated: May 03, 2021, 10:53 AM IST Share Synopsis The emphasis is on the dictum "one for all and all for one", whereby collective effort becomes the key to success in the war against the second wave of COVID-19, the spokesperson said. Northern Army Commander Lt Gen...

Armed Forces Medical Services officers retiring this year to get extension till Dec: Lt Gen Kanitkar NEW DELHI: Around 200 Short Service Commission (SSC) officers with the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS), due for retirement over the next seven months, will get an extension till December 31 in view of the Covid-19 situation in the country, a senior Army officer said on Sunday. Lt Gen (Dr) Madhuri Kanitkar, who is part of the medical team under the Chief of Defence Staff, said they will be d...

Armed Forces Medical Services officers retiring this year to get extension till December: Lt Gen Madhuri Kanitkar SECTIONS Armed Forces Medical Services officers retiring this year to get extension till December: Lt Gen Madhuri KanitkarPTI Last Updated: May 02, 2021, 05:11 PM IST Share Synopsis The orders for implementation of this plan are expected soon as the proposal is in advance stages of approval, said Lt Gen Kanitkar, the third women officer to have reached to the level of three-star gen...

32 shares Haredi hats and broken glasses are seen at the site of the Mt. Meron disaster in northern Israel, Friday, April 30, 2021 (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) As the initial shock and horror over Thursday night’s deadly crush at Lag B’Omer festivities on Mount Meron began to subside, focus started to turn on Friday toward the matter of who was to blame for the packed conditions at the site that led to the deaths of 45 people and the injuring of dozens of others in the fatal stampede...

33 shares An Israeli Home Front Command soldier is seen at the scene after a mass fatality scene during the celebrations of the Jewish holiday of Lag BOmer on Mt. Meron, in northern Israel on April 30, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90) Soldiers of the Israel Defense Force’s Home Front Command were physically and verbally attacked by ultra-Orthodox Jews while they were assisting in searching for dead and wounded in the stampede during Lag B’Omer celebrations at Mount Meron, the IDF said late...

increase font size At least 45 killed, dozens injured in stampede at religious festival in Israel Tens of thousands of mostly ultra-Orthodox men and some children had gathered at the base of the mountain to celebrate Lag BaOmer, a holiday that in part commemorates a Jewish uprising in the 1st century against Roman rule. By Steve Hendrix, Miriam Berger, Shira Rubin and Jaclyn PeiserWashington Post Share Israeli security officials and rescuers carry bodies of victims who died during a Lag BaOme...

616 shares David Horovitz is the founding editor of The Times of Israel. He is the author of "Still Life with Bombers" (2004) and "A Little Too Close to God" (2000), and co-author of "Shalom Friend: The Life and Legacy of Yitzhak Rabin" (1996). He previously edited The Jerusalem Post (2004-2011) and The Jerusalem Report (1998-2004). Israeli rescue forces and police at a mass fatality scene, after a stampede in a packed walkway, during celebrations of the holiday of Lag BOmer on Mt. Meron,...