08-07-2020 WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump downplayed the continuing risk of the coronavirus in the United States and pressed his case for reopening schools on Tuesday. “What we want to do is get our schools open,” Trump said at a White House event attended by First Lady Melania Trump, Vice President Mike …

Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar today said that the Government will soon issue Standard Operating Procedures to speed up resumption of film production in the unlock phase. He said, government is also coming up with incentives of production in all sectors, including TV serials, film-making, co-production, animation, and gaming …

By Syed Hussain Ali Sajjad The demise of many poets (Shayer), Nauhakhan, Matamdar, Presidents of Matami Anjuman/Gurohaan and Azadaran-e-Imam Hussainas who have been rendering tremendous services towards Mission of Ahlulbait a.s is a great loss to the Shia Community. Their services and contribution will always be remembered and their presence …

07-07-2020 GENEVA/ BEIJING: An apparent outbreak of bubonic plague in China is being “well managed” and is not considered to represent a high risk, a World Health Organization (WHO) official has said. Local authorities in the city of Bayannur in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia issued a warning on …

07-07-2020 KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ DOHA: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has warned that violence by the Taliban is threatening the country’s peace process, as he briefed the international community on Kabul’s preparations for peace talks with the armed group. Afghan authorities and the Taliban are preparing to engage in the so-called intra-Afghan …

07-07-2020 BAGHDAD: An Iraqi analyst who was a leading expert on the Islamic State and other armed groups was shot dead in Baghdad on Monday after receiving threats from Iran-backed militias. Gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on Hisham al-Hashimi, 47, outside his home in the Zeyouneh area of Baghdad, …

07-07-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies LONDON/ RIYADH, MOSCOW: The UK is imposing sanctions on 49 people and organizations behind the most “notorious” human rights abuses of recent years. Individuals implicated in the death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in 2009 will have their UK assets frozen …

National Security Advisory Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi discussed border issues in a telephone conversation on Sunday. The two Special Representatives of India and China on the Boundary Question had a frank and in-depth exchange of views on the recent developments in the Western Sector of the …

Hyderabad Jul 6 (PMI):   Moulana Syed Nisar Hussain @ Hyder Aga President of All India Shia Majlis-e-Ulama-o-zakerieen passed his condolence message on the demise of international known Nauhakhan Late Syed Ali Hussain Razvi @ Ali Jaan to his family and said now a days continuously the well-known personalities like Nauhakhan, …

06-07-2020 NEW DELHI: India has overtaken Russia with the world’s third-highest number of novel coronavirus cases, at nearly 700,000, according to the latest data, as the outbreak shows no sign of slowing. India registered 24,248 positive cases in the last 24 hours taking the tally to 697,413, according to the …