MUMBAI: Workers in India’s Kerala state are now getting a three-hour afternoon siesta as part of a series of benefits aimed at combating soaring temperatures and improving labor conditions, government officials said on Wednesday.Kerala, which suffered its worst floods in a century last year, is bracing itself for more extreme weather conditions in 2019 and…
MUMBAI: Workers in India’s Kerala state are now getting a three-hour afternoon siesta as part of a series of benefits aimed at combating soaring temperatures and improving labor conditions, government officials said on Wednesday.Kerala, which suffered its worst floods in a century last year, is bracing itself for more extreme weather conditions in 2019 and…
NEW DELHI: India dominated a list of the world's most polluted cities in 2018, taking 22 of the top 30 spots, according to a Greenpeace report.Air pollution is estimated to contribute to 7 million premature deaths every year and is considered by the United Nations to be the single biggest environmental health risk.While Delhi was again…
NEW DELHI: India dominated a list of the world's most polluted cities in 2018, taking 22 of the top 30 spots, according to a Greenpeace report.Air pollution is estimated to contribute to 7 million premature deaths every year and is considered by the United Nations to be the single biggest environmental health risk.While Delhi was again…
Women can defeat ‘angry white men’ in right-wing politics, UK feminist leader says LONDON: To fight a rising wave of populism that threatens to swamp women’s rights, women of diverse backgrounds need to get into politics, the outgoing head of Britain’s first feminist political party said.Sophie Walker, who resigned from the Women’s Equality Party in…
LAHORE: A spokesman for the charity Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), which has been linked to the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant group behind the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks, said it would go to court on Wednesday after a government crackdown closed several of its missions. On Tuesday, Pakistan’s National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) added the JuD and the Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation…
Women can defeat ‘angry white men’ in right-wing politics, UK feminist leader says LONDON: To fight a rising wave of populism that threatens to swamp women’s rights, women of diverse backgrounds need to get into politics, the outgoing head of Britain’s first feminist political party said.Sophie Walker, who resigned from the Women’s Equality Party in…
SRINAGAR: Indian and Pakistani soldiers shelled military outposts and villages along their highly militarized frontier in disputed Kashmir on Wednesday, in an outbreak of new violence despite stepped-up diplomatic efforts by the rival countries to ease tensions.The two armies accused each other of initiating the artillery and mortar fire and small-arms gunfire. No casualties were…
DUBAI: The family of a Lebanese student, who was killed in the UK’s northern city of Manchester, said they were expecting him home for tea when they got the knock at the door from police to tell them their son had been stabbed to death. Youssef Makki, 17, who was a student at Manchester Grammar…
DUBAI: The family of a Lebanese student, who was killed in the UK’s northern city of Manchester, said they were expecting him home for tea when they got the knock at the door from police to tell them their son had been stabbed to death. Youssef Makki, 17, who was a student at Manchester Grammar…
DUBAI: The family of a Lebanese student, who was killed in the UK’s northern city of Manchester, said they were expecting him home for tea when they got the knock at the door from police to tell them their son had been stabbed to death. Youssef Makki, 17, who was a student at Manchester Grammar…
DUBAI: The family of a Lebanese student, who was killed in the UK’s northern city of Manchester, said they were expecting him home for tea when they got the knock at the door from police to tell them their son had been stabbed to death. Youssef Makki, 17, who was a student at Manchester Grammar…
DUBAI: The family of a Lebanese student, who was killed in the UK’s northern city of Manchester, said they were expecting him home for tea when they got the knock at the door from police to tell them their son had been stabbed to death. Youssef Makki, 17, who was a student at Manchester Grammar…
KABUL: Flash floods in southern Afghanistan from heavy rains last week have killed more than 40 people, double an earlier estimated toll, a UN agency that is coordinating relief efforts said.The floods that started on Friday destroyed 1,300 homes and damaged 2,500 across nine provinces, leaving many people desperate for shelter, food and clothing, the…
Father of UK teen who joined Daesh says don’t scrap citizenship Updated 3 min 39 sec ago March 06, 2019 07:25 SUNAMGANJ, Bangladesh: The father of a British teenager who ran away to join Daesh in Syria said his daughter’s citizenship should not be canceled and that she could be punished in the United Kingdom…
SUNAMGANJ, Bangladesh: The father of a British teenager who ran away to join Daesh in Syria said his daughter’s citizenship should not be canceled and that she could be punished in the United Kingdom if it was determined she had committed a crime.Shamima Begum fled east London with two friends to travel to Syria to…
KABUL: Suicide bombers and gunmen attacked a construction company office in the Afghan city of Jalalabad on Wednesday killing 16 employees of the Afghan company, a provincial official said. The attack began when two suicide bombers set off their explosives outside the company office and gunmen then opened fire, said Attaullah Khogyani, a spokesman for…
LOS ANGELES: A storm soaking California on Wednesday could trigger mudslides in wildfire burn areas where thousands of residents are under evacuation orders, authorities warned.Up to 4 inches (10 centimeters) of rain is expected along the Central Coast, and amounts could be higher in areas where thunderstorms develop, the National Weather Service said.The Santa Barbara…
Satellite images show madrasa buildings still standing at scene of Indian bombing NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE: High-resolution satellite images reviewed by Reuters show that a religious school run by Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in northeastern Pakistan appears to be still standing days after India claimed its warplanes had hit the group’s training camp on the site and killed a…
Satellite images show madrasa buildings still standing at scene of Indian bombing NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE: High-resolution satellite images reviewed by Reuters show that a religious school run by Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in northeastern Pakistan appears to be still standing days after India claimed its warplanes had hit the group’s training camp on the site and killed a…
