3 journalists injured in Israeli shelling in Gaza Strip
At least three Palestinian journalists were injured in an Israeli shelling targeting them at the Nusseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, Palestinian sources said.
Most Indians' sense, or rather lack, of punctuality, has been the butt of jokes and often derided. For example, IST (Indian Standard Time) is distorted to spell Indian Stretchable Time! Yet Indians do not seem willing to change. Be it marriage ceremony, party, meeting or any event, reaching late has become a habit. So much so, that the "Great Indian jugaad", or innovative thinking, has been deployed here as well.
With journalists too bitten by the late-coming bug, press conferences and events generally start at least an hour after the informed time. Never mind the inconvenience caused to those who reach the venue on time. As a cascading (or should one say, chicken-and-egg) effect, most journalists have resorted to turning up for events well after the given time to avoid the long wait for the event to begin. Thus it was that a colleague arrived at a press conference, which was scheduled for 1 p.m., a good half-an-hour late. He noticed several other journalists also strolling in unhurriedly. Upon reaching the venue, our colleague was surprised to see people having lunch. Usually, lunch is served post event and so, our friend wondered whether he got the time wrong. But on cross-checking, he found it was not so. His confusion was cleared when the organisers informed him that they were starting with lunch. This was apparently a way out to save the waiting time and allow participants and journalists to reach well in time before the press conference began.
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