13-07-2021 DUBAI: The world’s deepest swimming pool for underwater diving has opened in Dubai, where people can descend 60 metres (197 ft) to a sunken city-themed landscape and play arcade games. Dubai, a tourism and business hub with desert terrain and months of scorching summer temperatures has a reputation for …

13-07-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ WASHINGTON:  The US general leading the war in Afghanistan, Austin Miller, relinquished command on Monday at a ceremony in Kabul, in what was a symbolic end to America’s longest conflict ever as Taliban gain momentum across the country. Miller, …

13-07-2021 TEHRAN: Iran on Monday introduced a Muslim dating application aimed at facilitating “lasting and informed marriage” for its youth, state television reported. Called Hamdam — Farsi for “companion” — the service allows users to “search for and choose their spouse,” the broadcaster said. It is the only state-sanctioned platform …

13-07-2021 BAGHDAD: As many as 52 people have been killed in a fire at the coronavirus isolation ward of a hospital in Iraq, the second such deadly blaze in a COVID-19 unit in three months. The fire broke out at the Al-Hussein hospital in the southern city of Nasiriya late …

Hyderabad; July 12 ( PMI ): A car caught on fire here on PVNR Expressway at Attapur today morning. However, no casualties have been reported in the incident. The police said that the woman who was driver the car noticed the flames from the engine and stopped the vehicle. Meanwhile, …

Hyderabad; July 12 ( PMI ): After a brief break, the southwest monsoon has revived in the city. Several parts of the city as well as the State experience moderate to heavy rains on Sunday. With continuous rains, the temperature in the city also dropped by at least two degrees …

Hyderabad; July 12 ( PMI ): GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL) commissioned of its second phase 5 MW solar power plant. With this, GHIAL’s total solar power capacity has now increased to 10 MW. In 2015, GMR Hyderabad International Airport commissioned a 5 MW Solar Power Plant for its captive …

12-07-2021 Canada has announced new measures aimed at preventing wildfires during periods of extreme heat, after a historic heatwave last month spurred dozens of large blazes on the country’s west coast including one that burned an entire village to the ground. In a statement on Sunday, the federal transport department said railway …

Hyderabad; July 12 ( PMI ): The phrase often used by the Hyderabad City Police, ‘One surveillance camera is equal to a hundred policemen,’ is proving right for the law enforcing agency in every way. From acting as a deterrent to criminals intending to commit crimes to detection of cases …

Hyderabad; July 12 ( PMI ): Finance Minister T Harish Rao on Sunday instructed the officials concerned to submit a detailed report on the vacancies position. He held a meeting with officials and took stock of the job position departments wise. On Saturday he had a meeting on the jobs. …