Red Cross

Red cross to sack 15,000 employees amid decline in humanitarian aid budget

ICRC said its governing board last week approved $475.30 million in cost reductions over 2023 and early 2024

CBI inquiry into 'corruption' launched at 5 state branches of Red Cross

A CBI inquiry has been launched at the regional branches of the Red Cross Society in four states and a Union Territory over complaints of corruption and financial irregularities. According to officials, the Union health ministry had received complaints about alleged corruption at the regional branches of the Red Cross Society in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam, Karnataka and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In Tamil Nadu, the ministry officials said serious allegations in the functioning of the state branch were brought to the notice of the governor, after which he requested the national headquarters (NHQ) of the Red Cross Society in Delhi in July 2020 for approval under the Prevention of Corruption Act to enable the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate the matter. "The accused chairman and other office-bearers of the Tamil Nadu branch obtained a stay from the high court in Chennai against investigation by the CBI. The stay stands vacated in June 2022. Currently, the ...

Red Cross warns of disastrous consequences of climate change ahead of COP27

"When climate shocks occur in countries with limited food, water and economic resources, people's lives, health, and livelihoods are threatened," the statement said.

66 killed, over 50,000 evacuated as major earthquake hits China's Sichuan

The death toll from a 6.8-magnitude earthquake that struck southwestern China rose to 66 as rescuers searched for victims and survivors, local authorities said on Tuesday. The powerful quake hit Luding County in Sichuan province on Monday. Sixty-six people were killed and over 50,000 people evacuated after the quake, authorities said. So far, 38 people have been killed in Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, and the other 28 died in the city of Ya'an, the rescue headquarters told a press briefing. Four counties and one county-level city in Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and two counties in Ya'an reported quake-related damages. Luding County in Ganzi and Shimian County in Ya'an were the hardest-hit areas. Fifteen people were missing and 253 were injured, with five persons in critical condition and 70 in serious condition, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Of the injured, 175 have been sent to hospitals for further treatment and six medical teams are working at the scene

Red Cross struggles to see prison where Ukrainian POWS died due to war

Ukrainian and Russian officials blamed each other for the deaths of dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war in an attack on a prison in a separatist-controlled area

Red Cross registers hundreds of Ukrainian prisoners of wars from Mariupol

The international Red Cross says it has registered hundreds of Ukrainian prisoners of war who left the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol.

Interrogation, uncertainty for surrendering Mariupol troops in Ukraine war

While Ukraine said it hopes to get the soldiers back in a prisoner swap, Russia threatened to put some of them on trial for war crimes

Russia-Ukraine war: Dozens more civilians rescued from Mariupol steel plant

Russian and Ukrainian officials said 50 people were evacuated from the Azovstal plant and handed over to representatives of the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross

Putin agrees to involvement of UN, ICRC in Azovstal civilian evacuation: UN

Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed in principle to the involvement of the United Nations and the Red Cross (ICRC) in the evacuation of civilians from the Azovstal plant in Ukraine.

Over 24 mn Afghans in dire need of humanitarian assistance, says ICRC

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said more than 24 million Afghans are in grave need of humanitarian assistance.

Red Cross to pay salaries of nearly 10,000 Afghan health workers

The ICRC has announced that it will support 28 regional, provincial and teaching hospitals in Afghanistan which includes the payment of the salaries of around 10,000 health workers.

Red Cross: Hack exposes personal data on 5,15,000 vulnerable people

The International Committee of the Red Cross says hackers broke into servers hosting its data and gained access to personal, confidential information on more than a half-million vulnerable people

80% of people in Gaza live in complete darkness, says Red Cross

A study published by the International Committee of the Red Cross has revealed that about 80 per cent of the population in the Gaza Strip live in "complete darkness" amid a severe power shortage

Singapore Red Cross sends Rs 38 crore for coronavirus relief to India

SRC is sending nearly Rs 38 cr to its counterpart in India for distribution to hospitals and medical institutions fighting the country's worst health crisis

44,000 people registered as missing in Africa amid coronavirus curbs

ICRC said it has registered nearly 44,000 people as missing in Africa with nearly half of them children

In pics: Prez flags off Red Cross relief material for Assam, Bihar and UP

President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday flagged off nine trucks carrying Red Cross relief supplies for the flood and Covid-affected people of Assam, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh from Rashtrapati Bhavan

Aramco donates $500,000 to Indian Red Cross Society for Covid-19 relief

Aramco along with UAE's Adnoc is looking to pick up 50 per cent stake in a planned mega 60 million tonne-a-year oil refinery on the west coast

Red Cross fund fraud in Cuttack, police begins probe

The district administration had unearthed the fund fraud of nearly Rs 16 lakh was embezzled in a single year.