India’s longest highway, NH-44, particularly its Haryana and Delhi stretches, has become a deadly corridor with alarming accident rates. In 2023, 715 deaths occurred on Haryana’s NH-44 alone, a grim statistic reflecting a national road safety crisis exacerbated by speeding, design flaws, and inadequate infrastructure.

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza on Saturday said more than 70,000 people have been killed since the war between Israel and Hamas erupted more than two years ago.

British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won an Oscar for the screenplay for the 1998 movie “Shakespeare In Love”, has died at the age of 88.