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- NDTV
France To Air-Drop 40 Tonnes Of Aid Into Gaza As Famine Unfolds
France will air-drop 40 tonnes of aid into Gaza from Friday, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Tuesday, as UN-backed experts warned the Israeli-blockaded Palestinian territory was slipping into famine. Concern has escalated in the past week about hunger in the Gaza Strip after more than 21 months of war that started after Palestinian militant group Hamas carried out an unprecedented attack against Israel in October 2023. "We will organise, starting from Friday, and in close coordination with the Jordanian authorities, four flights carrying 10 tonnes of supplies each for the Gaza Strip," Barrot told the BFMTV television broadcaster. But Barrot said France also had aid waiting to cross into Gaza by road that was being blocked in northern Egypt. "The air route is useful, but it is not sufficient," the minister added. "Fifty-two tonnes of French humanitarian freight are blocked in El-Arish," an Egyptian city some 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the border, he added. "It is therefore essential that the Israeli authorities finally agree to reopen land access to the Gaza Strip sufficiently so as to alleviate the atrocious suffering of its civilian populations," he added. A French diplomatic source said earlier in the day that aid deliveries by land were "by far the most effective solution to enable the massive and unhindered delivery of humanitarian goods that the population desperately needs". Britain said earlier on Tuesday it had carried out its first air drop of humanitarian supplies into Gaza on Tuesday. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said two German air transport aircraft were already en route to Jordan and would start air-dropping aid into Gaza "from the weekend at the latest, possibly even tomorrow". Aid groups have warned that "mass starvation" is spreading among the territory's more than two million residents. Israel has in recent days allowed more aid trucks into the Gaza Strip but aid agencies say Israeli authorities could still do more to speed up frontier checks and open more border posts.
Hindustan Times
2 hours ago
- Hindustan Times
Centre encroaching on rights of states under guise of NEP: Punjab minister Bains
New Delhi, Punjab's education minister Harjot Singh Bains on Tuesday alleged that the central government was "encroaching" on the rights of states through the new education policy. Centre encroaching on rights of states under guise of NEP: Punjab minister Bains Addressing the Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam organised by the Union Ministry of Education at Bharat Mandapam here, he said as education is a concurrent subject between the Centre and the states, the central government is overpowering the state authority through its new education policy. The minister highlighted that despite Punjabi being one of the 22 scheduled languages under the Constitution and being widely spoken and studied in several states other than Punjab, the Central Board of Secondary Education had initially included it as an optional subject alongside languages like Thai, German and Mandarin. He said that it was only after the Punjab government registered its strong protest that Punjabi was included as a main subject. He said that the Centre has maintained that the NEP would promote regional languages, but contrary to these claims, the Centre placed the regional languages under the category of optional subjects, which is undermining the status of regional languages. According to a state government statement, the minister said that the Punjab government has already announced the framing of its own education policy and it will be ready soon. He said that the state will not tolerate any steps of the Centre that "undermine Punjab, Punjabiyat and Punjabi language under the guise of the NEP". Bains said Punjab is working sincerely towards the holistic development of education in the state. The minister highlighted that students from government schools in Punjab are excelling at the national level in various fields of education and competitive exams, bringing pride to the state, the statement said Bains said that during this event, there was no discussion on the tragic collapse of a school building in Rajasthan and even a two-minute silence was not observed on the death of innocent children, "which is very unfortunate". He said that in this conference, important issues like mid-day meal, slary hike for workers and increasing the funds for school uniforms were not discussed. He said new methods of education, blockchain, artificial intelligence, digital learning and other issues were not even touched. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
Mint
2 hours ago
- Mint
No room for mercy: German zoo ignores animal lovers' plea, kills 12 baboons citing lack of space
A zoo in the German city of Nuremberg announced that it had killed 12 baboons on Tuesday despite protests from animal rights activists. The Tiergarten Nürnberg Zoo first announced plans to kill baboons it didn't have space for in February 2024. It had said that it examined offers to take in some of the animals but was unable to make any of them work. The plans drew criticism from animal rights groups. They also drew protests at the zoo, which said on Monday that it would have to start preparing to kill baboons. On Tuesday morning, it announced that it was closing for the day for unspecified "operational reasons'. On Tuesday afternoon, police said several activists forced their way into the grounds, a few of them glueing themselves to the ground before being detained. Shortly afterwards, the zoo said it had killed 12 baboons, German news agency dpa reported. Further details weren't immediately available. Animal rights groups said they planned to file a criminal complaint. The zoo's population of Guinea baboons had grown to 43 and was too big for a house built in the late 2000s for 25 animals plus their young, leading to more conflicts among the animals. The zoo has said it did take steps in the past to address the issue, with 16 baboons moving to zoos in Paris and China since 2011. But those zoos, and another in Spain to which baboons were previously sent, had reached their own capacity. An attempt at contraception was abandoned several years ago after failing to produce the desired results. Animals are regularly euthanised in European zoos for a variety of reasons. Some past cases have caused an outcry; for example, one in 2014 in which Copenhagen Zoo killed a healthy 2-year-old giraffe, butchered its carcass in front of a crowd that included children and then fed it to lions.
