30-06-2025 NEW DELHI/ MILAN: Luxury fashion powerhouse Prada has acknowledged the ancient Indian roots of its new sandal design after the debut of the open-toe footwear sparked a furore among Indian artisans and politicians thousands of miles from the catwalk in Italy. Images from Prada’s (1913.F), opens new tab fashion …

30-06-2025 UNITED NATIONS: The World Health Organization (WHO) says efforts to uncover the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic are still ongoing and incomplete, as critical information has “not been provided”. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said “all hypotheses must remain on the table” to determine the cause of the virus, …

30-06-2025 NEW DELHI/ UTTAWAR: When everybody ran, towards the jungles and nearby villages, or dived into a well to hide from government officials, Mohammad Deenu stayed put. His village, Uttawar, in the Mewat region of northern India’s Haryana state, about 90km (56 miles) from the capital, New Delhi, was surrounded …

30-06-2025 TEHRAN: On Friday, June 13, when Israeli missiles began raining down on Tehran, Shamsi was reminded once again just how vulnerable she and her family are. The 34-year-old Afghan mother of two was working at her sewing job in north Tehran. In a state of panic and fear, she …

Hyderabad, June 29:(PMI) BRS leader Dasari Usha has accused the Telangana Congress government of violating women’s reservation norms in the recently revised Group-2 job notification. She claimed that the government failed to allocate 90 posts to women as mandated under the 33.3% reservation rule. Speaking at a press conference at …

29-06-2025 Bureau Report PESHAWAR/ MIR ALI: More than a dozen soldiers have been killeded and dozens of people were wounded in a suicide attack in northwestern Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, officials said. Saturday’s attack was carried out in Khadi Market, Mir Ali, North Waziristan, according to a local media outlet, …

29-06-2025 WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court’s landmark ruling blunting a potent weapon that federal judges have used to block government policies nationwide during legal challenges was in many ways a victory for President Donald Trump, except perhaps on the very policy he is seeking to enforce. An executive order that …

29-06-2025 BELGRADE: Serbian police have clashed with a huge crowd of anti-government protesters demanding an early election and end to President Aleksandar Vucic’s 12-year rule in the capital Belgrade. A sea of around 140,000 protesters rallied in the city, the largest turnout in recent months, as student-led demonstrations mount pressure …

29-06-2025 Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s climate change minister has slammed the “crisis of injustice” facing the country and a “lopsided allocation” of funding as heavy rains and the latest flash flooding cause more damage, destruction and loss of life. Last month, at least 32 people were also killed in severe …

29-06-2025 GAZA STRIP: As many as 66 children have died of malnutrition in Gaza over the course of Israel’s war, authorities in the Palestinian enclave said, condemning a tightened Israeli siege that has prevented the entry of milk, nutritional supplements and other food aid. The statement from Gaza’s Government Media …