05-05-2024 NEW DELHI/ TOKYO: India and Japan have rejected President Joe Biden’s remarks calling the US allies “xenophobic” countries who do not welcome immigrants, and grouping the two nations with China and Russia. India’s Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said the country has historically been open to immigrants and …

05-05-2024 CAIRO: Efforts have intensified to secure a deal for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages, with talks resuming in Cairo on Saturday. Hamas said its delegation was travelling in a “positive spirit” after studying the latest truce proposal. “We are determined to secure an agreement in …

Kothagudem, May.4 (PMI): Telangana Jana Samithi ( TJS) president Prof. Kodandaram said if the Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP) wins again at the Centre, the democracy will be defeated in the country.             Addressing the Jana Jatara Sabha at Kothagudem on Saturday, Kodandaram criticised the BJP government at the Centre for …

Hyderabad, May.4 (PMI): Union Minister and BJP’s Lok Sabha candidate from Secunderabad G Kishan Reddy today lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initiative in the matter of security and integrity of the country by putting an iron fist on terrorism. He said the Prime Minister’s quest to provide free vaccines to all …

UNITED NATIONS/ GAZA CITY: The level of destruction in Gaza has not been since World War II, according to a United Nations official who estimated that post-war reconstruction could cost up to $50bn. “We have not seen anything like this since 1945,” Abdallah al-Dardari, director of the regional bureau for …

04-05-2024 PARIS/ LONDON/ NEW YORK: Political attacks on journalists are increasing across the globe, according to the annual World Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders. These attacks include the detention of journalists, the spreading of misinformation and suppression of independent voices. With more than half of the world’s …

04-05-2024 BEIJING: China has launched a probe to collect samples from the far side of the Moon, in what is being billed a world first. An unmanned rocket carrying the Chang’e-6 probe blasted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center at about 17:27 local time (10:27 BST). The 53-day mission …

04-05-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ KERALA: India’s Kerala state has closed all schools and colleges until Monday due to scorching temperatures, urging people in the coastal region to limit exposure to the sun and take care to prevent wildfires. With most parts of India reeling from high temperatures, …

04-05-2024 WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI/ TOKYO: US President Joe Biden has called Japan and India “xenophobic”, grouping them together with Russia and China as countries that “don’t want immigrants”. His criticism of Japan comes just weeks after he called the US-Japan alliance “unbreakable” during a state visit from Prime Minister Fumio …

04-05-2024 CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA: Apple Boss Tim Cook tried to beat back doubts about the future of the tech giant, after it reported its biggest sales fall in more than a year. Sales slumped 4% year-on-year in the first three months of 2024 to $90.8bn (£72.5bn), weighed down by a sharp …