24-04-2024 GENEVA: Asia was the region most affected by climate change, weather and water-related hazards globally last year, the United Nations weather agency has said. In a report published on Tuesday, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said floods and storms were the main cause of casualties and economic damage in …
Read More »India’s battered opposition takes on Modi
24-04-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: How fair is the electoral landscape in India’s general election? Not very, says the opposition alliance. It accuses the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of denying it a level playing-field. The BJP, seeking a third consecutive term, is ahead in opinion …
Read More »UN’s HR Chief ‘horrified’ by Gaza mass graves reports
24-04-2024 UNITED NATIONS/ GAZA CITY: Volker Turk, the United Nations human rights chief, has said he is “horrified” by the destruction of Nasser Medical Complex and al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip and reports of mass graves found in and around the hospitals amid Israel’s war on Gaza. In a …
Read More »10 dead as navy helicopters collide mid-air in Malaysia
24-04-2024 KUALA LUMPUR: Ten crew members have been killed after two Malaysian navy helicopters collided in midair and crashed to the ground. The Royal Malaysian Navy said in a statement that the two aircraft collided on Tuesday morning as they were taking part in aerial training in northern Lumut, where …
Read More »German far-right party aide held in China spy probe
24-04-2024 BERLIN: Prosecutors have arrested a man working for a far-right politician on suspicion of spying for China. They have identified the man as Jian G, 43, named by German media as an assistant to AfD MEP and European election candidate Maximilian Krah. Prosecutors say he was arrested in the …
Read More »Arrests & anger at US university pro-Palestinian demos
24-04-2024 NEW YORK: Protests over the war in Gaza have taken hold at a handful of elite US universities as officials scramble to defuse demonstrations. Police moved to break up an encampment at New York University (NYU) on Monday night, making a number of arrests. Dozens of students were arrested …
Read More »Australia PM calls Elon Musk an ‘arrogant billionaire’
24-04-2024 CANBERRA: Australia’s leader has called Elon Musk an “arrogant billionaire” in an escalating feud over X’s reluctance to remove footage of a church stabbing. On Monday, an Australian court ordered Musk’s social media firm, formerly called Twitter to hide videos of last week’s attack in Sydney. X previously said …
Read More »Cyberabad police : Arrested habitual Cyber crime offender ‘KomineniVamshi Cchowdary
Hyderabad’23 April 2024 (Zahid Hussain – PMI) The Cyberabad police arrested a man Komineni Vamshi Chowdhary, who allegedly duped a woman of nearly Rs. 2 crores after befriending her on a matrimonial website and assuring to marry the victim. Chowdhary, who is a native of Chittoor in A.P had registered his details …
Read More »Rajender Rao is Congress candidate for Karimnagar Lok Sabha : Ponnam Prabhakar
Khammam, April 23 (Press media of india): Minister for Transport Ponnam Prabhakar has informed that the Congress high command will make an official announcement of Velichala Rajender Rao as the party candidate for Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency in one or two days. Though the Congress has not yet finalised the candidate for …
Read More »Case booked against MLA Raja Singh for violation of model code of conduct
HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad City Police have registered a new case against BJP MLA Raja Singh for allegedly violating the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) during the Sri Rama Navami procession on April 17. According to a complaint filed by Sub-Inspector G. Madhusudan from the Sultan Bazar Police Station, Raja Singh, …
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