At least 13 people died and over 50 others were injured when two passenger trains collided in Andhra Pradesh’s Vizianagaram district on Sunday. The incident took place when the Visakhapatnam-Rayagada passenger special (08504) rammed into the Visakhapatnam-Palasa passenger (08532).
The railways has cited human error as a possible cause with the Rayagada-bound train having likely jumped the signal. Sourabh Prasad, divisional railway manager of the Waltair division, said the collision took place at roughly 7:10 pm. “The Vishakhapatnam-Palasa train was waiting on the track between Alamanda and Kantakpalli railway stations of the Kothavalasa block when the collision took place.”
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said India will have no credibility if it does not consider terrorism as serious when it impacts other countries. His statement comes amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war and India's abstention from a UN resolution on truce in Israel as it did not condemn Hamas for the terror attacks. "We take a strong position on terrorism because we are big victims of terrorism.
We will have no credibility if we say that when terrorism impacts us, it's very serious; when it happens to somebody else, it's not serious. We need to have a consistent position," Jaishankar said
