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India’s aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation, DGCA, today said all Indian flight operators in consultation with it have decided to avoid the affected part of the Iranian airspace to ensure safe travel for passengers. They will also reroute their flight suitably. The decision came amid rising tensions between …

  India expects Pakistan to take all necessary steps to effectively implement the action plan of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) fully by September this year. In response to a media query regarding FATF decision to continuously keep Pakistan in the Grey List, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today attended an interactive session with over 40 economists and other experts organized by NITI Aayog on the theme Economic Policy – The Road Ahead. During the session, participants shared their views in five distinct groups, on the economic themes of macro-economy and employment, agriculture and …

Hyderabad, June 22 (PMI): In the ongoing drive against repeated offenders in the Cyberabad Police Commissionerate, V.C. Sajjanar, IPS, invoked Detention Order under the P.D Act as “Goonda” against following notorious property offenders. They are: Shaik Khadar, 26, laborer, residing at Jayadarshini Colony, Kompally and native of SC Colony, Chegunta …

By SJA Jafri + Guardian MELBOURNE/ LONDON: Police were called to the home of Boris Johnson and his girlfriend Carrie Symonds in the early hours of this morning after a heated argument between the pair. A neighbour made the call after hearing screaming and shouting coming from their plush home in south …

By SJA Jafri + AP MELBOURNE/ NEW YORK: A New York-based advice columnist has claimed Donald Trump sexually assaulted her in a dressing room at a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s, according to a first-person account published by New York magazine. The US President has denied the allegations and …

By SJA Jafri + Agencies MELBOURNE/ WASHINGTON: The US called off military strikes against Iran on Thursday night that were approved by President Donald Trump, according to an administration official, abandoning a move that would have dramatically escalated tensions that are already running high between the two countries. The attack, …

By SJA Jafri + BBC MELBOURNE/ NEW YORK/ TEHRAN: Iran “made a very big mistake” in shooting down a US military surveillance drone over the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump says. However, he told reporters it could have been the result of human error, saying: “I find it hard …

By SJA Jafri + IRNA Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said it had shot down a US drone aircraft, further raising tensions between Tehran and Washington and sending oil prices sharply higher. The guard announced on Thursday that its air force “targeted and shot down a Global Hawk, a US spy aircraft, …

  By SJA Jafri + Agencies MELBOURNE/ LYON: Former Interpol Chief Meng Hongwei has pleaded guilty to charges of accepting bribes, Chinese state media reported. Meng – a Chinese citizen – has been under investigation since October 2018. He is accused of taking 14.5 million yuan ($2.1m) in unlawful payments …