The Ganga Sagar Fair is an annual gathering of Hindu pilgrims on Sagar Island during Makar Sankranti to bathe in the Ganges River’s sacred waters before it reaches the Bay of Bengal. Thousands of Hindus bathed in the Ganges river as they believe they are cleansed of their sins amid soaring Covid-19 cases. Few people […]
The first baby Ömer Özkan to be born from a transplanted uterus has turned 20-month-old now. His mother Derya Sert (32) who underwent womb transplant in Antalya in 2011 entered the medical literature. The struggle of Derya Sert, who had a uterus transplant from a cadaver at the age of 23, started in 2011. Sert, […]
Teachers and parents of students hit the streets in France’s capital city of Paris. During the protest, teachers stated the government isn’t protect them, they hand out only cloth masks, and necessary precautions weren’t taken while Coronavirus’s (COVID-19) Omicron mutation cases were increasing. Parents told they had confusion about sending their children to school due […]
Due to heavy snowfall in Japan, 4 people died in Hokkaido province. 200 people were stranded at the new Chitose Airport, while at least 130 flights were cancelled. It was announced that 517 flights planned on different train lines in Hokkaido were canceled due to weather conditions. Warning of new disruptions in air, land and […]
It had been announced that Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) peacekeeping force that send out to Kazakhstan after protests against fuel price hike turned into violent acts in the country, had begun to withdraw. In the statement released by the Russian Ministry of Defence, it’s been pointed out that the Russian troops in the peacekeeping […]
Death toll rises in the Guwahati-Bikaner passenger train that derailed near the town of Domohani in the Indian state of West Bengal on Thursday. Death toll rose to 9 in the accident that happened near the New Domohani railway station, according to Indian Ministry of Railroad Spokesperson Rajiv Jain. Jain stated that rescue efforts that […]
On Thursday, 3 separate bomb attacks organized in Azaz, Al-Bab and Afrin districts located in Syria’s Aleppo city. According to initial reports, at least 1 civilian died and 6 civilian have injured in the attack. In Azaz city, 1 civilian died in due to explosion of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted on a vehicle. […]
The Popocatepetl volcano erupted a 1,500-meter-high steam column that could be seen from Puebla, Mexico. According to a report from the National Center for Disaster Prevention (Cenapred), 128 exhalations accompanied by water vapor, volcanic gases, and low ash content were identified in the past 24 hours through the Popocatepetl volcano’s monitoring systems, as well as […]
A landslide occurred in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais due to heavy rainfall. The landslide occurred on a hill in Ouro Preto city of Minas Gerais state, where 2 historical mansions were engulfed. The Minas Gerais state fire department reported that the people in the building destroyed in the landslide were evacuated beforehand as […]
Turkey’s firstmini satellite, Grizu-263A, designed by the Grizu-263 Space Team, which continues its activities within the scope of Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University Engineering Faculty, was launched into space. The Grizu-263A was successfully launched into space by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Launch Base in Florida, USA. After launch, the Falcon 9 rocket […]