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Naima Khatoon as the Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University (AUM), making her the first woman to hold the top post in over 100 years. The appointment was approved by President Droupadi Murmu, and the Election Commission of India in view of the Model Code of Conduct being in place. "Naima Khatoon, Principal, Women's College, has been appointed as the Vice Chancellor of AMU for a period of five years.

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Dammu Ravi, secretary, economic relations in the MEA, will visit Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya from April 7-12, as a «reaffirmation of India's commitment» to further strengthen its ties of friendship with the three African countries. The Ministry of External Affairs, in a statement on Saturday, said the visit seeks to «maintain the momentum of high-level contacts» between India and countries in Africa, post the entry of the African Union (AU) as a permanent member of the G20 during the Indian Presidency of the grouping. In Rwanda, he will represent the government of India, in an event marking «the 30th commemoration of the 1994 Rwanda Genocide (Kwibuka 30)» on Sunday, the MEA said. During the visit, he is also expected to hold meetings with ministers and senior officials of the government of Rwanda, the external affairs ministry said in a statement.

Gaza, where nearly 2m Palestinians have been forced out of their homes. Even larger numbers have been displaced in Congo, Sudan, Syria and Ukraine. Most people feel compassion when they see fellow humans fleeing from bombs, bullets or machetes.

marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum and his coach were killed in a traffic accident in the Rift Valley on Sunday, cutting short the promising career of the only man to have run the endurance classic in less than two hours and one minute. The 24-year-old set the world record at the Chicago Marathon in October with a time of two hours and 35 seconds to surpass the mark of 2:01:09 run by compatriot Eliud Kipchoge in Berlin in 2022. Kiptum, who clocked three of the seven fastest marathon times in history, had been hoping to become the first man to run the marathon in under two hours in race conditions at Rotterdam in April as well as make his Olympic debut in Paris in July.

crime. Not because it is the bloodiest: Stalin and Mao killed many more people in gulags and famines than the nearly 6m Jews murdered by the Nazis. But the Holocaust was seen as so monstrous that the UN adopted the Genocide Convention, promising never again to allow an attempt to wipe out a group of people, or part of one, simply because of their nationality, race, religion or ethnicity.

organisations have so far confirmed to be partners for the upcoming Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit (VGGS) 2024, the state government said on Saturday. The 10th edition of VGGS, based on the 'Gateway to the Future' theme, will be organised in Gandhinagar from January 10 to 12.

European leaders are tightening asylum rules and seeking to restrict migration under political pressure from opponents who charge that Europe’s mainstream parties have lost control of the numbers of people who are coming into the bloc. European Union member states and lawmakers agreed on new asylum rules Wednesday after years of failing to rework a system that collapsed during the migration crisis of 2015. Back then, over one million people came to the bloc, swelling support for far-right parties.

Miriam Cates is under investigation by the parliamentary commissioner for standards over claim that she caused significant damage to the reputation of the Commons and its members. Cates is MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge in South Yorkshire It was confirmed by the watchdog on their website. Allegation details is yet to be revealed.

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces one of the toughest weeks of his 13 months in office

UK Supreme Court's concerns about the legality of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda, the government has announced significant steps, including a new bill and a migration treaty with the east African country. Home Secretary James Cleverly revealed the proposed legislation, aimed at addressing legal issues highlighted by the Court regarding asylum seekers sent to Rwanda. The bill, subject to Parliament's approval, asserts Rwanda as a safe haven for asylum seekers, signaling a stark shift in the UK's asylum policies.

Uganda secured its place in a global cricket tournament for the first time Thursday after beating Rwanda in African qualifying for next year's T20 World Cup. The country of 50 million in East Africa got into the expanded 20-team competition, being co-hosted by the West Indies and the United States in June, at the expense of Zimbabwe — an established cricketing nation. Uganda defeated Zimbabwe by five wickets on Sunday for its first ever win over a Full Member team in a T20 international, and followed that up by dismissing Rwanda for 65 then reaching its target in 8.1 overs in Windhoek, Namibia. Namibia has also advanced through African qualifying to complete a lineup of teams that also contains Oman, Nepal, Papua New Guinea and Canada.

₹100 crore over the next three to four years. With these internally accrued funds the company plans to enter new markets such as Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Rajasthan by 2024, Vinay Khare, its director, told Mint. To support its growth, the company plans to set up its own malt plant with a capacity of 6,000 litres a day, and a new production unit.

The German government has pledged to invest 4 billion euros ($4.37 billion) in African green energy projects until 2030

propelled to power last year following an economic crisis, appear to grow further as he has disappointed the hard-right of the Conservative Party following the defeat of the government's Rwanda migration policy in the Supreme Court. The task for Sunak is cut out: finalising a new agreement with Rwanda thay may address the apex court's concerns if in case a review petition is filed, and pacifying the right-wing of the Tory party which has already shown signs of revolt.

Court ruled on Wednesday that the government's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was unlawful, delivering a major blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's pledge to stop people arriving in small boats. Here are details about the case and the issue: WHY IS IMMIGRATION SUCH AN ISSUE IN BRITAIN? Taking back control of the country's borders and ending the free movement of people was a major factor that led to the 2016 vote for Britain to leave the European Union. Successive Conservative governments had promised to cut net migration to under 100,000 annually before dropping that pledge before an election in 2019. While official data recording has changed, net immigration has continued to rise since Brexit, hitting a record of 606,000 in 2022, partly due to new visa routes for arrivals from Ukraine and Hong Kong. WHAT IS BRITAIN'S RWANDA PLAN? The Rwanda plan, struck in April 2022 by then Prime Minister Boris Johnson, is designed to deter asylum seekers from making the dangerous journey of about 20 miles (32 km) across the Channel from Europe in small boats or inflatable dinghies to England's southern beaches. Last year, a record 45,775 people were detected arriving without permission in Britain in this way. So far this year, more than 27,000 have arrived on small boats. Under the scheme, anyone who arrived in Britain illegally after Jan.

Rapper Kendrick Lamar will headline Move Afrika: A Global Citizen Experience, a new initiative to establish an international touring circuit on the continent of Africa launching with a concert in Kigali, Rwanda on Dec. 6

Rwanda announced Thursday that it will allow all Africans to travel visa-free to the country, becoming the latest nation on the continent to announce such a measure aimed at boosting free movement of people

U.K. Home Secretary Suella Braverman has railed against unauthorized migrants, human-rights laws and “woke” critics of her hardline policies at the Conservative Party's annual conference

Suella Braverman will raise the «the unsustainable pressures» created by illegal migration when she makes a three-day visit to the U.S. this week, her office said on Sunday. In a keynote speech, Braverman will present a blueprint for how countries can combat the crisis and highlight how Britain has led the way in bringing forward «innovative approaches» to tackling the issue, the Home Office said. «Illegal migration and the unprecedented mass movement of people across the globe is placing unsustainable pressures on America, the UK and Europe,» Braverman said in the statement. «We must come together and ask whether the international conventions and legal frameworks designed 50-plus years ago are fit for purpose in an age of jet travel and smartphones.» British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who took office last year, has made «stopping the boats» — the arrival of migrants in small boats across the English Channel — a priority. However, the UK government's policies, such as sending asylum seekers to Rwanda, have so far failed to take off.

A list with wonders like the Taj Mahal and the Pyramids of Egypt on it just grew longer. At a meeting of the Unesco World Heritage Committee in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, member states have agreed to add World War I cemeteries and Rwanda’s genocide slopes to the list of World Heritage sites, apart from a torture centre in Argentina that’s now a memorial.