02-05-2023 KHARTOUM: The current situation of Khartoum; Sudan’s army and its rival, the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary, said they would extend a humanitarian ceasefire another 72 hours, but the shaky truce has so far failed to stop the fighting. Both military forces accused the other of ceasefire violations. The agreement …
Read More »Australia set for budget rebound, signals fiscal restraint
02-05-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: Australia’s Labor government is set to reveal a vast improvement in the budget’s bottom line next week as its coffers bulge with tax windfalls, yet the outlook will be a sober one as fiscal challenges still loom large. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has spent …
Read More »Hong Kong’s low-paid get $0.32 minimum wage bump
02-05-2023 HONG KONG SAR: In her apartment in Sham Shui Po, 60-year-old Mrs Chan heats up leftover chicken for her teenage daughter. Their rented apartment is only 23 square metres (248 square feet), and the kitchen is cramped, filled with bags of rice and canned food from the local food …
Read More »Santiago wins Paraguay election after hard-fought campaign
02-05-2023 ASUNCION: Santiago Pena has won Paraguay’s election, returning the conservative Colorado Party to government after a tightly-contested campaign that had threatened to end its seven-decade hold on power. The 44-year-old economist and former finance minister had 42.7 percent of the vote with more than 99 percent of ballots counted, …
Read More »Thousands stranded at Philippines airport after power outage
02-05-2023 MANILA: Dozens of flights have been cancelled at the Philippines’s biggest international airport following an unexplained power outage. About 40 domestic Cebu Pacific flights were cancelled on Monday following the power cut at Manila airport’s Terminal 3, the airport said in a statement. “Flight delays are expected due to …
Read More »Father and son remanded
The SIT officials produced the arrested son KV Janardhan (A19) and father Kosgi Maibaiya (A20) before the 12th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate after their three-day custody was completed on Monday in the TSPSC paper leakage case. ٓHyderabad ‘ May 1 (PMI): Son KV Janardhan (A19) and father Kosgi Maibaiya (A20), …
Read More »PM Modi praises National SC-ST Hub Scheme for crossing over 1 lakh beneficiary registrations
New Delhi ‘May 1 ;Prime Minister Narendra Modi has praised the National SC-ST Hub Scheme which crossed more than one lakh beneficiary registrations. Replying to the Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Narayan Rane, the Prime Minister said that strengthening of MSME amounts to strengthening every section of …
Read More »ECI reviews election arrangements, law & order coordination for Assembly election in Karnataka
New Delhi ;May 1 ;The Election Commission of India today reviewed the election arrangements, law and order coordination in view of the upcoming election to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar today held a video conference with Chief Secretaries, Director Generals of Police and senior officials …
Read More »CM KCR announces extension of deadline for house site regularisation under GO No 58, 59
Hyderabad ‘May 1: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Monday announced extension of the deadline by one month for regularisation of house sites with notarised documents under GO No.s 58 and 59. He said issues related to agricultural lands with notarised documents would also be addressed soon. Responding positively to a …
Read More »SCR GM Arun Kumar Jain holds review meeting on safety
Hyderabad, May 1(PMI): South Central Railway (SCR) General Manager Arun Kumar Jain conducted a review meeting on Safety of train operations across the Zone on Monday from Rail Nilayam, Secunderabad along with Principal Heads of Departments. Divisional Railway Managers (DRMs) of all the six divisions viz., Vijayawada, Guntakal, Guntur, Secunderabad, …
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