11-09-2022 LONDON: King Charles III has been proclaimed the United Kingdom’s monarch in a pomp-filled ceremony steeped in ancient tradition and political symbolism, an event which has been for the first time, broadcast live online and on air. The ceremony on Saturday was followed by gun salutes and the reading …

11-09-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Dozens of girls protested in an eastern Afghan city on Saturday after Taliban authorities shut their secondary schools just days after classes resumed, an activist and residents said. Last week, five government secondary schools in the eastern province of Paktia restarted …

10-09-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Hamdard National Foundation, the Indian manufacturer of Rooh Afza, filed a case saying Pakistan-manufactured Rooh Afza was being sold in India through Amazon after which the Delhi High Court asked the e-commerce site to remove the listings, reported the Indian Express. Rooh Afza is a …

10-09-2022 BRUSSELS: Hundreds of swimmers jumped in a pool in Belgium to form the world’s biggest cannonball splash and creating a Guinness World Record (GWR). At an aquatic park, 345 people lined up along a 164-foot Olympic pool to attempt the dive, reported GWR. A cannonball attempt is when a …

10-09-2022 DUBAI: Travel experts at usebounce.com conducted a study where they analysed the world’s landmarks on multiple factors and ranked them from the best to worst. Judgement factors included entry prices, number of visitors, Instagram posts, and Tripadvisor ratings. Burj Khalifa, which is the world’s tallest building at 830 metres, …

Hyderabad-The immersion of Ganesh idols including the massive Ganesh idol of Khairatabad, brought to Hussainsagar in huge processions went off peacefully till the last reports came in on Friday night. The nimajjan of Ganesh idols marked the end of the 9-day Vinayaka Chavithi festivities. The surroundings of Hussainsagar lake came alive …

Hyderabad’10 sep-In a very tragic incident, a man fell down from the vehicle while returning home after immersing a Ganesh idol in the early hours of Saturday. The man was identified as Jai Sai, a native of Shalibanda of Hyderabad. The accident took place near Cherma’s which falls under Abids Police …

09-09-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India banned exports of broken rice and imposed a 20% duty on exports of various grades of rice on Thursday as the world’s biggest exporter of the grain tries to augment supplies and calm local prices after below-average monsoon rainfall curtailed planting. The new duty …

09-09-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ GARDEZ/ ISLAMABAD: Five government secondary schools for girls have resumed classes in eastern Afghanistan after hundreds of students demanded they reopen, a provincial official said Thursday. Officially the Taliban have banned girls’ secondary school education, but the order has been ignored in …

09-09-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appealed for “massive” global support for Pakistan where unprecedented floods have killed nearly 1,400 people and made more than a million people homeless. Guterres made the appeal as he landed in the Pakistani capital early on …