International
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Jul- 2022 -25 July
Telangana’s Haj pilgrims unable to travel from Makkah to Madinah
Jeddah: The Telangana Haj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia are in the process of offering prayers at the grand mosque in Makkah and paying respects to the Prophet Mosque in Madinah. All Telangana pilgrims arrived directly to Makkah through Jeddah Airport and after Haj now they have been moving to Madinah where they will spend eight days prior to returning home. They will offer forty prayers at Masjide Nabwi in Madinah during their eight days of stay. The pilgrims in batch phase according to airbus flight capacity have been moving to Madinah by road from Makkah. So far, three batches for three flights were moved to Madinah. “We have been spending fine time in praying at Masjide Nabvi and spiritually enjoying…
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25 July
UAE: Five airlines open applications for 300 job vacancies
Dubai: Five airlines across UAE on Saturday opened job applications to fill in 300 vacancies for their domestic and international operations. Airlines including Emirates, Etihad Airways, flydubai, Air Arabia, and Wizz Air Abu Dhabi are currently hiring for full-time jobs in various roles. There are over 100 vacancies in the Dubai-based Emirates, which is hiring for cabin crew, contact centre agents, sales agents, engineers, technical staff, airport service agents, and senior maintenance technicians among other roles. The airline’s subsidiaries dnata, Emirates Holidays, Emirates SkyCargo and Arabian Adventures have the following positions open including senior administrator, travel consultant, senior manager and chief architect, cargo handling supervisor, technical manager, senior cargo sales executive, and public relations specialist. Apart from Dubai, these positions are…
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24 July
Qatar Airways tops list of world’s top 20 best airlines
Doha: Qatar Airway, the state-owned flag carrier airline of Qatar, has been named ‘Airline of the Year 2022’ by AirlineRatings.com. While ranking airlines, the focus was on two main areas, safety and comfort of passengers. Highly ranked airlines have a seven-star safety ratings and demonstrate leadership in innovation for passenger comfort. Qatar Airways ranked number one in the list of the world’s top 20 best airlines due to its passenger service, cabin innovation, and its commitment. List of world’s top 20 best airlines Qatar AirwaysAir New ZealandEtihad AirwaysKorean AirSingapore AirlinesQantasVirgin AustraliaEVA AirTurkish AirlinesAll Nippon AirwaysCathay Pacific AirwaysVirgin AtlanticJapan Air LinesJetBlueFinnairEmiratesHawaiianAir France/KLMAlaska AirlinesBritish Airways Qatar Airways The Airways was established on November 22, 1993. It operates a hub-and-spoke network. It operates in…
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24 July
Iraq requests urgent meeting of UNSC over deadly resort bombardment
Baghdad: Iraq has requested an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council (UNSC) after the deadly bombardment on a resort in Iraq’s northern province of Duhok. “The ministry submitted a complaint to the Security Council and requested an urgent meeting to discuss the Turkish attack, which resulted in the killing and wounding of many civilians, in Duhok Province,” said Iraqi Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed al-Sahaf said in a statement. A suspected Turkish bombardment hit a Duhok resort in Iraq’s semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan on Wednesday, leaving nine civilians dead and dozens wounded. The Iraqi government accuses the Turkish forces of carrying out the attack, a charge Ankara has denied, Xinhua news agency reported. Also on Saturday, the Iraqi parliament held an…
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24 July
Sri Lanka’s Presidential Secretariat set to resume operations after 100 days
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Presidential Secretariat, which was stormed by a sea of anti-government protesters in early July, is set to return to functioning from Monday under a tight security cover, according to a media report. Cleaning and repair work was underway to ready the Presidential Secretariat over the weekend as security forces opened Galle Road in front of the Secretariat for traffic, a senior police official was quoted by the Sunday Times newspaper as saying. In a pre-dawn raid on Friday, Sri Lankan security forces attacked a site of anti-government protesters at Galle Face, where several government offices are located, after they were given permission to take whatever action is necessary to stop people from illegally storming public facilities and…
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24 July
Emergency declared as wildfire rages near Yosemite National Park
San Francisco: Authorities have declared a state of emergency in part of California as a wildfire continued to rage near the Yosemite National Park The state of emergency has been declared in Mariposa County and in a statement, California Governor Gavin Newsom said the flames were being “driven by hot, dry weather and drought conditions”. The fast-moving wildfire, dubbed the Oak Fire, grew to 6,555 acres (about 26.5 square km) overnight, prompting mandatory evacuation orders, Xinhua news agency. The wildfire ignited on Friday afternoon in Mariposa County and was still zero contained as of Saturday, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire). It is about 50 km away from Yosemite Valley, near Yosemite National Park, one…
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24 July
Zelensky accuses Russia of ‘barbarism’ over Odesa port attack
Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of “barbarism” over a missile attack on the Odesa port which took place just hours after a landmark grain export deal was signed between Kiev and Moscow. Under Friday’s deal signed in Istanbul, Russia agreed not to target Ukrainian ports while grain shipments were in transit, the BBC reported. But just hours after the agreement was signed, two Kalibr missiles hit the Odesa port, according to the Ukrainian military’s southern command centre. Another two missiles were shot down by air defence systems, the centre added. Russian officials have however said that Moscow had “nothing to do” with the attack. During a meeting on Saturday in Kiev with a visiting delegation of US Congressmen,…
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24 July
UAE residents report tremors after 5.3-magnitude earthquake hits Iran
UAE residents reported tremors on Saturday evening, with some saying they felt it for up to 30 seconds. Residents from Dubai, Sharjah and Ajman took to social media to share their experiences of the same. One user shared a video of her ceiling lights shaking due to the quake. An NCM official told Khaleej Times in an interview that UAE residents should not worry about earthquakes because buildings in the country apply global seismic codes. “The UAE applies seismic design code for buildings as part of disaster risk reduction policy against natural hazards. All the buildings in the country apply these design codes which is one of the requirement for getting the building permissions. Hence, we should not worry about these earthquakes,”…
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24 July
NRI students in Gulf sigh relief as CBSE announced results
Jeddah: Most Indian schools in the Gulf region have excelled in the latest CBSE exams of grade 10 and 12 despite challenges posed by pandemic that not only disrupted classes but also changed the format of exams. NRI students in Gulf sigh relief as CBSE announced results The students were surprised to find the news of examination results as they were unaware of the exam results when they woke up on Friday morning. The NRI students in the gulf region feel a sigh of relief as they were concerned over the delay in CBSE grade 12 results as most of the students return home and some are planning to go to Canada, UK and European countries to pursue undergraduate courses where…
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23 July
WHO reconvenes emergency committee meeting as Monkeypox cases exceed 14,000
Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has reconvened the Monkeypox Emergency Committee to assess the public health implications of the evolving multi-country outbreak.This comes as global cases passed 14,000, with six countries reporting their first cases last week. The committee first met last month but decided against declaring it a public health emergency of international concern. On Thursday, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus acknowledged his “acute” awareness that any decision regarding the possible determination involves “the consideration of many factors, with the ultimate goal of protecting public health”. The committee has already helped “delineate the dynamics of this outbreak,” he said in his opening remarks to committee members and advisors. “As the outbreak develops, it’s important to assess the effectiveness of…
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