09-01-2024 ADDIS ABABA: Many centuries ago, chroniclers conjured what was in antiquity called Ethiopia as a realm at the heart of global trade. The treasures of Rome and India all flowed through its ports along the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. Merchants and pilgrims made their way to …

09-01-2024 GAZA CITY/ RAMALLAH/ BERLIN: Seventy-three Palestinians killed and 99 wounded in attacks by Israel in Gaza over the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry says. The whereabouts of 600 patients and health workers from Gaza’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital is “unknown”, WHO says. Speaking from Qatar, US Secretary of State …

09-01-2024 TOKYO: An elderly woman in her 90s has been rescued from under the rubble of a two-story house more than five days after a powerful earthquake struck Japan. Rescuers found the woman in Suzu City in Ishikawa prefecture on Saturday evening 124 hours after the quake struck and took …

09-01-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has struck down the remission granted to 11 men convicted in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case of 2002. The court has ruled that the Gujarat government’s decision to remit their sentences and set them free was illegal. “Gujarat government had …

09-01-2024 CAPE CANAVERAL: The first US lunar lander in more than 50 years rocketed toward the moon Monday, launching private companies on a space race to make deliveries for NASA and other customers. Astrobotic Technology’s lander caught a ride on a brand new rocket, United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan. The Vulcan …

HYDERABAD’ 8’Jan 2024 (PMI) The District Court in Ranga Reddy sentenced Challa Rajender Reddy to seven years of rigorous imprisonment in connection with a dowry death case. The victim, 25-year-old Challa Rajini from Kesaram village in Shabad Mandal, succumbed to burn injuries on March 6, 2014. The accused, Challa Rajender …

Hyderabad, Jan.8 (PMI): Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has informed that the State government is committed to revival of sick industrial units in Telangana aimed at providing employment to the local people.             The Chief Minister held a review with senior officials on the status of revival of Kamlapurum Pulp Mill of …

Hyderabad”8 Jan;2024 ( Shoukat-PMI) Union Minister and BJP Telangana President Kishan Reddy commented that there is a positive atmosphere for BJP in the country. On Monday, in the presence of Kishan Reddy, leaders and workers of various parties from the joint Adilabad and Hyderabad districts joined the BJP at the BJP …

08-01-2024 SAN FRANCISCO: Pro-Khalistan Sikh for Justice (SFJ) blocked and besieged the Indian Consulate in San Francisco, challenging India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) team visiting the US, with a float depicting the assassination of Indira Gandhi by Satwant Singh and Beant Singh. Hundreds of SFJ activists took part in the …

08-01-2024 PARIS: Thousands of passengers face flight cancellations after major US airlines grounded dozens of Boeing jets after a mid-flight blowout over Oregon. The US aviation regulator said 171 Boeing 737 Max 9s must be grounded for checks after part of an Alaska Airlines plane’s fuselage fell off on Friday. …