05 February, 2020 WELLINGTON/ CANBERRA: Severe flooding forced thousands of residents in New Zealand’s South Island to flee their homes on Wednesday and left hundreds of tourists stranded at the remote Milford Sound. The Southland region declared a state of emergency after being deluged with more than 1,000 millimeters (39 …

05 February, 2020 By SJA Jafri + AJ CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: More than half the Chinese students enrolled in Australian universities have found themselves stranded in their home country with a new academic year looming after the Australian government imposed a travel ban in response to the coronavirus outbreak. The new …

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao will inaugurate the metro line JBS -MGBS on February 7 at 4 PM. With this, the Hyderabad Metro Rail length will be 69 km. The Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) gave nod to the JBS-MGBS route in January which issues the mandatory safety certificate …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that One country, One tax and One ration card will be a reality soon. Addressing an election rally in Delhi today, Mr. Modi said, the Government is committed towards introducing one ration card system in the national capital as well which will benefit lakhs …

Government has made it clear that no document will be collected during the updation of the National Population Register, NPR and providing Aadhaar number during the exercise is voluntary. In written replies in Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said, the government is in discussion with the …

04 February, 2020 TEHRAN: Iran’s Judiciary Spokesman Gholam Hossein Esmaeili said the death sentence for a man convicted of spying for the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been upheld. Speaking at a press conference in Tehran on Tuesday, Esmaeili pointed to the US hostilities toward the Iranian nation over …

04 February, 2020 BANGKOK/ HOUSTON: Hopes have been dashed an experimental vaccine could protect people against HIV, the virus that causes Aids. The National Institutes of Health has stopped its HVTN 702 trial, of more than 5,000 people in South Africa, as it found the jab did not prevent HIV. …

04 February, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies HOUSTON/ MELBOURNE: Two people were killed and a third was wounded on Monday in a shooting at a residence hall on the Texas A&M University campus in Commerce, the school said on its website. The wounded person was taken to a hospital, …

Hyderabad 03rd Feb’20 (PMI): Cyberabad Commissioner has issued transfer and posting order of six Inspectors of Police with immediate effect on administrative grounds. The following SHO’s have been transferred M. Parveen Reddy of SOT Shamshabad Zone has been transferred to SHO Medchal PS, Kunduru Venkat Reddy working with Visa & …

03 February, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies BEIJING/ WASHINGTON: The Chinese government has accused the US of causing “panic” in its response to the deadly coronavirus outbreak. It follows the US decision to declare a public health emergency and deny entry to foreign nationals who had visited China in …