30-04-2023 PYONGYANG: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s powerful sister has warned that a recent US-South Korean deal will lead to a “more serious danger”. Kim Yo-jong said North Korea’s nuclear deterrent “should be brought to further perfection”, state media reported. The US agreed to deploy nuclear-armed submarines to South Korea …
Read More »‘Taliban must swiftly reverse crackdown on women’s rights’
30-04-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies UNITED NATIONS/ KABUL: The UN Security Council (UNSC) has unanimously condemned a ban by the Taliban on Afghan women working for the United Nations in Afghanistan, calling on Taliban leaders to “swiftly reverse” a crackdown on the rights of women and girls. The resolution drafted …
Read More »9 Indian students commit suicide after exam results
29-04-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: In an upsetting incident, nine (9) students committed suicide while two others attempted suicide in India after the results of grades 11 and 12 were announced, NDTV reported. As many as one million students appeared for the exam; however, only 61% passed the exam in …
Read More »Texas shooting leaves five dead including a child
29-04-2023 SAN JACINTO COUNTY, TEXAS: Five people have been killed, including an eight-year-old child, in a mass shooting that took place at a property in Cleveland, eastern Texas. The news was confirmed to Newsweek by San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office, who said the suspect is still at large and being …
Read More »Two Hash oil suppliers, three peddlers held, 2.5 kg oil seized ‘Dcp Chakravarthy Gummi,H-NEW
Hyderabad ‘April ’29 2023 (PMI) Drugs have created chaos in Hyderabad city. Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing seized 2.5 liters of hash oil from five persons. The car was seized along with five phones from these five people. Sri Chakravarthy Gummi, Dy. Commissioner of Police, H-NEW said The Narcotic drugs racket i.e., …
Read More »India police to register case against wrestling chief
29-04-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Police in India’s capital Delhi have told the Supreme Court that they will register a case against the chief of the country’s wrestling federation. The court was hearing a petition by top wrestlers against Brij Bhushan Singh over allegations of sexual abuse by several female …
Read More »Cat-&-mouse chase with China in hotly-contested sea
29-04-2023 MANILA/ BEIJING: A Chinese Coast Guard ship blocked a Philippine patrol vessel in the South China Sea, causing a near collision in waters where Beijing’s vast claims have alarmed the US and its allies. Media witnessed the tense encounter near Second Thomas Shoal in the remote Spratly archipelago last …
Read More »Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party backs Erdogan’s rival for president
29-04-2023 ISTANBUL: Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party and its leftist allies have asked their voters to back President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main rival in the May 14 presidential election. Friday’s announcement pushes one of Turkey’s largest voting blocs behind opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the head of the People’s Republican Party, and further …
Read More »Mike Pence testifies before jury against Trump
29-04-2023 WASHINGTON: Former US vice president Mike Pence testified before the grand jury on Thursday in the case by the special counsel against former US president Donald Trump for sabotaging the election results of 2020 and the Capitol Hill incident of January 6, NBC reported citing sources. Pence’s testimony holds …
Read More »AI discovers new planet outside our solar system
29-04-2023 GEORGIA: A group of scientists from the University of Georgia have devised a new approach for finding and classifying new planets that are far away from Earth. They have found an exoplanet utilizing machine learning, an extension of Artificial Intelligence (AI). A recent study demonstrated that AI can correctly …
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