Revanth directs officials to stay alert amid rains in Hyderabad
Hyderabad, June 13 (RAHNUMA): In response to the significant rainfall impacting Hyderabad, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has directed all senior officials responsible for departments and agencies within the Core Urban Region (CURE) to maintain a state of heightened readiness. He directed the police, traffic police, municipal authorities, HYDRAA, electricity department, Water Board, and other […]
More Than Heritage: How Faheem-ul-Haq and Shazia Saleem Became Voices of a Changing Hyderabad
(RAHNUMA) HYDERABAD In a city where history is never far from the surface, it is often easy to mistake inheritance for achievement. Hyderabad is filled with reminders of illustrious families, fading palaces, old titles and stories of a bygone age. Yet the city’s most enduring contributions continue to come not from ancestry alone, but from those who […]
US and Iran close to signing peace deal: Axios
DUBAI(RAHNUMA): A report from Axios said that US and Iran are close to signing a memorandum of understanding, which particularly calls for the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz without tolls. The MoU also says that Iran will receive sanctions relief based on compliance, Axios said, quoting a diplomat from one of the mediating […]
At a Libyan university once ravaged by war, students dream again
BENGHAZI(RAHNUMA): A decade after fierce battles reduced much of the University of Benghazi to rubble, students at Libya’s oldest and largest university are once again looking to the future with optimism. After the 2011 uprisings that toppled and killed longtime ruler Muammar Qaddafi, the university founded in 1955, had become the stage of intense fightings […]
Turkiye’s Erdogan, Israel’s Netanyahu trade genocide barbs
ISTANBUL(RAHNUMA): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Benjamin Netanyahu of “following the path of Hitler” on Thursday after the Israeli leader alleged he was an “antisemitic dictator” who had committed a “genocide” against the Kurds. The relationship between Israel and Turkiye has nosedived since the Gaza war started in October 2023, with the pair regularly […]
World Bank forecasts Jordan’s economic growth to reach 3% by 2028
AMMAN(RAHNUMA): Jordan’s economy is expected to maintain steady growth over the next three years, reaching 3 percent by 2028 despite ongoing global economic uncertainty and regional geopolitical tensions, according to the latest World Bank projections. In its Global Economic Prospects report released on Thursday, the World Bank forecast Jordan’s economy to expand by 2.7 percent […]
US military helping move 7 million barrels of oil per day out of Arabian Gulf, Wright says
HOUSTON(RAHNUMA): Roughly 7 million barrels a day of oil are getting out of the Arabian Gulf with US military help, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Friday at an event in Houston. That is about half of the flow of oil that has been stuck in the Strait of Hormuz since the US-Israeli war with […]
Unable to return, displaced southern Lebanese turn to satellite images to check on homes
BEIRUT(RAHNUMA): Displaced residents of villages in southern Lebanon, who currently have no way of reaching their homes, are turning to commercial satellite imagery to learn whether the houses they fled are still standing. For many families, the images offer the first glimpse of homes left behind during successive waves of displacement since Israel’s war on […]
Tripura CM unveils ‘Vision 2047 Roadmap’, seeks connectivity at NITI Aayog meet
Agartala, June 12 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Friday presented the state’s key development priorities and growth vision during an interactive session convened by NITI Aayog with the Chief Ministers and Chief Secretaries of the Northeastern states. The meeting was attended by NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Ashok Kumar Lahiri and other members of […]
Rural water supply schemes to shift to solar: Maha CM
Mumbai, June 12 (IANS) Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday directed that all rural water supply schemes in Maharashtra should be gradually shifted to solar energy amid rising outstanding electricity bills of many operational water supply schemes across the state. At the meeting, he also instructed the department to formulate a comprehensive policy for the […]
