01-06-2021 GENEVA: Coronavirus variants are to be known by letters of the Greek alphabet to avoid misreporting and stigmatizing nations where they were first detected, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced. The new system applies to variants of concern – the most troubling of which four are in circulation …

Hyderabad, May 31(PMI): DGP Mahender Reddy today said that lockdown timings be followed. He urged people to complete works for essentials on the roads by 1 pm and return homes by 2 pm. They have to cooperate with the police to break virus chain and fight Covid -19 he said. We allow …

Hyderabad, May 31(PMI): Calling the Chief Minister of the State KCR a dictator, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs G. Kishan Reddy today urged all anti-KCR leaders to join hands with BJP to unseat the CM. He said that they were strengthening their party to fight against the feudal rule …

31-05-2021 BEIJING: China has relaxed its family planning policy to allow couples to have three children after a census showed its population is rapidly ageing, state media reported, in a major policy shift to boost birthrate in the world’s most populous nation. For nearly 40 years, China enforced a controversial …

31-05-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: Prominent Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir has been taken off the air just days after he spoke out against the country’s military at a protest against an attack on another journalist. Mir told Al Jazeera he has been informed he …

Hyderabad: 31 May (PMI) Slight changes have taken place in the working hours of banks in the wake of lockdown relaxations in Telangana. The State Level Bankers’ Committee met and reviewed the working hours of the banks. With the relaxation of the lockdown time, it was decided to make the …

Hyderabad:31 May (PMI) Metro officials have given good news to city commuters. Officials have announced that the metro services will be extended from June 1. Metro trains will be available to commuters from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. The last train will leave at 1 pm and reach Chivari station …

31-05-2021 TEHRAN/ GAZA CITY: Defense Minister of Iran Brigadier General Amir Hatami hailed the elevated unity of all Palestinians as a major achievement of their recent victory over the Zionist regime, saying Palestine’s missiles, drones and defense gear have turned into a nightmare for Israeli settlers. Speaking at an online …

31-05-2021 JERUSALEM: Israeli far-right politician Naftali Bennett, a kingmaker whose Yamina party has six key seats in parliament, has said he would join a governing coalition that could end the rule of the country’s longest-serving leader, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “It’s my intention to do my utmost in order to …

Hyderabad, May 30 (PMI): Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao today decided to extend lockdown by 10 more days till June 9 and relaxed curb hours till afternoon.  The cabinet took a key decision giving time to people from 6 am to 1 pm and should reach their houses by 2 pm. …