Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said New Education Policy ( NEP) is a game changer to empower students. Addressing inaugural NEP conclave, Mr Modi said education overhaul was the need of the hour. He added the new education policy will lay the foundation for new India. Mr Modi said, the …

07-08-2020 KERALA/ NEW DELHI: An Air India Express plane with nearly 200 people on board has crashed at an airport in the southern state of Kerala, Indian media reports. The aircraft, en route from Dubai, skidded off the runway at Calicut airport upon landing, reports say. Rescue operations are under …

07-08-2020 WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK/ HOUSTON: Nearly 300,000 Americans could be dead from COVID-19 by Dec. 1, University of Washington health experts forecast on Thursday, although they said 70,000 lives could be saved if people were scrupulous about wearing masks. The prediction by the university’s widely cited Institute for Health Metrics …

07-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies OTTAWA/ RIYADH/ ISTANBUL: A former top Saudi intelligence officer claims that Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) sent a hit squad to kill him in Canada 13 days after the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to documents filed in the United States federal court. In a …

06-08-2020 TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhnai has opened the world’s largest methanol plant located in an area on the coasts of the on the Persian Gulf as the country pushes ahead with plans to increase output of petrochemical products to offset the impacts of American sanctions on direct sale of …

06-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies + Int’l News Desk + Int’l Monitoring Desk BEIRUT: People in Beirut have expressed anger at the government over what they say was negligence that led to Tuesday’s huge explosion. President Michel Aoun said the blast was caused by 2,750 tonnes …

06-08-2020 WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK: Facebook and Twitter have penalized Donald Trump and his campaign for posts in which the president claimed children were “almost immune” to coronavirus. Facebook deleted the post – a clip from an interview Trump gave to Fox News – saying it contained “harmful Covid misinformation”. Twitter …

05-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies AYODHYA/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD/ SRINAGAR: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid a foundation stone for the construction of a Hindu temple at a holy site that’s been at the center of the country’s most politically and culturally divisive land dispute. On Wednesday …

Hyderabad Aug 5 (Newslines): Hyderabad is very popular in the world for its Azadari round the year and particularly during Moharram where all walks of life come together irrespective of cast, creed and religion to pay homage to grandson of Prophet Mohammedsaws and mourn over the tragedy of Karbala where …

05-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies + Int’l News Desk + Int’l Monitoring Desk BEIRUT: Lebanese President Michel Aoun called for an emergency cabinet meeting on Wednesday and said a two-week state of emergency should be declared following a massive explosion in Beirut that killed at least …