Delhi;19 March(Mir shah Nawaz Khan)Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting last evening to review the ongoing efforts to contain COVID-19. The ways to further strengthen India’s preparedness were discussed including further enhancing testing facilities. ‬The Prime Minister emphasized on actively engaging with individuals, local communities and organizations in …

19 March, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ KABUL/ WASHINGTON: The coronavirus pandemic adds urgency to prisoner releases agreed to by the government of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and the Taliban, US Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad has said, advising they take place “as soon as possible”. “No prisoners have …

18 March, 2020 Bureau Report CANBERRA/ SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Australia has banned “non-essential” gatherings of more than 100 people in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced sweeping new measures on Wednesday, including discouraging travel overseas but he said schools, public transport and public squares would remain open, …

Hyderabad Mar 17 (PMI): The sleuths of LB Nagar Police Station nabbed Night House Burgler at Masjid galli, Near Jewellery shops while he was moving in a suspicious circumstances and recovered 12 tulas of gold ornaments, 11 Tulas Silver Ornaments, CBZ Stream motor cycle at the instance of the accused. …

Hyderabad Mar 17 (PMI): As per the latest directions of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GoI, all the passengers from the 4 countries viz., UAE, Qatar,Oman and Kuwait arriving at the RGIA, Hyderabad  airport, Telangana will be sent for compulsory  quarantine from 17.30 hrs IST on 18.03.2020 onwards …

The Additional Travel Advisory for Novel Corona virus Disease (COVID-19) dated: 16.03.2020 the following Additional Advisory instructions issued: (i)     Expanding compulsory quarantine for a minimum period of 14 days for passengers coming from/transiting through UAE, Qatar, Oman, and Kuwait. This will come into effect from 1200 GMT (1730 hrs …

Hyderabad 17 March (PMI): The Cyber Crime Police, CCS, DD, Hyderabad City received a complaint on 25th Feb’20 that someone is sending nude, vulgar and morphed photos with objectionable content to him and his colleagues. They were receiving the content from different email addresses. When the employee requested with to …

Hyderabad, March 17: The Cyber Crime Police of Cyberabad arrested three-member gang for Skimming of card data at renowned restaurants & bars / pubs in Hyderabad, cloning of cards and withdrawal of amounts from ATMs by using cloned cards. The Accused are: Praful Kumar Nayak, age 25 yrs, R/o.Madhapur,  Hemanth Kumar …

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 …