38 killed in bus accident in Ethiopia

Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Wednesday laid the foundation stone for a new two-storey Accident and Emergency Unit at the District General Hospital in Mannar, a project supported by an Indian grant of SLR 600 million, the Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka said.

news helicopter crashed in a commercial area of a Los Angeles suburb on Tuesday night, leaving at least three people dead and multiple others injured, according to officials. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will be leading the investigation. 

A 38-year-old Indian-origin woman, Shalini Thakur, was shot dead in Sacramento, California, by 22-year-old Rohit, who had stalked her for months. The gunman, an undocumented immigrant released after a 2023 border crossing, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound following the attack.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday welcomed Brazilian Foreign Affairs Minister Mauro Vieira at Bharat Mandapam, the venue for the BRICS Summit 2026 under the chairship of India.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday discussed defence, investment linkages, critical minerals and clean energy with his Ethiopian counterpart Abiy Ahmed Ali on the sidelines of the 18th BRICS Summit, stating that the two nations are taking an “old friendship into new frontiers.”