18-01-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ OTTAWA: Police in India have arrested two men in connection with the deaths of four people near the US-Canada border in January 2022. The bodies, including that of a three-year-old child, were found lying together frozen in a field in Canada’s Manitoba, 12m …
Read More »Dozens accused of bid to ‘abolish Brazil democracy’
18-01-2023 BRASILIA: Brazil’s attorney general has filed an indictment against 39 people for their alleged involvement in the storming of the Senate building on 8 January. The riot saw thousands of supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro attack government buildings following his election loss last year. The indictment says the …
Read More »There are no visitor logs for Biden’s home: White House
18-01-2023 WASHINGTON: The White House has said that there are no visitor logs available for President Joe Biden’s private home. Republicans have demanded to see the logs to his Delaware home after classified files were discovered there. On Monday, the White House counsel’s office said that it is not standard …
Read More »Australian Open bans Russian & Belarusian flags
18-01-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies MELBOURNE: Russian and Belarusian flags have been banned from the Australian Open tennis tournament after a courtside incident. Spectators were initially permitted to bring the flags into Melbourne Park on the condition they did not cause “disruption” but the organizers reversed that decision on Tuesday, …
Read More »Vietnam President resigns amid ministers’ corruption scandal
18-01-2023 Vietnam’s President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has submitted his resignation after the ruling Communist Party found him responsible for violations and wrongdoing of numerous officials under him, the country’s official news agency has said. Phuc, 68, has held the largely ceremonial position for less than two years. It was not …
Read More »Israeli government starts by pushing far-right agenda
18-01-2023 OCCUPIED EAST HERUSALEM: The new Israeli government, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has already begun working on pushing through its far-right policies, after coming into office on December 29. The proposed changes would severely impact both internal Israeli politics and policies towards Palestinians in Israel and in the …
Read More »China’s population falls for first time since 1961
18-01-2023 BEIJING/ HONG KONG: China’s population fell last year for the first time in six decades, a historic turn that is expected to mark the start of a long period of decline in its citizen numbers with profound implications for its economy and the world. The drop, the worst since …
Read More »BJP’s National Executive meeting: India has become self-reliant due to its economic policy, says Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan
NewsDelhi Jan 16’2023–India becoming the fifth-largest economy in the world, work done for inclusive development, effective COVID management, and N’massive infrastructure development among others were part of the social and economic resolution that came up on the second day of BJP’s National Executive meeting today, January 17. Briefing media about …
Read More »G-20 group meetings to be held from Jan. 28: DGP Anjani Kumar
Hyderabad, Jan.17 (PMI):The prestigious G-20 group meetings will be held here from January 28. They will be held till June 17 this year. State DGP Anjani Kumar held a high level review meeting to take stock of security arrangements being made for holding the meetings in the State capital. Speaking …
Read More »Pakistan PM seeks India talks on ‘burning issues
18-01-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called for talks with India to discuss “burning issues such as Kashmir” while asking the United Arab Emirates to play a role in resolving the differences between the two neighbors. Terming the UAE a “brotherly country” …
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