Hyderabad, Feb.17 (PMI): The rank and file of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi celebrated the 69th birthday of its founder president and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on the grand scale across the Telangana State on Friday. BRS leaders, including Ministers, MPs, MLAs, MLCs and other elected representatives organised various programmes …

17-02-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Air India’s record deal for 470 planes from Airbus and Boeing has happened at a time when the carrier plans to become “a world-class proposition”, in the words of N Chandrasekaran, chairman of Tata group, which owns the airline. These orders – beating …

17-02-2023 TEHRAN: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi described his official visit to China as positive and fruitful, noting that 20 memoranda of understanding (MoUs) were signed by the officials of the two countries during the trip. Speaking at the Mehrabad Airport in Tehran on Thursday upon his return from China, Raisi …

17-02-2023 TEHRAN: You’re at an underground rave. The location’s a secret to everyone except the hundreds of people crammed inside. All around you, people are dancing. The music is loud and the vibes are good but in Iran, raves aren’t just a night out. They’re an act of defiance. A …

17-02-2023 JERUSALEM: Israel has passed a law to revoke the citizenship of Israeli Arabs convicted of terrorism and who get financial aid from the Palestinian Authority (PA). It could also see Palestinian residents of occupied East Jerusalem stripped of their residency rights. A large majority of MPs voted for the …

17-02-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report MELBOURNE/ SYDNEY/ QUEENSLAND: At last, not only the local and national Law Enforcing Agencies (LEAs) of Australia but all secret and special services have also declared that the shooting incident of Queensland happened in December last year was a result of religious and …

17-02-2023 COLUMBIANA COUNTY, OHIO: A public meeting that was meant to ease fears about a toxic chemical spill in an Ohio town only heightened anger when the rail firm at the heart of the disaster failed to show up. Representatives of the Norfolk Southern railway company, whose train carrying the …

17-02-2023 KYIV: Six Russian balloons were spotted over Kyiv and most were shot down after being engaged by air defences, the Ukrainian capital’s military administration said. The balloons may have been carrying corner reflectors and reconnaissance equipment, but officials did not specify when they flew over the capital, although air …

17-02-2023 PYONGYANG: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has broken ground for a greenhouse farm and 10,000 apartments in the capital, Pyongyang, state media reported, as the country grapples with tough economic conditions amid sanctions and deepening isolation. Kim “personally pressed the blast button” and gave “warm encouragement” to construction workers …

17-02-2023 WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel Sunday to Turkey to discuss support after a massive earthquake, his first trip to the NATO ally which has had turbulent relations with Washington. Blinken will visit Incirlik air base, through which the United States has shipped aid, and then …