31-03-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies CANBERRA/ SYDNEY: Australia’s parliament has passed breakthrough climate laws targeting the nation’s worst polluters, forcing coal mines and oil refineries to curb emissions by about 5 percent each year. The laws apply to 215 major industrial facilities, each producing more than 100,000 tons of greenhouse …

31-03-2023 BEIJING/ TAIPEI: Asia must avoid “chaos and conflicts” or the region’s future will be lost, Chinese Premier Li Qiang has said. Speaking to an international audience of political and business leaders on Thursday, Li said China can be an “anchor for world peace” and stability, and will continue undertaking …

31-03-2023 MELBOURNE/ LONDON/ TOKYO: Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States have expressed concern over the Myanmar military’s dissolution of the country’s former ruling party, warning the move could bring further instability to the violence-wracked country. The statements of concern on Wednesday came a day after the Myanmar …

31-03-2023 MOSCOW: Russian authorities have detained an American reporter for the Wall Street Journal on espionage charges. The Federal Security Service (FSB), the top KGB successor agency, said on Thursday that Evan Gershkovich was detained in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg, suspected of trying to obtain classified information. It …

Hyderabad ‘March ’30 ‘2023 (PMI) Meticulous planning, supervision by senior officers of HCP and coordination with other departments the perfect execution of commands by the field personnel ensured that the Sri Ramanavami Shoba Yatra procession ended on a peaceful note here on Thursday. Thanks to the technology which helped in …

Hyderabad’ March ’30 ‘2023- Special Chief Secretary and Information and Public Relations Commissioner Arvind Kumar said all women journalists could attend the free comprehensive health check camp being conducted at Samachar Bhavan, Masab Tank, Hyderabad. The camp, which is being organized exclusively for women journalists, was formally inaugurated by Chief Secretary A Santhi Kumari on …

Hyderabad’ March ‘ 30 ‘ 2023-The procession of Lord Rama has started from Akashpuri Mandir on Thursday in the occasion of Sri Rama Navami in Hyderabad. The Shobhayatra will take place in the midst of thousands of devotees while the strong security has been arranged with 1500 policemen. The procession …

Hyderabad: Sri Rama Navami was grandly celebrated at Hare Krishna Golden Temple, Banjara Hills, on Thursday. As part of the festivities, Sri Radha Govinda, appearing in the Avatars of ‘Sri Sita Ramachandra’ were decorated brightly with beautiful flowers, new dresses and jewellery etc. The celebrations featured Sri Sitarama Kalyanotsavam, Sri Rama Taraka …

30-03-2023 WASHINGTON: Several casualties have been reported as the two US Army Black Hawk helicopters crashed in the northwest of Kentucky during a training mission Wednesday night, resulting in “several casualties,” officials said. The helicopters, from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), crashed at around 10 pm in Kentucky’s Trigg …

30-03-2023 DUBAI: DUBAI: United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has appointed his eldest son Sheikh Khaled as crown prince of Abu Dhabi, the oil-rich capital of the Gulf state, and named his brothers to top roles, state media said on Wednesday. Sheikh Mohammed, who became president …