14-12-2023 DUBAI: The COP28 climate talks went into overtime on Tuesday as countries engaged in shuttle diplomacy to bridge deep international divisions over how to deal with fossil fuels in the summit’s final text. Where the conference lands on the issue will send a powerful message to global investors and …

New Delhi’13 Dec ‘2023: The nation is paying homage to the martyrs who sacrificed their lives defending Parliament House in the terrorist attack on this day in 2001. Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla led the nation in paying tributes to the Martyrs …

Avinash Mohanty announced that cybercrime, economic offences, and traffic would be among his important priorities HYDERABAD’13 Dec (PMI) Avinash Mohanty IPS’ assumed charge as Cyberabad Commissioner of Police here on Wednesday. He announced that cybercrime, economic offences, and traffic would be among his important priorities. The 2005-batch officer was the …

Srinivas Reddy said that drug peddling gangs would not be spared and those encouraging them would also be strictly punished Hyderabad’13 Dec (Najaf Ali Shoukat-  PMI) Senior IPS officer, Kothakota Sreenivasa Reddy on Wednesday assumed charge as the Commissioner of Hyderabad Police. Sandeep Shandilya, the outgoing Commissioner of Police handed over …

It’s worth noting that out of the general holidays, seven fall on Mondays and six on Fridays. Hyderabad: The Telangana government has released the list of general and optional holidays for the year 2024, comprising 27 general holidays and 25 optional holidays. According to the notification from the general administration department, all …

United Nations demands humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza 13-12-2023 UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations on Tuesday demanded an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war after more than three-quarters of the 193-member General Assembly backed the move, which had been vetoed by the United States in the Security Council last week. …

13-12-2023 WARSAW: The Polish parliament has given former Prime Minister Donald Tusk a mandate to form a new coalition government. The incoming administration will be sworn in at the presidential palace by President Andrzei Duda on Wednesday. It will put an end to the eight-year rule of the right-wing nationalist …

13-12-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies MELBOURNE/ SYDNEY: More than four decades after they were convicted in one of Australia’s longest-running criminal trials, the evidence used to jail six former Yugoslav migrants is being re-examined to determine if they were victims of a miscarriage of justice. A rare judicial inquiry in …

13-12-2023 UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations has called for $46bn in funding for 2024 as it scrambles to get aid to millions hit by humanitarian crises around the globe. Noting the situations in the Palestinian territories, Sudan and Ukraine, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said …

13-12-2023 BERLIN/ ALRIERS/ JERUSALEM: On May 7, 1945, Nazi Germany signed the act of military surrender to the Allies. The next day, people all over the world, including in occupied Algeria, took to the streets to celebrate the end of World War II. An estimated 134,000 Algerians fought with the …