24-12-2025 WELLINGTON: New Zealand and India have concluded a Free Trade Agreement,  offering New Zealanders unprecedented access to 1.4 billion Indian consumers, Trade and Investment Minister Todd McClay announced Monday. This historic Agreement eliminates and reduces tariffs on 95 percent of New Zealand’s exports among the highest of any Indian FTA with almost 57 percent being duty-free from day …

24-12-2025 CANBERRA: Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has apologized to the Jewish community over last week’s Bondi Beach attack, which killed 15 people at a Hanukkah ceremony, and called for stricter laws against hate speech and hardline violence. Speaking on Monday, a week after Australia’s deadliest mass shooting in decades …

24-12-2025 TOKYO: Japan is set to resume operations at the world’s largest nuclear power plant; Kashiwazaki-Kariwa. The partial restart of the plant got the green light in a vote on Monday by the Niigata local government. Japan has reopened several nuclear facilities as it seeks to reduce emissions, reversing policy …

24-12-2025 JERUSALEM: The news that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be heading the inquiry into his own government’s failings ahead of the Hamas-led attacks of October 7, 2023, has drawn sharp criticism from many across Israel. Calls for a state commission of inquiry, to be led by a sitting …

24-12-2025 MOSCOW: A Russian general has been killed in a car bombing in Moscow, officials have said. Russia’s Investigative Committee said Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov died on Monday morning after an explosive device planted under a car detonated. Sarvarov, 56, was the head of the armed forces’ operational training department, …

24-12-2025 KUALA LUMPUR: Thailand and Cambodia agreed to hold a meeting of defence officials towards resuming a months-old ceasefire, as fierce border fighting between them entered a third week with at least 80 people killed so far. The decision was taken on Monday during a special meeting in Kuala Lumpur …

New Delhi, Dec 23(PMI) Hundreds of supporters of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bsion in Delhiajrang Dal staged a protest near the heavily fortified Bangladesh High Commission on Tuesday, condemning the alleged lynching of a Hindu man in Bangladesh. The demonstration turned tense as protesters broke through barricades and clashed …

Hyderabad, Dec.22 (Shoukat-PMI): Rachakonda Commissioner of Police Sudheer Babu said that the crime has increased within the commissionerate limits this year, while highlighting a great improvement in case detection and convictions. Releasing the Rachakonda 2025 Crime Annual report, the CP said 33,040 cases were registered in 2025, compared to 28,626 …

Hyderabad, December 22:(PMI) Sultan Bazar Police of the East Zone arrested two notorious fraudsters for allegedly cheating innocent people by promising government 2BHK houses using forged documents. The accused were produced before the Hon’ble Court on December 22 and remanded to judicial custody. The arrested persons have been identified as …

Hyderabad, Dec.22 (PMI): Hyderabad City Police’s Narcotics Enforcement Wing (H-NEW) has apprehended and deported a Ugandan national for overstaying in India and her alleged involvement in drug trafficking activities. The accused, Juliana Victor Nabitaka (27), was detained in the Tolichowki area after she failed to produce valid visa documents during verification. …