02-07-2021 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: Israel said its fighter jets targeted a weapons manufacturing site in the Gaza Strip overnight on Friday in the latest unrest since a ceasefire ended May’s attacks. Security sources with Hamas said the raids hit training sites and no casualties were reported. The Israeli army spokesperson …

02-07-2021 Bureau Report BEIJING/ ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has repeated his country’s support for the Chinese government regarding its policies in the Muslim-majority Xinjiang province, while also praising the country’s one-party system as offering a better model for societies compared with electoral democracy. Khan was speaking to members …

02-07-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: After nearly 20 years, the United States military has left Afghanistan’s Bagram airbase, the epicenter of its war to remove the Taliban and hunt down the al-Qaeda perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks, two US officials have said. The airbase was handed over to …

02-07-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies BEIJING/ ISLAMABAD: Celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (Chinese: 中国共产党成立100周年庆祝活动), or the Centennial of the Communist Party of China (Chinese: 中国共产党成立一百周年), culminated in a ceremonial event to celebrate the centennial of the founding of the Chinese Communist …

02-07-2021 PARIS: Some 130 countries have agreed to introduce a global tax reform for multinationals so they pay their fair share in whichever country they operate, the OECD said on Thursday, but some EU states are yet to sign the agreement. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development said in …

Air Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari today took over as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff. The Air Marshal was commissioned in the Fighter stream of the IAF in 1982. The Air Officer has a flying experience of more than 3,800 hours on a wide variety of fighter and trainer …

Former BJP MP from Sant Kabir Nagar, Sharad Tripathi passed away on Wednesday night at a hospital in Gurugram. The former MP who represented Sant Kabir Nagar constituency in Uttar Pradesh died after prolonged illness at the age of 49. Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over the demise of …

In a serious accident, at least 13 people were injured and a police constable on a two-wheeler died when a bus carrying passengers hit the wall adjoining a gate of Fort William, the Army’s Eastern Command headquarters, in Kolkata. The bus driver, a police officer said, lost control on the …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the government is making efforts to create robust medical infrastructure in the country. He said, over two lakh crore rupees have been allocated in this year’s budget for creating modern medical infrastructure.The Prime Minister called upon the Doctors to inspire the people to …

Hyderabad; July 1 ( PMI ): New ration cards will be distributed to the beneficiaries from July 5 and Aasara pensions for above 57 will be given soon, said minister KT Rama Rao. The minister on Thursday laid a foundation stone for the Gram Panchayat office in Rajapeta of Gambiraopeta …