25-12-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies UNITED NATIONS/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The UN is seeking an aid package of eight billion dollars to tackle the humanitarian and economic crisis in Afghanistan in 2022, the Wall Street Journal reported, quoting UN officials. According to the UN officials, the latest plan would exceed the …

25-12-2021 Bureau Report MELBOURNE: Victoria has recorded 2095 new COVID-19 cases as the country’s toughest mask rules came into force. There are 397 people in hospital with the virus including 75 in intensive care, and eight more people have died after testing positive to the coronavirus. At least 27 of …

25-12-2021 TEHRAN: Iran’s paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has fired 16 surface-to-surface ballistic missiles at the close of five days of military drills that generals said were a warning to archenemy Israel. The official IRNA news agency on Friday reported that the names of the missiles fired during the …

25-12-2021 WASHINGTON: In the wake of concerns around surging Covid-19 cases, the United States is waiving of in-person interviews for H-1B and other certain non-immigrant visa applicants, the State Department said. In a bid to reduce the visa wait time, United States is temporarily dropping an in-person interview requirement for …

25-12-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies MOSCOW/ ISLAMABAD: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said insulting Prophet OF Islam (PBUH) does not count as freedom of expression. Insults to the prophet are a “violation of religious freedom and the violation of the sacred feelings of people who profess Islam”, Putin said on …

CV Anand belongs to 1991 batch of IPS and was allotted the erstwhile AP cadre. After state bifurcation, he was allotted Telangana cadre. The first 10 years of his service was spent in the highly Maoistaffected districts of Warangal, Adilabad and Nizamabad as ASP and SP. There he led the …

Hyderaba Dec ’24’2021- Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has opted for a major reshuffle of the police top brass in the State and has cleared the transfer of 30 police officers on Friday night. Anjani Kumar, CP Hyderabad has been transferred as DG of Anti Corruption Bureau while, CV Anand, who reported to Telangana after his Central stint is now the new Commissioner of Hyderabad Police. Here are …

Hyderabad Dec 24 (PMI): Hon;ble Health and finance Minister Sri T Harish Rao Garu, MLA L B Nagar Sudheer Reddy, Collector Rangareddy, Director Medical Education, MLCs with CP Rachakonda Mahesh Bhagwat IPS has inaugurated Oxygen plant installed at Vanasthalipuram area hospital by Infosys under CSR. From Infosys Lata Ram subramanian …

24-12-2021 ISLAMABAD/ KABUL: A summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), held in Islamabad recently, became a platform to highlight the plight of Afghan people. Envoys from 57 Islamic nations as well as observer delegates participated in the session. It was the first such meeting in Afghanistan that also …

24-12-2021 BEIJING/ WASHINGTON: Amid worsening relations between Beijing and Washington, President Joe Biden signed a new law on Thursday banning products made in China’s Xinjiang region because of China’s oppression of its largely Muslim Uighur minority population. Pushed by members of the United States Congress, the law passed in both …