Tokyo, Sep 22 (UNI) Jamaican track and field sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce retired from the world athletics in Tokyo after an eventful career spanning nearly two decades. Nine world championships and five Olympic Games later, the 38-year-old signed off in Tokyo on Sunday by helping a Jamaican quartet featuring 21-year-old twin sisters Tia and Tina Clayton…
By Special Correspondent Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh Congress has commenced a three-day series of meetings with district presidents at the state party headquarters in Bhopal, aimed at strengthening the organisation and enhancing coordination across divisions. The inaugural session on Saturday brought together district presidents from Bhopal and Narmadapuram divisions. The meeting was chaired by party…
By Special Correspondent Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee witnessed a grand show of strength in Morena on Saturday, as party president Jitu Patwari received an enthusiastic welcome from workers and supporters at multiple locations. The occasion was marked by the Kisan Khet Nyay Yatra and a massive Kisan-Mazdoor Mahapanchayat Jan Satyagrah, which drew thousands…
Chengdu, Sept. 21 (UNI) Chinese energy tech firm Honghua Group launched an intelligent fracturing solution on Friday, aiming to boost the efficiency and automation of unconventional oil and gas extraction. The solution is being rolled out amid growing global dependence on this difficult-to-access yet highly promising energy source. Unlike conventional oil and gas reserves, which…
Islamabad, Sept. 21 (UNI) At least seven people, including five children, were killed and several others injured when the roof of a private academy collapsed in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province on Saturday, police said. The incident happened in Hafizabad district of the province, the district’s police chief Atif Nazir Kadhar told the media, adding that…
Kampala, Sept. 21 (UNI) Seven people drowned and 29 others survived after a boat carrying mourners capsized on Lake Kyoga in northern Uganda’s Amolatar District on Friday, police said Saturday. The wooden vessel was traveling from Muchora Abino A village to escort a catechist to a burial ceremony when it overturned near Kiryanga Village in…
The Hague, Sep 21 (UNI) At least 30 people were detained for riots in The Hague, two police officers were injured, the mayor of the city, the police chief and the prosecutor said. “We were faced with an unprecedented outbreak of violence. The peaceful demonstration had to be dispersed, since the security of those present…
Washington, Sep 21 (UNI) US President Donald Trump said that at the coming high-level week of the UN General Assembly in New York, he intended to meet with the leaders of 20 states. “I’m going to meet with a lot of the leaders at the UN. They want to, probably 20,” the president told reporters….
Washington, Sept. 21 (UNI) The White House said on Saturday that the new 100,000-U.S.-dollar fee for H-1B visas will not apply to current holders of valid visas re-entering the United States, following confusion and concern sparked by the Trump administration’s introduction of the measure. The fee, taking effect on Sunday, “applies only to new visas,…
Washington, Sept. 21 (UNI) The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Saturday announced the termination of future Household Food Security Reports, ending a decades-long effort to track how many Americans struggle to access enough food. “These redundant, costly, politicized, and extraneous studies do nothing more than fear monger,” the USDA said in a press release….
