Hyderabad, March 31 (Press media of india-Najaf Ali Shoukat): Cyberabad Police Commissioner goes beyond a call of his duty and lauds the family of ASI Mahipal Reddy for donating his organs and saving the lives of eight people with those organs. Minister for Education Sabhita Indra Reddy visited the …
Read More »Pakistani makes history as first ever Muslim to become US Judge
31-03-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani-American man has been nominated by US President Joe Biden for the position of a Federal Judge on the US District Court for the District of New Jersey. Zahid Quraishi will be the first Muslim American to serve …
Read More »Australia issues alerts ‘not to pick poisonous mushrooms’
31-03-2021 Bureau Report MELBOURNE: Heavy rains have caused poisonous mushrooms to start popping up around Melbourne and regional Victoria, including the potentially fatal death cap fungi. Victorians have been warned not to pick any wild mushrooms. “The recent conditions have been ideal for poisonous mushrooms, and recent rains have seen them …
Read More »Iran demands UN assistance to intra-Afghan talks
31-03-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report TEHRAN/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The foreign minister of Iran called on the United Nations to facilitate the intra-Afghan negotiations, which he described as a requisite for peace and stability in Afghanistan. In an address to the 9th annual ministerial meeting of the Heart of …
Read More »14 countries raise concern over WHO report on COVID origin
31-03-2021 NEW YORK/ BEIJING: A group of 14 countries has raised concerns over a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) into the origin of the coronavirus, citing delays and a lack of full access to data, while the agency’s own chief called for further investigation into a theory …
Read More »‘France kills 19 unarmed Shia civilians in Mali’
30-03-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies UNITED NATIONS/ BAMAKO/ PARIS: A French air attack in central Mali on January 3 killed at least 19 innocent unarmed Shia Muslim civilians, according to excerpts from a United Nations investigation, due to be released later on Tuesday. In the assault, French warplanes struck …
Read More »Myanmar’s activists seek help from ethnic groups
30-03-2021 Bureau Report YANGON/ MYANMAR: After the bloodiest day since last month’s military coup with 114 deaths on Saturday, security forces opened fire at a funeral Sunday, witnesses said. On Monday, a man was killed and several were wounded when security forces fired in a Yangon neighborhood, the Democratic Voice …
Read More »Historic gathering in Kabul calls for inclusion of women
30-03-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Over a thousand civil society activists gathered in Kabul on Monday to call for the inclusion of women, youth, the disabled and the media in the Afghan peace process. More than 1,300 representatives assembled in the open at the Chihilsitoon Garden …
Read More »Stranded ship in Suez Canal re-floated
29-03-2021 CAIRO: The giant container ship that blocked the Suez Canal for almost a week was fully floated on Monday and traffic in the waterway resumed. According to witnesses, the Ever Given container ship was moving and a shipping tracker and Egyptian TV showed it positioned in the centre of …
Read More »French company convicted of manslaughter over weight-loss pill
29-03-2021 PARIS: A French drugmaker has been found guilty of manslaughter and deception over a weight-loss pill which is on the market for 33 years and blamed for hundreds of deaths. One of the country’s biggest health scandals came to a conclusion in a Paris court on Monday as the …
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