Hyderabad, Nov.24 (PMI): Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka said that with the comprehensive household survey is reaching its final stage, officials should be careful and they should take all precautionary measures during the entry of survey data. Bhatti Vikramarka on Sunday held a video conference with district collectors from …
Read More »Famine-hit Sudan camp gets first aid convoy in months
24-11-2024 KHARTOUM: A famine-stricken camp housing about 500,000 displaced people in Sudan has received its first convoy of aid in months. The United Nations’ trucks arrived in Zamzam which houses masses forced to flee during Sudan’s 18-month civil war on Friday. The UN’s World Food Program (WFP) said food deliveries …
Read More »Korea condemns US military drills with S. Korea & Japan
24-11-2024 PYONGYANG/ SEOUL: North Korea condemned on Saturday recent joint military drills by the United States, South Korea and Japan, warning that it would take immediate actions if needed to defend the state. Last week, the three countries held a three-day joint exercise, dubbed “Freedom Edge”, featuring fighter jets and …
Read More »‘No evidence linking Modi to criminal activity in Canada’
24-11-2024 OTTAWA: Canada, which expelled six Indian diplomats over allegations they were involved in a plot against Sikh separatists, denied it had evidence Prime Minister Narendra Modi was linked to violence on Canadian soil. The Canadian foreign ministry last month alleged Amit Shah, considered the number two in Modi’s government, …
Read More »Trump taps Scott Bessent for Treasury
24-11-2024 WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump said he will nominate prominent investor Scott Bessent as US Treasury secretary, a key cabinet position with vast influence over economic, regulatory and international affairs. “I am most pleased to nominate Scott Bessent to serve as the 79th Secretary of the Treasury of the United …
Read More »Lava flow from Iceland volcano creeps towards homes
24-11-2024 BLUE LAGOON, PENINSULA: A volcano on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula erupted for the seventh time since December, sending plumes of smoke into the sky and bright orange lava flowing across the region. The eruption, which began late Wednesday night with little warning, forced the evacuation of nearby Grindavik and the …
Read More »$250bn climate finance offer met with scorn at COP29
24-11-2024 BAKU: Negotiations at the COP29 climate conference have extended into overtime after an offer by wealthy countries to provide $250bn a year in climate financing for developing countries was roundly rejected. The presidency of the global talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, released a draft finance deal on Friday, which it …
Read More »Mpox remains public health emergency of int’l concern: WHO
24-11-2024 GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) says it will keep its alert for mpox at the highest level amid a surge in cases. A WHO committee made up of about a dozen independent experts made the decision at a meeting in Geneva on Friday, three months after the WHO …
Read More »Lebanon accuses Israel of targeting medical staff
24-11-2024 BEIRUT Lebanon’s Health Ministry has accused Israel of carrying out a “series of war crimes” in its targeted killing of medical staff and destruction of health facilities after Israeli air strikes killed a hospital director in the northeast of the country and five paramedics were slain in the south. …
Read More »CO-ORDINATION CUM AWARENESS MEETING WITH COMMUNITY ELDERS / TEMPLE MANAGEMENT IN THE LIMITS OF NORTH ZONE
Hyderabad; 23 Nov 2024 (PMI): In the coordination meeting chaired by the North Zone Deputy Commissioner of Police Ms. S. Rashmi Perumal, IPS, discussions were held with over 350 representatives/ members from various temples to enhance security and community safety at religious worship places. The meeting underscored the importance of …
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