World Red Cross Day is celebrated on May 8th each year to commemorate the birthday of Henry Dunant, the founder of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Read further to know about its theme, history and significance.
The announcement by the International Committee of the Red Cross, which acts as a guardian of the Geneva Conventions that aim to limit “the barbarity of war”, came shortly after Russia's military said 1,730 Ukrainian troops at the steel mill have surrendered.
"There are no fights in Kabul fortunately, but there were fights in other regions, in other cities, and as we work in the whole country we were very concerned by the issues of fights," ICRC spokesperson said.
At least 6 people died while more than 30 are still missing after a cloudburst in the Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Red Cross Day is celebrated annually to reduce the suffering of people and enabling them to lead a dignified life. It is celebrated by Red Cross Organisations across the world by helping people with independence, humanity, impartiality, universality, unity and neutrality - the fundamental principles of the organisation.
World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day 2020 is being observed worldwide as the people face one of the biggest challenges ever in face of coronavirus pandemic. As on Friday, close to 4 million people across the world have been infected with the virus while over 250,000 have lost their lives.
The insurgents explained that "a number of issues with the quality and quantity" of the ICRC's activities had led them to implement the ban in the first place.
It is expected to be the most powerful storm to hit the Philippines this year and will be re-categorised as a super typhoon like Haiyan if its sustained winds exceed 220 km per hour.
The residents wrote in the letter that they feared it (putting the marks) was done with a "clear purpose to identify Muslims living in that area" ahead of the assembly polls in Gujarat next month.
According to the agency, over 11 million people have been affected by floods in four states across northern India
New Delhi: The International Committee of the Red Cross has started an online page where survivors of the April 25 earthquake as well as family members of those missing can register themselves to contact each
Malappuram: A 49-year-old Keralite has been taken captive allegedly by a six member armed group at Sanaa in strife-torn Yemen, according to information reaching the family here.Salman, belonging to Malappuram district, has been in Yemen
Berlin: Germany has pledged a further 20 million euros (about 25.5 million dollars) in humanitarian aid to Iraq, the foreign ministry said in a statement Tuesday.The additional funds are immediately available and will be used
Nairobi, Kenya: More than three dozen people remain unaccounted for almost a week after the end of the four-day terrorist attack on Nairobi's Westgate Mall that killed at least 67, the head of the Kenyan
Nairobi: The driver of a bus traveling on a dark, country road in Kenya lost control of the vehicle early Thursday and it plunged into a valley, shearing the roof off as it rolled and
Beirut, June 2: Syria's State-run news agency said the country's foreign minister has told U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon that humanitarian aid won't be allowed into an embattled rebel-held Syrian town until the fighting there is
Quetta (Pakistan), Apr 29: The beheaded body of a kidnapped British doctor working for the International Committee of the Red Cross was found dumped by the roadside today here, police and Red Cross officials said.Khalil
Damascus, Feb 22: Syrian forces killed 57 civilians on Tuesday as they blitzed the city of Homs and a village in Idlib province, monitors said, as the Red Cross sought a truce to deliver aid
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