14-07-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies TEHRAN/ KABUL/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: In a startling development, Iran has reportedly dropped India from a key rail project along the border with Afghanistan after New Delhi showed reluctance in joining the project due to US sanctions. The Iranian government has …
Read More »America executes first federal prisoner in 17 years
14-07-2020 TERRE HAUTE (INDIANA): US murderer Daniel Lewis Lee has been put to death, hours after the Supreme Court allowed the first executions of federal inmates in 17 years. Several executions were initially delayed when a judge ruled on Monday that there were still unresolved legal challenges. The condemned prisoners …
Read More »Australia surpasses 10,000 but celebrities exempt from quarantine
14-07-2020 Bureau Report SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Australia’s hotel quarantine system is under fire for giving celebrities exemptions to the mandatory 14-day hotel isolation while refusing critically ill and pregnant Australians. Popstar Dannii Minogue is the latest high-profile arrival exempted from hotel quarantine. The news comes just a day after A Current Affair reported …
Read More »Indian royal family to keep control of temple with $20bn riches
14-07-2020 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM (CAPITAL OF AN INDIAN STATE KERALA): India’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld the right of a former royal dynasty to run the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple, one of the world’s richest places of worship, after the state government tried to take it over when the family patriarch died. When …
Read More »Beijing’s South China Sea project illegal: America
14-07-2020 BEIJING/ WASHINGTON: China’s pursuit of offshore resources in parts of the South China Sea is “completely unlawful”, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said. Pompeo said he wanted to make clear that Beijing’s “campaign of bullying to control” the disputed waters was wrong. China said that the US …
Read More »‘Over 10 million face acute food shortages in Yemen’
13-07-2020 By SJA Jafri SANA’A/ DAMASCUS/ UNITED NATIONS/ Nearly 10 million people are facing acute food shortages in Yemen and urgent action is needed to avert a famine, the United Nations’ World Food Program (WFP) has said. The WFP said on Friday it needed $737m to the end of the …
Read More »India to Become Second Largest Trading Partner of Saudi Arabia
By Syed Baqer Ali Hyderabad 13 Jul (PMI): The diligent efforts of Indian Missions in Saudi Arabia, the Embassy in Riyadh and Consulate in Jeddah under the guidance of Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the catalyst role played by Saudi Indian Business Network (SIBN) has helped Indian Industries and …
Read More »Taliban attack on Afghan Intelligence Compound kills 11
Taliban attack on Afghan Intelligence Compound kills 11 13-07-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies AYBAK/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Taliban fighters clashed with security forces following a car bomb blast at a government compound in northern Afghanistan, killing 11 people and wounding dozens more, officials have said. The attack …
Read More »HC Extends Stay On Secretariat Buildings Demolition Till July 15
Hyderabad, July 13 (PMI): High Court today extended its stay orders till July 15 on the demolition of Secretariat buildings by Telangana Government. The court has expressed displeasure at the government for not submitting the details of the cabinet decision on new Secretariat and removal of the existing buildings. When the government counsel …
Read More »KTR Launches Medical Colleges In Mahabub Nagar, Slams Opposition For Politics
Hyderabad, July 13 (PMI): Municipal and Industries Minister K T Rama Rao today hit out at the opposition parties for their politics against the government on Covid -19 pandemic, tests, services and facilities in the hospitals. Entire country and the world are under the grip of Corona pandemic and government cannot …
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