Author Salman Rushdie who was stabbed at a literary event in New York was on a ventilator and could lose an eye, his agent said on Saturday. The 75-year-old who won the Booker Prize for his novel “Midnight’s Children”, was stabbed in the neck and torso by a man on stage on Friday and had to be airlifted to hospital for emergency surgery 33 years after an Iranian fatwa ordered his killing for his controversial novel “The Satanic Verses”. Here’s all we know about the latest updates on the attack on Salman Rushdie: Salman Rushdie’s agent Andrew Wylie said in a statement obtained by The New York Times that “the news is not good.” “Salman will likely lose one eye; the nerves in his arm were severed; and his liver was stabbed and damaged,” said Wylie, who added that Rushdie could not speak. In an interview conducted just weeks before Salman Rushdie was stabbed, he told a German magazine that his life was now “relatively normal”, after having lived in hiding for years because of death … [Read more...] about Salman Rushdie on Ventilator After New York Stabbing; Iran Media Praises Attacker | Updates
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Terror Attack on Rajouri Army Camp First Major Suicide Strike Post Pulwama in 2019
The terror attack on an army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Thursday was one of first major suicide attacks since the 2019 Pulwama attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed. Yesterday’s attack took place at Pargal village in Darhal area, in which four soldiers were killed and two others injured. Security forces also gunned down two terrorists. An initial investigations has shown that a tactical base of the army was chosen as a target to ensure more number of casualties. The alertness of army soldiers prevented the terrorists from gaining access to the post and they were neutralised before they could enter the base. “The attack was carried out by two suicide attackers most likely belonging to a Pakistan-based terror outfit. The method of the attack was that they threw grenades at the sentry post around 5 am to enter the base,” a source privy to the investigation told CNN-News18 . The sources said the terrorists also used armour-piercing bullets in order to … [Read more...] about Terror Attack on Rajouri Army Camp First Major Suicide Strike Post Pulwama in 2019
Hope India Reiterate Its Support for One-China Policy, Says Envoy Amid Taiwan Tensions
China on Saturday called for India to reiterate its support for the ‘One-China’ policy in the backdrop of the crisis in the Taiwan Strait, a day after New Delhi suggested that there was no need for any “reiteration” on it. The comments by Chinese Ambassador Sun Weidong came amid escalating tension between China and Taiwan following US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the self-governing island last week. On the eastern Ladakh border standoff, the envoy said both sides should maintain dialogue and work for a mutually acceptable solution even as he noted that Beijing will work hard to bring the bilateral ties back to the “right track”. “My understanding is that India’s ‘One China’ policy has not changed…We hope that India can reiterate support for the ‘One China principle,” he told a group of journalists. At a media briefing on Friday, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi avoided mentioning the ‘One-China’ policy, noting that India’s position on “relevant” … [Read more...] about Hope India Reiterate Its Support for One-China Policy, Says Envoy Amid Taiwan Tensions