05-02-2021 WASHINGTON/ MYANMAR: Myanmar’s military should relinquish power and release officials and activists detained in a coup, US President Joe Biden said in his first foreign policy  address on Thursday, as the UN Security Council issued a statement expressing “deep concern” at events in Myanmar. Biden said the United States was working …

04-02-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + BBC LONDON/ BEIJING/ CANBERRA/ WASHINGTON: The US government has said it is “deeply disturbed” by a BBC report detailing allegations of systematic rape of Uighur women in Chinese camps. “These atrocities shock the conscience and must be met with serious consequences,” a spokesperson …

04-02-2021 DAMASCUS/ JERUSALEM: Syrian forces responded late on Wednesday to “Israeli aggression” in the south of the country, the state news agency said. Israel launched missiles from the occupied Golan Heights at approximately 11pm (21:00 GMT) and caused material damage, the SANA state news agency reported, citing a military source. …

04-02-2021 BRUSSELS/ PARIS: Iranian diplomat Assadolah Assadi was convicted of attempted terrorism Thursday by a court in Belgium for his role in a 2018 bomb plot targeting an Iranian opposition group in France. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison. The court ruled that Assadi and three others sought to …

  Hyderabad, Feb.4 (PMI): Dedicated Aadhaar centre is set up at Darulshifa Post Office building, Darulshifa under Hyderabad South East Division for the convenience of public to utilise services from 9.30 AM to 4.30 PM on all working days (except Sunday, Holidays).  Permanent Aadhar camp at Darulshifa is inaugurated today.  …

Hyderabad, Feb.4 (PMI): Even as; Health Minister Etala Rajender expressed displeasure and raised his voice for farmers and to procure the farm produce, Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy today gave clarity that crops will be procured at purchase centers as usual. He said that they did not say to remove paddy procure centers anywhere. While …

Feb 04,2021 Rajya Sabha today resumed the discussion on Motion of Thanks on the President’s address to the joint sitting of both the Houses of the Parliament. The Opposition parties continued their demand of withdrawing the farm laws with suggestions of sending the revised farm legislations to a Select Committee. …

Feb 04;2021 News Delhi (Press media of india)Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy introduced the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 in Rajya Sabha today. The bill will replace Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Ordinance of 2021 which merged the J & K cadre of the …

03-02-2021 Bureau Report CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: It had all the elements of children’s’ theatre: A hero, a villain and a good deal of pantomime. Liberal MP Craig Kelly, castigated by medical experts, described as a “menace” by the opposition and apparently dressed down by the Prime Minister, played the part of …

03-02-2021 RIYADH/ CAIRO: Saudi Arabia on Tuesday suspended entry to the kingdom from 20 countries, with the exception of diplomats, Saudi citizens, medical practitioners and their families, to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, the state news agency reported. “The Ministry of Interior announced that a temporary suspension for …