06-11-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies UNITED NATIONS/ ISLAMABAD: The impact of climate change on health if carbon emissions remain high, could be up to twice as deadly as cancer in some parts of the world, including Pakistan, according to new data released by the UN Development Program (UNDP) and the …
Read More »US flies supersonic bomber in show of force against N Korea
06-11-2022 WASHINGTON/ PYONGYANG: The United States flew a supersonic bomber over ally South Korea as part of an enormous combined aerial exercise involving hundreds of warplanes in a show of force meant to intimidate North Korea over its barrage of ballistic missile tests this week. At least one B-1B bomber …
Read More »Iran confirms drones to Russia but before Ukraine war
06-11-2022 TEHRAN: Iran for the first time confirmed it sold drones to Russia, but said this happened “months” before the start of the war in Ukraine. Speaking to reporters after an event in Tehran on Saturday, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian addressed claims by Western officials that Iranian drones were supplied …
Read More »India’s first, oldest voter dies at 106
06-11-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ KINNAUR: India’s first and oldest voter Shyam Saran Negi died Saturday at the age of 106 in his home in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur. According to the Press Trust of India (PTI), the centenarian was the first person to cast a vote during India’s first general …
Read More »BJP to hold massive public meeting at Ramagundam on Nov.12
Hyderabad, Nov.5 (PMI): The state unit of BJP has decided to hold a massive public meeting at Ramagundam on 12th of this month. The meeting will be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after dedicating the Ramagundam Fertilizers company limited to the nation. The party is planning to mobilise huge number …
Read More »OBC Morcha National President Dr. K. Laxman welcomes UGC decision
Hyderabad, Nov.5 (PMI): BJP Rajya Sabha MP and the party’s OBC Morcha National President Dr. K. Laxman today welcomed the decision of University Grants Commission (UGC) to implement the rule of reservation in all deemed-to-be universities across the country. In a statement, he said that the decision was highly commendable …
Read More »Twitter spews lies across the world: Biden
05-11-2022 ROSEMONT, ILLINOIS: US President Joe Biden says that Elon Musk had purchased a social media platform on Twitter that spews lies across the world. Twitter laid off half its workforce on Friday but said cuts were smaller in the team responsible for preventing the spread of misinformation, as advertisers …
Read More »North Korea fires four ballistic missiles
05-11-2022 PYONGYANG/ SEOUL: North Korea fired four short-range ballistic missiles into the western sea on Saturday morning, said South Korean military, adding the missiles flew about 130 kms (80 miles) at an altitude of about 20 kms (12 miles). North Korea has launched a series of missiles this week, including …
Read More »Emergency crews in Australia evacuating people fast
05-11-2022 Bureau Report SYDNEY: Emergency crews in Australia’s most populous state New South Wales were evacuating people and livestock and sandbagging towns on Saturday ahead of an expected peak in floodwaters, with one river forecast to hit a 70-year high water mark. Australia’s east is in the grip of the …
Read More »15 killed in Russian nightclub fire
05-11-2022 At least 15 people died in an overnight fire at a nightclub in the Russian city of Kostroma, officials said on Saturday. Kostroma is a city of around 270,000 people, 300 km (190 miles) north-east of Moscow on the banks of the river Volga. The fire took place at …
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