Damascus, Aug 11 (IANS) Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and several former officials have been sentenced to death after a court convicted them of crimes, including arbitrary detention, premeditated murder, torture and crimes against humanity, local media reported on Tuesday. Judge Fakhr al-Din al-Aryan said that the court convicted Assad of crimes against humanity and other offences, citing his post as the highest decision-maker and his role in issuing orders to state institutions involv…

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Kochi, Aug 11 (IANS) With only around 60 freedom fighters now surviving in Kerala, most of them aged above 90, the Kerala High Court on Tuesday asked the Centre and the state government to consider creating a special welfare fund for them, including a mechanism to accept public contributions.A division bench of Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice V.M.Syam Kumar issued the direction while disposing of a public interest litigation filed by Sabu Stephen seeking greater welfare measures and recogni…

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New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh announced on Tuesday that the number of animal husbandry farmers getting access to institutional credit under the Kisan Credit Card (KCC) scheme more than tripled to 50.42 lakh in 2025–26 from 15.08 lakh in 2021–22.The Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister further stated that India’s annual milk production reached 247.87 million tonnes in 2024–25, comfortably surpassing domestic demand of 243 million tonnes, while total…

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