‘I wish I had never been to the UK’: Palestinian academic despairs at getting visas for family stranded in Gaza

When Bassem Abudagga heard in 2022 that he had won a British Council scholarship to study for a PhD in the UK, he was delighted. “I was very proud,” he recalled. “This is what every academic in Palestine wants: to get a British qualification. “This feels like a turning point in my career, my future … Read more

President Murmu stranded in Meghalaya for more than 4 hours due to bad weather

Officials said Murmu was scheduled to depart from Shillong for Diphu in Assam at 10 am. (file photo) “The President is scheduled to leave the Raj Bhavan in the next 10 minutes… she got delayed due to bad weather,” a senior official told PTI around 2:35 pm. President Draupadi Murmu was reportedly stranded here for … Read more