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Mumbai: The Miss Universe beauty pageant is expanding eligibility for its competition by allowing mothers and married women to enter, clearly a historic decision! According to Fox News, Marital status and parental status will no longer be criteria for eligibility for pageant contestants starting in 2023. The Miss Universe pageant’s regulations have always required that […]

New York: As part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations in the US state of New York, the Federation of Indian Associations (FIA) set two Guinness World Records respectively for the most number of different flags flown simultaneously and the largest ensemble of musical instruments Damru. People of the Indian diaspora attempted the records to […]

New York: Billed as the world’s biggest Indian event outside the nation, the annual India Day Parade was held in New York City celebrating India’s 75th anniversary of Independence. Allu arjun 💓🇮🇳🙏#AlluArjun𓃵 #NewYork @imsarathchandra pic.twitter.com/rLhTvLoUOw — Allu Nithish AADhf 💥🔥 (@Nithishreddy_AA) August 22, 2022 Telugu megastar Allu Arjun was the grand marshal at the parade […]

New York: A New York-based media watchdog has called the Taliban to immediately release American journalist and independent filmmaker Ivor Shearer and Afghan producer Faizullah Faizbakhsh and cease detaining journalists. On August 17, Shearer and Faizbakhsh were filming in the Sherpur area of District 10 in Kabul-where a US drone strike killed Al-Qaeda leader Ayman […]

Islamabad: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday blamed the “drama” over the appointment of the next Army chief for the country’s current situation and said that the successor to Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa should be appointed on the basis of merit. Appointed in 2016, the current Chief of Army Staff Gen Bajwa, 61, […]

Helsinki: In a leaked video, Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin is seen dancing and singing with friends at a private party. The 36-year-old leader poses for the camera. She sits on her knees, hands behind her head. She’s entangled in a group hug. She’s having a good time. Countless similar videos are shared daily on […]

Longquan (China):  Hundreds of persimmon trees that should be loaded with yellow fruit lie wilted in Gan Bingdong’s greenhouse in southwestern China, adding to mounting farm losses in a scorching summer that is the country’s driest in six decades. Gan’s farm south of the industrial metropolis of Chongqing lost half its vegetable crop in heat […]

Srinagar: The Indian Air Force (IAF) has rescued an Israeli national in Ladakh suffering from mountain sickness with difficulty in breathing due to the high altitude, a defence spokesperson said on Saturday. The spokesperson said that the 114 Helicopter Unit received a call on Saturday morning for Casevac (Casualty Evacuation) from the Nimaling Camp near Markha […]

London: Seven artefacts, including a stone door jamb stolen from a Hindu temple in Uttar Pradesh, has been transferred back to India by Glasgow’s museums as part of Scotland’s “largest-ever” repatriation of objects from a single collection. Glasgow Life, a charitable organisation which runs the city’s museums, had confirmed the handover earlier this year and […]

Damascus: Some 291 Syrian soldiers and Islamic State (IS) terrorists have been killed in confrontations between the two sides since the beginning of this year, a war monitor reported. The victims include 136 IS members killed in Russian airstrikes in the desert regions of Homs, Sweida, Hama, Raqqa Deir al-Zour and Aleppo, Xinhua news agency quoted […]

Los Angeles: A video footage showing a “flash mob” of looters ransacking a 7-Eleven store in Los Angeles went viral prompting the city police to ask the public’s help to identify those involved in the incidents. A mob of looters ransacked a Los Angeles 7-Eleven early on Monday. They stole goods, vandalized the store and threw […]

Washington: The U.S. for the first time Friday said it will give Ukraine Scan Eagle surveillance drones, mine-resistant vehicles, anti-armor rounds and howitzer weapons to help Ukrainian forces regain territory and mount a counteroffensive against Russian invaders. A senior defense official told reporters that a new $775 million aid package will include 15 Scan Eagles, […]

Jeddah: She excelled in studies and self-esteemed, yet a poverty afflicted Hyderabadi young lady was fraudulently brought into Saudi Arabia on the promise of a false lucrative administrative job only to discover that she was duped. The 26-year-old resident of Aghapura in Hyderabad, whose name is being withheld, was topper in a college and graduated […]

Taipei: Taiwan on Thursday reported that 51 Chinese warplanes and six warships breached its air defence identification zone (ADIZ) including 25 Chinese fighters bombers that flew east of self-governed island’s median line. Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) at 7 pm (local time) announced that as of 5 pm, 51 People’s Liberation Army Air Force […]

New York: A statue of Mahatma Gandhi in front of a temple in New York has been toppled and smashed in the second attack on the memorial this month and a local volunteer watch group has sprung into action to protect it. The incident in the early hours of Tuesday was the latest in a series […]

Islamabad: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has condemned the attack on Salman Rushdie, describing it as “terrible” and “sad”, and saying that while the anger of the Islamic world at the author’s book “The Satanic Verses” was understandable, it could not justify the assault. In an interview to the Guardian, Khan also said he […]

California: Two planes collided in Northern California while trying to land at a local airport Thursday and at least two of the three occupants were killed, officials said. The collision occurred at Watsonville Municipal Airport shortly before 3 p.m., according to a tweet from the city of Watsonville. There were two people aboard a twin-engine […]

Jeddah: In a bid to streamline the job market and enhance professional skills, Saudi Arabia has further expanded its ambit of skill and professional tests for more occupations. It will be mandatory to obtain a professional license for workers in the selected sector to renew the municipal license, else the facility will be closed down […]

Hyderabad: Amid the rise in COVID-19 case in past few weeks across the globe, WHO chief Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus warned against dropping guards and said that this does not mean that ‘we pretend it’s not there’. Taking to twitter on Thursday, Tedros shared a video asking people to do everything that requires to protect others. […]

Kabul: Police in Kabul confirmed on Thursday that 21 people were killed and 33 others injured in a blast that targeted worshippers at a mosque in the Afghan capital the previous day. “The blast took place during the evening prayers inside the mosque in Police District 17, leaving 21 dead and 33 others injured at the […]

Beijing: In the coastal Chinese city of Xiamen, its not just the mouths of fishermen being swabbed for Covid-19, but also the fish they’ve caught, a media report said. As China maintains its commitment to zero Covid, city authorities are working to ensure there is no avenue for the virus to enter, ordering all fishers […]

Hyderabad: While India was celebrating the 75th anniversary of its Independence, Muriki Pulakita Hasvi celebrated freedom in her style by successfully scaling two peaks — Europe’s highest Mount Elbrus West and Mount Elbrus East, within 24 hours. Along with a group of seven other mountaineers, the 14-year-old scaled the 5,642-meter Mt Elbrus West at 5.30 […]

Hyderabad: In a twist to the ongoing outbreak of monkeypox in several countries, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of United States on Wednesday has said that physical intimacy between men was not the only mode of transmission and individuals could also get infected when they just come in close contact with monkeypox […]

Colombo: Sri Lanka has granted provisional approval to Adani Green Energy for two wind projects of 286 MW and 234 MW for an investment of over USD 500 million in the country’s Northern province, Energy and Power Minister Kanchana Wijesekara announced on Wednesday. Wijesekara said in a tweet that he met officials of the state-owned […]