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- Indian Express
Tears at Gaza graduation ceremony for children without parents to cheer them on
In Gaza, a graduation ceremony meant to celebrate achievement became a haunting portrait of war's toll, as more than 1,000 children orphaned by the conflict walked the stage with no parents left to applaud them. Wearing caps and gowns and holding photos of their mothers and fathers, the children took to the stage on Monday in a ceremony organised by Al Wafaa Village, an orphan sanctuary in Khan Younis. It was the first graduating class since the centre opened in January. The video shared by Palestinian journalist Abdallah Al Attar showed children wiping away tears as they remembered parents lost in the war. The graduates, aged six to 13, will continue their studies at Al Wafaa when the new school year begins. 'Today, 1000 children from Al-Wafa Orphan Village graduated. A thousand smiles tried to hide a thousand pains. Between the rows were silent tears, tears of children who knew the meaning of loss before they knew the meaning of school… Each of them has a story that begins with the absence of a mother, the martyrdom of a father, or a house that became a memory. He graduates with the taste of tears, a broken childhood with her certificate in one hand, and a picture of the one you love in the other hand. Which wound is this with them from the beginning? And what future is built on the ruins of all this loss?,' Attar wrote along with the video. View this post on Instagram A post shared by عبدالله العطار Abdallah Alattar (@abdallahalattarr) Founded by speech and language pathologist Wafaa Abu Jalala, the centre offers shelter, psychological support and care to children who, she said, 'lost everything overnight.' Palestinian authorities estimate more than 5,000 families in Gaza have only one surviving member after 22 months of conflict, most of them children. The UN has listed Israel on its 'list of shame' for grave abuses against children for the second consecutive year.
India Today
3 hours ago
- India Today
Kolkata-bound Alliance Air flight returns to Guwahati after mid-air snag, all safe
A Kolkata-bound Alliance Air flight returned to Guwahati midway on Wednesday after developing a technical snag, prompting the authorities at Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International (LGBI) Airport to declare a "full-scale emergency", news agency ANI said flight 9I756 took off from Guwahati at 1.09 pm for Kolkata but soon after take-off, the pilots reported a technical protocol, the aircraft turned back and landed safely at 2.27 pm. The emergency situation, declared at 1.42 pm, was withdrawn at 2.40 pm once the flight had landed without incident. "All passengers and crew members were safe, and were provided with necessary support," a spokesperson for LGBI Airport said in a airport authority added, "Following the diversion of a GAU-CCU flight due to a technical snag, a full emergency was declared at Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Guwahati, at 1.42 pm on August 20".Passengers were deboarded and assisted by the terminal staff. The spokesperson noted that while the airline worked on arranging alternative travel for the affected passengers, the airport's operations team remained on standby to provide any further incident did not affect regular flight schedules or airport operations, the official Air, in its statement, confirmed that the aircraft returned to Guwahati due to a technical issue and said an internal inquiry is underway to determine the cause."As a precautionary measure and in adherence to safety protocols, the aircraft safely landed at Guwahati Airport. All passengers were deboarded safely, and necessary arrangements were made," the airline flight was operating on the Guwahati-Kolkata route when the issue was an internal investigation is currently underway to ascertain the cause of the technical snag."Alliance Air remains committed to the highest standards of safety and ensures that all aircraft undergo regular and rigorous maintenance checks before every departure," the commercial airline said in a statement.- EndsWith agency inputsMust Watch
News18
5 hours ago
- News18
Earthquake of magnitude 4.2 strikes Myanmar
Yangon [Myanmar], August 20 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 struck Myanmar on Wednesday, a statement by the National Center for Seismology (NCS) a post on X, NCS said that the earthquake occured at a depth of 10km. 'EQ of M: 4.2, On: 20/08/2025 18:16:29 IST, Lat: 16.38 N, Long: 95.89 E, Depth: 10 Km, Location: Myanmar," NCS wrote on X. Earlier on July 27, an earthquake of magnitude 3.6 struck per the statement, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 161 a post on X, the NCS said, 'EQ of M: 3.6, On: 27/07/2025 10:45:44 IST, Lat: 22.81 N, Long: 95.51 E, Depth: 161 Km, Location: Myanmar."Another earthquake of magnitude 3.8 struck the region on the same the details on X, the NCS said, 'EQ of M: 3.8, On: 27/07/2025 00:35:35 IST, Lat: 24.48 N, Long: 94.58 E, Depth: 75 Km, Location: Myanmar."Myanmar is vulnerable to hazards from moderate and large magnitude earthquakes, including tsunami hazards along its long coastline. Myanmar is wedged between four tectonic plates (the Indian, Eurasian, Sunda, and Burma plates) that interact in active geological processes. A 1,400-kilometre transform fault runs through Myanmar and connects the Andaman spreading center to a collision zone in the north called the Sagaing Fault. The Sagaing Fault elevates the seismic hazard for Sagaing, Mandalay, Bago, and Yangon, which together represent 46 per cent of the population of Myanmar. Although Yangon is relatively far from the fault trace, it still suffers from significant risk due to its dense population. For instance, in 1903, an intense earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 that occurred in Bago also struck Yangon. (ANI)
