25-04-2024 ATHENS: A dramatic orange haze has descended over Athens as clouds of dust have blown in from the Sahara desert. It is one of the worst such episodes to hit Greece since 2018, according to officials. Greece had already been struck by similar clouds in late March and early …

25-04-2024 HONIARA: The Solomon Islands election has delivered no clear winner leaving pro-China Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in a race with rival opposition politicians to form a coalition to lead the Pacific island nation. Solomon Islanders voted a week ago in a closely fought campaign that was the first since …

By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: The United States has warned Pakistan of the risk of sanctions after it promised greater security and economic cooperation with Iran during a visit by President Ebrahim Raisi. The first Iranian president to visit the South Asian country in eight …

25-04-2024 MADRID: Achieving her career ambitions in Spain has proved remarkably easy for Sara Hernandez, a systems architect from Venezuela who found her skills were in hot demand when she arrived in Madrid. Spain may have Europe’s highest unemployment rate but moving to Madrid in 2021 after seven years in …

HYDERABAD’ 24 April 2024: The Telangana Drugs Control Administration seized certain medicines on Wednesday due to misleading advertisements in several parts of Hyderabad. During a special drive conducted on April 23-24 to detect medicines with misleading and objectionable advertisements in the market, the DCA identified certain products across the city. …

BHUPALPALLY’ 24 ‘April 2024: The Telangana Drugs Control Administration (DCA) apprehended an individual on Wednesday for posing as a rural medical practitioner who was practicing medicine without proper qualifications at his clinic in Mahamutharam Mandal, Jayashankar Bhupalpally District. During the raid, DCA officials discovered a large stock of medicines at …

Hyderabad, April 24 (Zahid Hussain – PMI): Chief Minister and TPCC president A Revanth Reddy said the Congress-led alliance is coming to power at the Centre in the Lok Sabha polls.             The Chief Minister participated in a rally organised on the occasion of filing the nomination of Secunderabad Congress candidate …

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 …

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 …

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 …