18-12-2021 OSAKA/ TOKYO: At least 27 people are feared to have died after a fire broke out in a building in downtown Osaka, Japan. Police are investigating whether the blaze was started deliberately, public broadcaster NHK said. They are investigating reports that a man spilled liquid that started the fire. …

18-12-2021 SHANGHAI/ NEW DELHI/ WASHINGTON: Rising consumption in China, India and the United States could bring global coal-fired power demand to a new all-time high this year, undermining efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday. The IEA said global power generation from coal …

18-12-2021 PYONGYANG: North Korea has restricted its citizens from laughing or showing any signs of happiness for 11 days to commemorate the 10th death anniversary of their leader, Kim Jong-il, The Hindustan Times reported. The publication cited a news story by Radio Free Asia to confirm the ban which quoted …

18-12-2021 Bureau Report + BBC NEW DELHI: According to the recently released data by the government’s National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), 22,372 housewives took their own lives last year – that’s an average of 61 suicides every day or one every 25 minutes. Housewives accounted for 14.6% of the total …

Hyderabad, Dec.17 (PMI): State BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar today wrote an open letter to the chief minister of the state and alleged that the GO No. 317 issued by the state government for the re-allotment of the state government employees was a classic example on how irresponsible the state …

Hyderabad, Dec.17 (PMI): Day by Day non fatal Omicron cases increasing elsewhere and Telangana state saw 8 cases today. According to Health Director Srinivas Rao the cases increased to eight.             Talking to press persons here at his Koti office here the Health Director informed that Omicron variant is not …

Hyderabad, Dec.17 (PMI): TRS boss and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao today decided to fight against the BJP government in the Centre over its anti farmers Policy. KCR announced a war like protests over the Centre for its failure to procure paddy and boiled rice. From December 20 onwards the TRS …

 Script: Dr. RAKESH BATABYAL, Centre for Media Studies, JNU Today, one of the world’s leading economies with a pulsating democratic structure; India’s journey over the last seven and a half decades has been quite a significant event in world history. The key to this has been the twin ideas of democracy …

NewDelhi 17 Dec-2021;This is about a massive infrastructure update from Uttarakhand. This is about the Rishikesh-Karnaprayag electrified broad gauge-single track, one of the toughest rail routes, which is under progress. When ready, it will help provide rail connectivity nearer to the Char Dhams namely Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri, as …

17-12-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ RIYADH/ ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan’s finance ministry under the new Taliban-led government has prepared a draft national budget that, for the first time in two decades, is funded without foreign aid, a spokesman said. It comes as the country is mired in …