EAM Jaishankar to visit UK, Ireland from March 4
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar (EAM) will visit the United Kingdom and Ireland from March 4-9, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Monday. “India and the UK share a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, which has strengthened across diverse areas including defence and security, trade and economy, health, education, people-to-people […]
Myanmar PM, top military officials to meet Putin in Moscow on Tuesday
Naypyidaw, Mar 3 (IANS) Myanmar Prime Minister Min Aung Hlaing left for Moscow with other top ministers and military officials of the country on an official visit to Russia on Monday. According to the Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to hold talks with the visiting Myanmar PM on Tuesday. “Prospects for the further […]
Bangladesh detects first cluster of Zika virus cases
Dhaka, Mar 3 (IANS) The scientists at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR-B), have identified five cases of Zika-infected patients in the country, the country’s health authorities reported on Monday. The samples were collected from the infected patients in 2023 and this is the first identification of a cluster of Zika-infected patients […]
UAE sends aid ship to Gaza as part of Operation Chivalrous Knight 3
LONDON(RAHNUMA): The UAE dispatched a ship loaded with thousands of tonnes of aid relief to support Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as part of an ongoing humanitarian campaign. Zayed Humanitarian Ship 7 departed Saturday evening from Hamriyah Port in Dubai, bound for the Egyptian port of El-Arish to aid Palestinians. The ship transported 5,820 tonnes […]
Syria forms committee to draft transitional constitutional declaration
DAMASCUS(RAHNUMA): The interim President of the Syrian Arab Republic, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, announced on Sunday the formation of a committee to draft a constitutional declaration for the country’s transition after the overthrow of longtime ruler Bashar Assad. The new authorities are focused on rebuilding Syria and its institutions after Assad’s removal on December 8, ending more […]
Congress, BRS play blame game over Telangana tunnel tragedy
Hyderabad, March 2 (IANS) The collapse of the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel and the more than week-long operation to rescue eight trapped persons has heated up politics in Telangana, with both BRS and BJP attacking the ruling Congress and blaming it for the tragedy. The incident also sparked a fresh debate on the […]
Unreasonable: MoS Bandi Sanjay on Telangana govt’s decision to change exam timing for Ramzan
Hyderabad, March 2 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Home Bandi Sanjay Kumar has termed as ‘completely unreasonable’ the change in the timings of Class 10 pre-final exams in Telangana in view of Ramzan. The School Education Department decided to conduct the exam from 12.15 p.m. to 3.15 p.m. The exams were initially scheduled to […]
AAI ready to build Warangal airport: Ram Mohan Naidu
Hyderabad, March 2 (IANS) The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is ready to build an airport at Mamnoor in Telangana’s Warangal, for which the Centre recently gave clearance, Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu said on Sunday. He said the AAI was ready with a master plan to build the airport and the work would […]
SLBC tunnel collapse: Telangana CM says no conclusion on fate of missing workers, suggests robots’ use in rescue
Hyderabad, March 2 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Sunday suggested the use of robots for rescue operations in the partially-collapsed Srisailama Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel in which eight persons remained trapped since February 22. The Chief Minister, who visited the tunnel on Sunday and held a review meeting with agencies involved […]
Tejashwi criticises PM Modi ahead of Bihar Assembly polls
Patna, March 2 (IANS) Bihar Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the Assembly elections. His remarks have triggered strong reactions from BJP leaders, who slammed Tejashwi for “insulting” Bihar’s farmers and their produce. Dilip Jaiswal, while denoting the multi-crore fodder scam, in which Lalu Prasad […]
