20-01-2025 KUALA LAMPUR/ LANGKAWI: Southeast Asian foreign ministers hold a closed-doors retreat in Malaysia on Sunday, as the country hosts its first meeting as chair of the regional bloc ASEAN amid an intensifying civil war in Myanmar and confrontations in the South China Sea. Malaysia takes its turn as rotating …

20-01-2025 UNITED NATIONS: Germany’s ambassador to the United States has warned that the incoming Trump administration will rob US law enforcement and the media of their independence and hand big tech companies “co-governing power”, according to a confidential document seen by Reuters. The briefing document, dated Jan. 14 and signed …

20-01-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: India will likely cut its disinvestment and asset monetization target by 40% for 2024-25 in the federal budget to be presented next month, The Economic Times newspaper reported on Saturday, as planned sales of state-run firms run into a host of setbacks. The government …

20-01-2025 BOGOTA: Colombian President Gustavo Petro has announced the suspension of peace talks with National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels, accusing the group of committing war crimes in the Catatumbo region on Colombia’s border with Venezuela. “The dialogue process with this group is suspended; the ELN has no will for peace,” …

20-01-2025 BEIRUT: Lebanon’s new president has demanded that Israel must withdraw from his country’s south by the January 26 deadline agreed in last year’s Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire as he met the United Nations chief visiting the country devastated by war. “The continued Israeli violations on land and in the air, especially …

20-01-2025 KINSHASA: More than 230,000 people have been displaced since the beginning of the year amid escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to the United Nations. The UN refugee agency UNHCR on Friday described the displacement as “the most alarming” humanitarian crisis in the world. The …

Hyderabad’Jan’19 (PMI) : Today 19th January – BJP Former State Spokesperson Mir Firasath Ali Baqri Met & Facilitated to BJP Rajya Sabha MP. Shri R Krishnaiah Ji. Along with. Shri Anuganti Raju Netha, BJP Official Spokesperson OBC Morcha Telangana & BJP Senior Leader Shri Syed Najaf Ali Shoukat Sr. Journalist. …

Hyderabad, Jan.19 (PMI): To resolve some of the technical issues in alignment of the Metro Rail corridors to Medchal and Shamirpet, Hyderabad Airport Metro Ltd (HAML) MD NVS Reddy inspected them along with senior engineers and the technical consultants on Sunday.         Due to steep curvature of the road from Paradise …

Singapore, Jan.19 (PMI): CapitaLand Group, a leading global real estate investment and development company headquartered and listed in Singapore, has announced a Rs.450 crore investment to develop a state-of-the-art 1 million square foot IT park in Hyderabad.             The announcement was made following a high-level meeting in Singapore, attended by Chief …

Hyderabad, Jan.19 (PMI): Ponugoti Chokka Rao, Vice President, All India Confederation of the Blind, Delhi, attended the Louis Braille Birthday function organised by Welfare Association of Disabled, at their Association Building at Suraram, Qutbullapur Mandal as one of the guests of Honour Eatala Rajender, MP Malkajgiri Constituency was the Chief Guest. A …