Twitter suffered an outage on Thursday, and several users reported problems posting, searching and sharing content through the microblogging site. However, the social media site later said that services have now been restored after the brief outage. Twitter did not specify what caused the outage but acknowledged that profile tweets …

01-07-2021 BRITISH COLUMBIA/ OTTAWA: Authorities say nearly 500 people have died in Canada’s westernmost province across five days, as record-breaking temperatures raise serious concerns for vulnerable groups, including the elderly. British Columbia’s (BC) Chief coroner Lisa Lapointe said on Wednesday afternoon that the BC Coroners Service received at least 486 …

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 …