February 18, 2024 07:53 am | Updated 07:53 am IST10 dead in blast at fireworks unit in Tamil Nadu’s SatturTen workers were killed and 15 others injured in an explosion at a private fireworks factory unit in Kundayiruppu near Sattur in Tamil Nadu’s Virudhunagar district on Saturday. Israel should have been mindful of civilian deaths, says Jaishankar at Munich Security ConferenceSpeaking at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar reiterated India’s call for a two-state solution to permanently resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict. Sachin Tendulkar visits bat manufacturing unit in KashmirFormer Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar visited bat-manufacturing unit in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on February 17. India sends assistance to cholera-hit ZambiaIndia on Saturday, February 17, 2024, sent medical and material assistance to Zambia as the southern African country deals with a deadly cholera outbreak. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar took to social media to announce the aid consisting of 3.5 tonnes of water purification supplies, chlorine tablets and ORS sachets handed over by the Indian High Commissioner in Zambian capital Lusaka Ashok Kumar.

Source: The Hindu February 18, 2024 18:35 UTC