At least 555 persons have been killed in Iran since the United States and Israel launched an attack on the country, the Iranian Red Crescent said. In the past two days, 131 Iranian cities have been targeted in the attacks, the humanitarian group said.
Separately, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claimed that missile strikes had targeted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office and the headquarters of the Israeli air force commander. Hours earlier, Israel’s military said it was intensifying its campaign against Iran and would step up strikes on “key elements of the regime”.
Meanwhile, Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency said that the country’s nuclear facility at Natanz was struck during the military operations on Sunday. However, Rafael Grossi, the chief of the United Nations watchdog said that the agency had “no indication” that any nuclear installations in Iran had been damaged. Read on.
Flight operations to and from West Asia remained disrupted owing to the conflict following Iran’s retaliatory strikes against a joint Israel-United States military operation on Tehran on February 28. Around 100 flights were cancelled from Delhi, 30 from Chennai, 50 from Bengaluru, 45 from Kochi, 20 from Thiruvananthapuram, among others.
The previous day, Indian airlines had cancelled around 350 flights. This was in addition to the suspension of flights by all Indian carriers to Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar and Oman.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation advised passengers to check their flight status with airlines before heading to airports. Read on.
Canada’s security officials have received evidence that Indian consular staff in Vancouver supplied information to allegedly assist in the 2023 killing of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian news report has claimed. Quoting two unidentified officials, The Globe and Mail reported that the Indian official allegedly used his position as a visa officer at the Vancouver consulate to collect details about Nijjar from members of the Indian diaspora living in British Columbia, where the separatist lived.
The Canadian officials said the claims are based on investigations by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, intelligence from Canada’s spy agency and its allies in the United States and the United Kingdom.
The news report came amid the first visit by Canadian Prime Minister Mike Carney to India since taking over the post.
Nijjar was killed by masked gunmen on June 18, 2023. His killing had led to a deterioration in the relations between New Delhi and Ottawa after Justin Trudeau, the Canadian prime minister at the time, alleged the involvement of Indian agents in the murder, claims that New Delhi denied. Read on.
The Maharashtra government will direct online food and quick-commerce companies to ensure mandatory police verification of “delivery partners” and gig workers, the state’s labour minister has said. Akash Fundkar noted that most delivery workers were engaged through online platforms and third-party contracts allowing companies to avoid direct responsibility.
The state home department has held discussions with the labour department and suggested a mandatory police clearance certificate for delivery personnel, Fundkar said.
He added that any worker found working without police verification “should be removed, and with the help of the home department, action will be taken against companies that fail to comply”. Read on.
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