06-12-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s government scrapped an order to smartphone makers on Wednesday to preload a state-run cybersecurity app on all new devices after an outcry from politicians, privacy advocates and global tech companies over surveillance fears. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government had privately told companies including Apple, …

06-12-2025 DHAKA: The recent wave of pessimism surrounding Bangladesh’s economy under its interim administration, much of it amplified by selectively framed local commentary, offers an incomplete and often misleading portrait of the country’s actual economic trajectory. Much of this concern is overstated, as the headline indicators reflect a necessary structural …

06-12-2025 WASHINGTON: A White House committee organizing the 2026 World Cup in the United States says the event will be a “global moment of unity”. “We want to make sure that we’re as welcoming as possible,” Andrew Giuliani, the executive director of the White House Task Force on the World …

06-12-2025 Civilian representatives from Lebanon and Israel joined a session of the US-chaired ceasefire monitoring committee in Naqoura, marking the first direct talks between the two countries in more than four decades. Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Wednesday that Beirut is prepared to engage in negotiations extending beyond …

Kolkata-Dec 05 (PMI NEWS) The Calcutta High Court on Friday refused to intervene in a matter related to the proposed foundation stone-laying ceremony of the Babri Mosque in Murshidabad district of West Bengal. A bench headed by the Acting Chief Justice said that maintaining law and order is the responsibility of …

Hyderabad, Dec. (PMI): In a major crackdown on illegal money trafficking, the Bowenpally Police have apprehended two accused involved in a hawala racket and seized ₹4.05 crore in unaccounted cash. The arrests were made in connection with Crime No. 665/2024 registered under Sections 316(2) and 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya …

Hyderabad, Dec.5 (PMI): Accusing the Congress government of ‘two years of betrayal, false promises and failed governance’, the BJP on Friday announced a massive state-wide protest titled “People’s Betrayal Day – Maha Dharna”. The party alleged that the Congress regime had pushed Telangana into ‘debt, unemployment and administrative chaos’, failing …

Hyderabad, Dec.5 (PMI): Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has contributed one lakh rupees to the Armed Forces Flag Day Fund. The Chief Minister made this donation during a visit from representatives of the Sainik Welfare at his Jubilee Hills residence on Friday, coinciding with Armed Forces Flag Day. During the …

05-12-2025 TEHRAN/ NEW YORK: Iran has sentenced the Palme d’Or-winning director Jafar Panahi to one year in prison in absentia, his lawyer told the Agence France-Press news service on Monday. Branch 26 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Tehran also slapped Panahi with a travel ban for “propaganda activities” against …

05-12-2025 KHAN YOUNIS: Eman Hassan Lawwa was dressed in traditional Palestinian prints and Hikmat Lawwa wore a suit as they walked hand-in-hand past the crumbled buildings of southern Gaza in a line of other couples dressed in exactly the same way. The 27-year-old Palestinians were among 54 couples to get …