17 March, 2020 BAGHDAD/ NAJAF: In his latest bid to end Iraq’s months-long political stalemate, President Barham Salih has designated Adnan al-Zurfi as prime minister, tasking him with forming a government within a month, a decision which has been met with opposition from several factions. State TV reported the appointment …

17 March, 2020 GENEVA/ KUALA LUMPUR: The World Health Organization (WHO) has described the coronavirus pandemic is the “defining global health crisis of our time”, and urged countries to test all suspected cases of COVID-19. “We have a simple message to all countries – test, test, test,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom …

16 March, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies SEATTLE: The first trial in people of a vaccine to protect against pandemic coronavirus is starting in the US later on Monday, according to reports. A group of 45 healthy volunteers will have the jab, at the Kaiser Permanente research facility, in …

Hyderabad: Becoming the 7th state to do so, the Telangana State Legislative Assembly on Monday unanimously passed the resolution opposing CAA and urged the Government of India to amend the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 1991 in order to remove all references to any religion or to any foreign country. Expressing its concern over …

Hyderabad, March 16 (PMI): AIMIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi on Monday heaped lavish praises on the chief minister  K Chandrasekhar Rao and said that the Telangana government was treating all sections of society in an  equal manner. He thanked the CM for introducing a resolution against the controversial CAA, passed by …

16 March, 2020 TEHRAN: An Iranian knowledge-based company has manufactured atomic force microscope and nanoscope, advanced devices developed only by a handful of countries. CEO of the Iranian company Abbas Shahmoradi said the atomic force multimode microscope manufactured inside Iran is broadly used for nanoscopy. The atomic force microscope (AFM) …

Hyderabad, March 15 (pres media of india):Hyderabad March 15: The BJP leaders and functionaries gave a grand welcome to him here. Some of the BJP activists and youth leaders took up a bike rally to the party stars office at Nampally near Exhibition grounds. Previous plan of huge bike rally …

15 March, 2020 Bureau Report KARACHI/ ISLAMABAD: The Chairman of International Lawyers Forum (ILF), Nasir Ahmed Advocate has appealed to Ulema (Islamic priests) of all cults to arrange 2-rakat Salat-e-Hajat (especial prayers) to protect coronavirus. He stated during a meeting with a delegation of Islamic priests and lawyers consisted on …

15 March, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Reports KARACHI/ LAHORE/ ISLAMABAD: KARACHI: A large protest was held in Karachi and other cities across Pakistan Saturday against the arrest of Jang Geo Media Group’s Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, with pariticipants raising placards and chanting slogans for press freedom. Journalists, activists and …

15 March, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies CHRISTCHURCH/ MELBOURNE: An ambitious new design concept aims to re-imagine the Linwood Islamic Centre, one of two mosques targeted by a gunman a year ago on March 15, in a building that would fuse Islam with New Zealand’s (NZ) indigenous culture. The …