01-07-2021 PARIS: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $2.1bn over the next five years to help advance gender equality worldwide, announcing this commitment during the UN Women Generation Equality Forum in Paris. During the forum’s opening event Wednesday, $40bn in new investments benefitting women and girls were announced, …

01-07-2021 WARNING: The story below contains details of residential schools that may be upsetting, Canada’s Indian Residential School Survivors and Family. OTTAWA/ BRITISH COLUMBIA: An Indigenous community in western Canada has found 182 unmarked graves near a former boarding school for Indigenous children, the latest such discovery in recent weeks. …

Hyderabad: Mild tension prevailed at YSR Telangana Party leader YS Sharmila’s Lotus Pond residence on Wednesday, when farmers from Rayalaseema staged a dharna on the Krishna water issue. The protest was held following Sharmila’s statement on her Twitter handle that she would fight for the rights of Telangana on the …

Hyderabad; June 30: (PMI)In a view of the upcoming 11-day Bonalu festival, South Zone DCP Gajarao Bhupal ips on Wednesday visited the historic Lal Darwaza Simhavahini Mahankali Temple and inspected the arrangements. The DCP, along with Chatrinaka police officers, performed puja to the deity. While speaking to the temple committee …

Hyderabad; June 30 ( PMI ): Demanding justice to the TSRTC driver Tirupati Reddy who committed suicide in front of the Ranigunj bus depot on Tuesday for not according duty, the TSRTC staff on Wednesday staged a protest with black badges at the depot. The protest came in the wake …

Hyderabad; June 30 ( PMI ): Activists of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) along with BJP youth wing, on Tuesday tried to lay siege to the Telangana State Public Service Commission(TSPSC) office, here, protesting against non-payment of unemployment allowance and government’s failure to fill vacant posts in its departments. However, …

Hyderabad; June 30 ( PMI ): Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar on Tuesday visited the government hospital here and inspected the infrastructure project work. City-based Raheja group, as part of its corporate social responsibility initiative, has taken up the project work. The CS asked officials to expedite the work so as …

Hyderabad; June 30 ( PMI ): Undeterred by the setbacks in different sectors triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) appears to be determined to steam ahead with its developmental plans, and has, in fact, gone ahead to increase its exclusive budget this year by Rs …

Hyderabad:: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday arrested two key accused Imran Malik aka Imran Khan and Nasir Khan aka Nasir Malik in sensational Darbhanga railway station blast case. The agency sleuths along with the state intelligence personnel have carried out searches in the rented house in Mallepally area …

N Venudhar Reddy, an Indian Information service, IIS Officer of 1988 batch today took charge as Director General of All India Radio. Currently Working as Principal DG of News Services Division, All India Radio, he was given additional charge of AIR, upon the approval of the Appointments committee of the …