15-03-2024 TOKYO: Two more rulings in Japanese district courts have added weight to the push for same-sex marriage to be legalized. This week, courts in Tokyo and Sapporo ruled the nation’s current ban was “unconstitutional”, in line with previous landmark verdicts. The rulings in separate cases found that the ban …

15-03-2024 ROME: At least 60 migrants are dead after a dinghy sunk in the Mediterranean Sea. Some 25 survivors were picked up by the Ocean Viking, a vessel operated by the European humanitarian group SOS Mediterranee. Those pulled from the sea told their rescuers that they had set off from …

15-03-2024 PORT-AU-PRINCE: At the Dajabon border crossing between the Dominican Republic and Haiti, a constant stream of trucks pulls up carrying undocumented Haitian migrants, who are being deported back to their home country. They are being sent to a nation in the grip of its most acute humanitarian crisis since …

15-03-2024 WASHINGTON: The United States House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a bill that could eventually ban the social media platform TikTok in the country, in its latest salvo against both China and big tech. The bill received resoundingly bipartisan support, with vote of 352 to 65 in favour. It …

15-03-2024 BEIRUT: An Israeli drone strike targeted a car in southern Lebanon near the coastal city of Tyre, killing a member of the Palestinian militant Hamas group and a civilian. Since the Israel-Hamas war erupted in Gaza on Oct. 7, Israeli strikes have killed or wounded several ranking members of …

15-03-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Sporadic protests have erupted across India against the implementation of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), sparking renewed concerns about its discriminatory impact on Muslims. Narendra Modi government faces backlash as demonstrations broke out in various states, including Assam and Tamil Nadu, just …

15-03-2024 UNITED NATIONS/ DHAKA: The United Nations is calling for more donations for Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh. In its annual response plan to the crisis, the UN appealed for $852.4m to provide food and other aid to the mostly Muslim Rohingya refugees and their host communities. Bangladesh …

15-03-2024 MOZAMBIQUE/ MAPUTO: Pirates have seized a Bangladesh-flagged bulk carrier off the coast of Somalia and taken its 23-member crew hostage, the ship’s owners said. The MV Abdullah was sailing from Mozambique’s capital Maputo to the United Arab Emirates with a cargo of 55,000 tonnes of coal when it was …

Hyderabad, March 14 (PMI): As per the TSbPASS Act and Rules issued in G.O Ms. No.200 dated 16.11.2020; the Special Task Force at Zonal Office level headed by Zonal Commissioner is constituted to detect and monitor the unauthorized constructions, unauthorized layouts and take timely enforcement action. Accordingly, the STF is functioning …

14-03-2024 GAZA CITY: Almost 100 people killed in Gaza by Israeli attacks in last 24 hours, health ministry figures show. Israeli forces also carry out more raids in the occupied West Bank, killing at least four Palestinians – including two minors and destroying infrastructure. Hezbollah says two of its fighters …