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KOHIMA, Dec 5: Nagaland Beekeeping & Honey Mission (NBHM) organized the 6th Nagaland Honey Bee Day on 5th December 2024 at NBHM’s Multi Utility Center 6th Mile Sovima, Chümoukedima, under the theme BeeZ Vibes “Give bees a chance,” where Advisor to the Chief Minister & Chairman, Investment & Development Authority of Nagaland (IDAN), Abu Metha graced the program as a Special Guest.… Read the rest
KOHIMA, Dec 5: The much-anticipated Hornbill Bamboo Carnival 2024, organized by the Nagaland Bamboo Development Agency (NBDA), began with grandeur on December 5, 2024, at the Bamboo Amphitheater, Nagaland Bamboo Resource Centre, Sovima, Chümoukedima. Abu Metha, Advisor to the Chief Minister and Chairman of the Investment & Development Authority of Nagaland (IDAN), inaugurated the event.… Read the rest
The ceasefire agreement in Lebanon represents “the first ray of hope for peace” in the regional war “amidst the darkness of the last few months”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday in Lisbon.
“It is a moment of great importance, especially for the civilians who were paying an enormous price for the fact that this conflict is not only dragging on, but is also gaining increasingly worrying dimensions,” he said.… Read the rest
Operation Orion, a cooperative operation between 62 countries, finds some of the record haul on a new drug route being used by a ‘narco submarine’
Luke Taylor in Bogotá
Colombian authorities working with dozens of other countries have seized 225 tonnes of cocaine in the space of six weeks, a global record for any single anti-narcotics operation, finding some of that haul on a “narco submarine” travelling on a new drug trafficking route to Australia.… Read the rest
Charges against Israeli prime minister and his former defence minister Yoav Gallant mark first time western-affiliated leaders have been targeted for war crimes
Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem
Netanyahu calls ICC’s arrest warrant ‘antisemitic’ – video
The international criminal court’s decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli leaders over the war in Gaza has been welcomed by Palestinians as a landmark moment in their decade-long fight to challenge the Israeli occupation through international institutions.… Read the rest