26-08-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ WASHINGTON: At least 13 people have been killed in two powerful explosions outside Kabul’s international airport, a Taliban official has said, amid a huge and chaotic evacuation effort from Afghanistan. A “complex attack” on Thursday at the airport in …

26-08-2021 TOKYO: Japan has suspended the use of 1.63 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine after reports of contamination in several vials, drug-maker Takeda and the health ministry has said. Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, which is in charge of sales and distribution of the Moderna shot in Japan, on Thursday said …

26-08-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Afghans on Thursday hurried to escape Taliban rule, but Western officials said the group had made assurances that some evacuations would be permitted after next week’s US withdrawal deadline. Over 80,000 people have been evacuated since August 14, but …

26-08-2021 CALIFORNIA: WhatsApp has rolled out yet another feature for app users, WABetaInfo reported Monday. This updated feature is the new sound effects for recording WhatsApp voice messages. A Twitter post by WABetaInfo, containing an acknowledgement for the changes by a WhatsApp user, shows a comparison of the new and old …

Hyderabad: August 25th ( PMI ): Additional Director General rank officer Anil Kumar of Telangana police, who is currently posted as the Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic), Hyderabad city, has been posted as the chief of Intelligence Wing. He will replace T Prabhakar Rao, who has been holding the charge …

Hyderabad: August 25th ( PMI ) : The Telangana government on Wednesday announced transfers among top IPS officers in Hyderabad. The state government has transferred VC Sajjanar, the Cyberabad Police Commissioner and appointed Stephen Raveendra IPS in his place. Stephen Raveendra, a 1999-batch IPS officer was serving as Inspector General …

25-08-2021 Bureau Report MELBOURNE: Victorians aged 16 to 39 are now able to get the Pfizer vaccine with the website to book appointments crashing in the face of high demand. It comes as Victoria recorded 45 new locally acquired cases over the last 24-hour reporting period to midnight. Of the 45 …

25-08-2021 LONDON: An emergency meeting of the G7 leaders on Tuesday agreed that the Taliban will be held accountable for their actions in Afghanistan on protecting women’s rights and preventing terrorism. “We reaffirm that the Taliban will be held accountable for their actions on preventing terrorism, on human rights, in …

25-08-2021 WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden told G7 leaders Tuesday the United States was “on pace” to complete its pullout from Afghanistan by August 31 but contingency plans were being drawn up in case the self-imposed deadline could not be met. The White House said Biden also told Group of Seven …

24-08-2021 Bureau Report GUJRAT/ NEW DELHI: An on-ground investigation revealed that beggars are being used as test subjects by the drug mafia to assess narcotic pills and powders in Ahmedabad, Gujrat, Times of India reported Monday. The investigation revealed that the drug mafia picks up homeless people and beggars from the …