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      Ramola Talwar Badam

      Ramola Talwar Badam

      Senior National Reporter
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      Dubai
      Ramola writes in-depth features on maritime piracy, migrant labour, protection of women and minors from trafficking and abuse, teenage suicides, disability access projects, financial debt, fire safety and transport projects. Ramola worked for more than 12 years with the South Asia bureau of the Associated Press and reported on terrorist attacks, religious riots, earthquakes, politics, crime, business, sport and all things Bollywood.
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      A mass at the last remaining Roman Catholic church in Gaza. Photo: Holy Family Church
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      Pope Francis regularly calls Palestinians in Gaza church

      Almost daily phone calls from the Pope give hope to 700 Palestinians sheltering in church in northern Gaza

      Palestine-IsraelNovember 11, 2023
      A four-day-old baby receives medical treatment in the nursery at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. EPA
      Women in Gaza give birth in cars as hospitals overflow

      Overcrowded and under-equipped hospitals are forced to discharge women without medication

      Palestine-IsraelNovember 09, 2023
      The parents of Natthaporn, who was working in Israel and was taken hostage by Hamas on October 7, show photos of him at their house in Nakhon Phanom, Thailand. Reuters
      Thai farm workers evacuated from Israel after 34 killed in Hamas attack

      Thai government in negotiations for release of 24 workers taken hostage by Palestinian militants on October 7

      Palestine-IsraelNovember 08, 2023
      Nadav Goldshtein, centre, was killed by Hamas gunmen along with his daughter Yam Goldshtein Almog, far right, at their home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, while his wife Chen Goldshtein Almog, daughter Agam, and sons Gal and Tal were taken hostage. Photo: Goldshtein-Almog family
      Families of Israeli hostages seek help from US and Europe

      About 240 people still being held by Hamas after month-long Israeli military assault on Gaza

      Palestine-IsraelNovember 07, 2023
      Carmilla Figueras Jesalva with Nitza Hefetz, her Israeli employer whose life she saved by handing over her savings to a Hamas gunman. Photo: Carmilla Figueras Jesalva
      Filipina caregiver gave savings to protect Israeli employer from Hamas attack

      Former Dubai resident handed over $370 to spare the life of her 94-year-old patient

      Palestine-IsraelOctober 29, 2023
      Bishop Paolo Martinelli has asked people of all faiths to join in a day of prayer and fasting on Friday as part of a call to end the Israel-Gaza war. Pawan Singh / The National
      Bishop Paolo Martinelli calls for prayers over Israel-Gaza conflict

      This follows Pope Francis call for a day of prayer on Friday, October 27, urging for an end to the bloodshed

      HeritageOctober 26, 2023
      A Palestinian man and his son walk among the rubble of an area in Gaza city levelled in Israeli air strikes that have killed more than 6,500. EPA
      ‘Worse than dying:’ Gazan describes search for family under rubble

      Injured Palestinian cannot erase memory of seeing people killed in Israeli air strikes

      Palestine-IsraelOctober 26, 2023
      Erez, 11, and his sister Sahar Dan Kalderon, 16, are among more than 200 Israelis taken hostage by Hamas militants. Five members of the Dan Kalderon family were abducted. Photo: Dan Kalderon family
      Israeli mother hopes her children and other hostages are alive

      Hadas Kalderon sees the release of hostages as a sign that her young children and ex-husband will soon be freed by Hamas

      Palestine-IsraelOctober 25, 2023
      Yarden Roman Gat with her young daughter Geffen in happier times in Israel. Here, her family share their dramatic story. Photo: Gat family
      The Israeli father who wants peace despite his mother being shot dead

      Or Gat tells of how some members of his family broke free, while two remain in Hamas captivity

      Palestine-IsraelOctober 24, 2023
      Yousof Abu Shaban mourns the loss of a younger sister killed in an Israeli air strike that injured his father and youngest sibling. Photo: Yousof Abu Shaban
      Palestinian American injured in Gaza recalls sibling's last hours

      Yousof Abu Shaban and his family were wounded when an Israeli explosion hit near their home

      Palestine-IsraelOctober 23, 2023
      Uma Mondol wants a better life for her daughter Ayonti who she hopes will study further and contribute to create change in villages in Bangladesh reeling from water scarcity. Photo: LEDARS-Local Environment Development and Agricultural Research Society
      Camera13
      Bangladeshi NGO wants world leaders to hear plight of water-deprived people

      Ledars founder urges policymakers to keep their promises to developing nations hit by climate migration

      Cop28October 23, 2023
      Palestinian youth stand on a heart-shaped installation next to the rubble of a building following an Israeli airstrike on Khan Younis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip,on Sunday. EPA
      Family of 13 found dead after Israeli air strike in Gaza

      Residents desperately search for survivors amid air strikes that have killed entire families

      Palestine-IsraelOctober 23, 2023
      An injured Palestinian child is taken to Al Aqsa hospital as doctors warn of catastrophic conditions in Gaza's medical centres. Reuters
      Play21:59:06
      Doctors warn of 'catastrophic' conditions in Gaza hospitals

      Contaminated water leads to gastroenteritis outbreak among children as medics struggle to treat the wounded

      Palestine-IsraelOctober 19, 2023
      About 500 Christians have taken refuge in the only remaining Roman Catholic Church, the Holy Family Church, in Gaza. Photo: Church of the Holy Family for the Latins
      Daily phone call from Pope Francis gives hope to Catholics in Gaza

      About 500 Christians are taking refuge in Holy Parish Church and will not move out despite Israeli warnings to move south

      Palestine-IsraelOctober 19, 2023
      A wounded Palestinian girl is carried into the emergency room of the Al Shifa hospital, following Israeli air strikes on Gaza City, on Tuesday. AP
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      Gaza hospitals 'completely out of control' after deadly missile strike

      Healthcare system in dire situation as thousands of wounded and displaced people seek shelter in overcrowded hospitals

      Palestine-IsraelOctober 18, 2023
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