KOCHI — A new variant of Covid-19 with over 30 spike mutations has been reported from southern Africa. On November 23, Dr. Tom Peacock, a virologist at Imperial College London, posted the details of the variant on github.com, noting that the “incredibly high amount of spike mutations suggest this could be of real concern (predicted […]
DUBAI — Former Grand Mosque Imam of Mecca has been widely criticised after appearing in a promotional video clip for a combat game event as part of the Riyadh Season 2021, The New Arab reported. Adil al-Kalbani appeared in a video posted to Twitter on Thursday by Saudi Arabia’s Entertainment Authority chief, Turki Al Sheikh, promoting the “adventurous” ‘Combat Field’ event, which […]
DUBAI — UAE princess Hend bint Faisal Al Qasim has lashed out at an organiser for inviting Zee News anchor Sudhir Chaudhary to her country blaming him for “promoting Islamophobia” through his TV broadcasts. Addressing Chaudhary as a ‘terrorist,’ the UAE princess reminded the organiser how the controversial TV anchor had been routinely defaming Islam […]
BEIJING — China and the US have agreed to ease restrictions on each other’s media workers amid a slight easing of tensions between the two sides. The official China Daily newspaper on Wednesday said the agreement was reached ahead of Tuesday’s virtual summit between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden. Under the […]
LONDON — Nobel Peace Prize laureate and activist Malala Yousafzai said she is ‘lucky’ that husband Asser Malik understands her values, during an interview on Sunday (November 14). Malala recently wed Pakistan Cricket Board member Malik having previously told Vogue Magazine in July that she was unsure if she would ever get married. The 24-year-old, […]
LONDON — Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Pakistani Taliban for campaigning for girls’ education, got married on Tuesday in a small ceremony in Birmingham, central England, she announced on social media. “Today marks a precious day in my life. Asser (Malik) and I tied the knot to be partners […]
NEW DELHI — India’s pledge was among the many most substantive contributions at Glasgow local weather change convention, Nicholas Stern, one of many world’s pre-eminent local weather economists and Chair of the Grantham Analysis Institute at London Faculty of Economics stated on Monday throughout a gathering with journalists. “PM Modi’s panchamrit (nectar distilled from 5 […]
NEW DELHI — China and Pakistan will be missing when the national security chiefs of seven key regional countries gather here on Wednesday for a security dialogue on Afghanistan. The day-long event, the first being hosted by India, will focus on terrorism and related security challenges and uncertainties emerging from Afghanistan which was taken over […]
NEW DELHI — The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Thursday kept Pakistan on the Grey List as it “needs to further demonstrate that investigation and prosecution of proscribed terrorists and terror groups is being seriously pursued,’’ said FATF chief Marcus Pleyer at the end the global finance watchdog’s deliberations that began Sunday. On the […]
NEW DELHI — The Taliban have said India offered extensive humanitarian assistance to the Afghans in its second official meeting with the Indian side on the sidelines of the Moscow Format meet. The Indian delegation led by Joint Secretary, PAI (Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran Division) JP Singh and the Taliban delegation led by Deputy PM Maulavi Abdul Salam […]