Ahmedabad, June 25 (IANS) On the occasion of the Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani’s 64th birthday, the Adani Foundation collected a record 52,306 units of blood through a nationwide donation drive conducted across more than 754 cities, towns and villages in 21 states, five Union Territories and four international locations, surpassing last year’s collection of 28,090 units, it announced on Thursday.Organised in collaboration with over 764 blood banks, including Red Cross centres, government hos…
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Bhopal, May 8 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Governor Mangubhai Patel on Friday asked every Red Cross member in the state to induct at least five new volunteers, pitching an aggressive grassroots expansion to deepen the organisation’s rural reach. Speaking at the ‘Seva Samman Samaroh’ on World Red Cross Day, Patel said the movement must move “beyond auditoriums” and into villages where the need is greatest.“Service to humanity is service to God, but it cannot be limited to speeches. It …
Quito, April 16 (IANS) At least 11 people were killed and 22 others injured after an interprovincial bus veered off the road and fell into a river in southern Ecuador, authorities said.The accident occurred on Wednesday on the Cuenca-Molleturo road near the El Chorro bridge, Cuenca canton, where the bus veered off the road and broke through guardrails before falling into a shallow river, according to the Cuenca fire department.The vehicle later caught fire and was completely burned, images share…
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar engaged in back-to-back telephone conversations with his Iranian and Israeli counterparts on Saturday, expressing India’s deep concern over the rapidly deteriorating situation in the Middle East following a major joint US-Israel strike on Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory actions. The diplomatic outreach comes as the region faces heightened tensions after explosions rocked Tehran and other sites, with Iran launching missile…
Hazaribagh, Jan 2 (IANS) A late-night dispute between a group of young men turned violent in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, resulting in the brutal murder of a 30-year-old man on Thursday, January 1, police officials said on Friday.The incident occurred around 9 p.m. at Indrapuri Chowk, a busy locality of the city. The deceased has been identified as Suraj Kumar Rana, a resident of Madai Khurd, who worked as a tiles and marble mason.According to family members and eyewitnesses, an argument broke out bet…