- World
UN chief calls for 4-day pause in fighting in Ukraine during Easter
United Nations: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for a four-day humanitarian pause in fighting in Ukraine to allow for the opening of humanitarian aid corridors during the Orthodox Christian Holy Week.…
- Middle East
Erdogan urges Israel to not allow ‘provocations’ against Al-Aqsa Mosque
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged his Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog not to allow “provocations and threats” against the status and spirituality of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Taking to Twitter,…
- India
TV debate on court matters amounts to interference in administration of justice: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has observed that all matters connected with a crime and whether something is a “conclusive piece of evidence” must be dealt with by a court of law,…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh: Naidu turns 72, gears up for another poll battle
Amaravati: As he turned 72 on Wednesday, former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu is gearing up for another electoral battle in his long chequered career. Nearly three years after suffering…
- Middle East
Iraq summons Turkish envoy in protest over military operations
Baghdad: The Iraqi Foreign Ministry summoned the Turkish envoy in protest over Turkey’s cross-border offensive against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Iraq. The ministry handed Ambassador Ali Reza Guney a…
- Middle East
Israeli FM urges int’l help for restoring peace in Jerusalem
Jerusalem: Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid called for international help in restoring calm in East Jerusalem during a phone talk with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken over the rising Israeli-Palestinian tensions.…
- Technology
Musk willing to boost personal Twitter investment to $15 bn: Report
San Francisco: Tech billionaire Elon Musk is reportedly willing to invest between $10 billion and $15 billion of his own cash to take the micro-blogging site Twitter private, media reports say. Musk,…
- Sports
Pele returns to the hospital for cancer treatment
Sao Paulo: Brazilian football great Pele has been readmitted to the hospital for ongoing cancer treatment, doctors said on Tuesday. The 81-year-old has undergone several sessions of chemotherapy in Sao Paulo since…
- Sports
Despite history, Chess Olympiad for the differently-abled will not be held in India
Chennai: Even as the Tamil Nadu government and All India Chess Federation (AICF) are gearing up to hold the 44th Chess Olympiad at Mahabalipuram near here in July-August, Chennai hosted the first…
- World
Microplastics entering human food supplies in South Australian waters
Canberra: Microplastics are making their way into human food supplies in oceans around Australia, researchers have found. In a study published recently in Science of the Total Environment, a team from Flinders…
- Telangana
BJP seeks Telangana governor’s intervention to check ‘excesses’ by TRS
Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Telangana on Wednesday sought Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan’s intervention to check what it calls excesses by the leaders of the ruling party. Alleging that there is…
- World
Massive outages reported as snowstorm hits US
New York: Hundreds of thousands of power outages were reported on Tuesday as a snowstorm lashed multiple states in the northeastern US. Power outages took place in New York, Pennsylvania, Maine, New…
- World
Three killed, 19 injured in explosion in east Nigeria
Lagos: At least three people were killed and 19 others were injured when an explosion hit east Nigeria’s Taraba state, local police said. The incident happened on Tuesday at a crowded restaurant…
- Television News
Zeeshan Khan on his physical fight with Azma Fallah in ‘Lock Upp’
Mumbai: ‘Kumkum Bhagya’ actor Zeeshan Khan recently got evicted from the reality show ‘Lock Upp’ because of his ugly fight with Azma Fallah. The actor has spoken about the allegations that have…
- Sports
Virat Kohli should take break from cricket: Ravi Shastri
Mumbai: Former India men’s cricket team chief coach Ravi Shastri has opined that Virat Kohli should take a break from the sport in order to overcome his lean patch. Kohli, the former…
