POLITICS
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Feb- 2025 -10 February
Pak PM Sharif to attend World Governments Summit in Dubai
He was invited for the visit by the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will travel to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday on a two-day official visit to attend the World Governments Summit (WGS) in Dubai, the foreign office said on Sunday. He was invited for the visit by the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Foreign Office said in a statement. “The Summit will bring together a large number of Heads of State/Government, global policymakers, and leading private sector figures to discuss the future of governance,…
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10 February
‘City of Earth’: Saudi’s USD 63 bn Diriyah project draws Indian investors
Diriyah is being built on the outskirts of Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh. New Delhi: Several Indian firms have shown a keen interest in investing in Diriyah, a USD 63-billion Saudi Arabian giga project, while some big names like Tatas and Oberois having already signed up, its CEO Jerry Inzerillo said. Diriyah, being billed as the City of Earth, is being built on the outskirts of Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh and it will have homes for 100,000 people and office space for a further 100,000 plus. This new city will include over 40 luxury hotels, more than 1,000 shops, over 150 restaurants and cafes, a university, arts and cultural assets, museums, an opera house, a 20,000-seater multipurpose event arena, a golf…
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10 February
West Bank Palestinians face more barriers, traffic woes after Gaza ceasefire
Israel says the measures are to prevent Hamas from opening a new front in the West Bank. Ramallah: Abdullah Fauzi, a banker from the northern West Bank city of Nablus, leaves home at 4 a.m. to reach his job by 8, and he’s often late. His commute used to take an hour — until Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, after which Israel launched its offensive in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli military also ramped up raids against Palestinian militants in the northern West Bank, and diverted its residents through seven new checkpoints, doubling Fauzi’s time on the road. Now it’s gotten worse. Since the ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas took effect, Fauzi’s drive to the…
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10 February
No one has power to displace Palestinians: Turkish President
US President Donald Trump said the United States plans to “take control of the Gaza Strip,” move Palestinians to neighbouring countries. Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that no one has the power to displace Palestinians from their homeland. “No one has the power to expel Gazans from their ancient and eternal homeland. Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem all belong to the Palestinians,” Erdogan told a press conference on Sunday at Ataturk Airport before departing for a three-nation Asia tour. Despite the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, “we see that the Israeli government has more sinister and inhuman plans in mind,” Erdogan said. “Under the pressure of the Zionist lobby, the new US administration’s suggestions regarding…
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10 February
Israeli army kills four Palestinians in Gaza: Health authorities
The death toll from Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, 2023, has risen to 48,189, with 111,640 others injured. Gaza: Israeli troops killed four Palestinians, including an elderly woman, in two separate incidents in the north and south of the Gaza Strip, the Gaza-based health authorities said. “Three Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces while returning to their homes near the Kuwait Roundabout, east of Gaza City. Their bodies were transferred to the Baptist Hospital,” the health authorities said in a press statement. In a separate incident, the health authorities reported that an elderly woman from the Mahna family was shot dead by Israeli forces east of the town of Al-Qarara, near Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip…
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10 February
German Chancellor Scholz criticises Trump’s Gaza plan as ‘scandal’
Scholz described his strategy for dealing with Trump as involving “clear words and friendly conversations.” Berlin: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz criticised US President Donald Trump’s plan to relocate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, calling it “a scandal.” Scholz and Friedrich Merz, leader of the opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU), engaged in the first televised debate on Sunday evening ahead of Bundestag elections on February 23. One of the key topics discussed was how Germany should engage with the United States under Trump’s administration. Addressing the Middle East issue, Scholz reaffirmed his opposition to Trump’s Gaza proposal, Xinhua news agency reported. Speaking at a campaign event on Friday, Scholz had voiced his disapproval, stating, “We must not resettle the population of…
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9 February
7.6-magnitude quake strikes Caribbean, tsunami warnings issued
The US Tsunami Warning System initially issued a tsunami alert for the Caribbean Sea and areas north of Hondura Washington: A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck the Caribbean Sea, triggering tsunami warnings for multiple countries, US monitoring agencies reported. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the quake struck at a shallow depth of 10 km (6.21 miles) on Saturday evening (local time), with its epicentre located about 130 miles (209 km) north of Honduras, near the Cayman Islands. The US Tsunami Warning System initially issued a tsunami alert for the Caribbean Sea and areas north of Honduras. While no tsunami threat was reported for the US Atlantic or Gulf Coast, advisories were issued for Puerto Rico and the Virgin…
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9 February
16 school students fall ill after eating sambar in Telangana’s Mahabubabad
In January this year, 23 students of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Residential School at Sharmapuram in Karimnagar town were taken ill with stomach ache after having dinner Hyderabad: As many as 16 students fell ill on Friday, February 7 after having sambar at a tribal welfare school in Telangana’s Mahabubabad district. Out of these, four students who complained of stomach aches and vomiting were admitted to a local hospital. Their health condition is said to be stable. Following the incident, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA T Harish Rao criticised the Telangana government over the increasing number of food poisoning cases in Telangana. “Hundreds of food poisoning cases were being reported under the Congress rule. Though Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy warned the…
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9 February
Telangana govt stops new ration card applications at MeeSeva centers
The MeeSeva management turned people away, stating that the web service at the Falaknuma center had been withdrawn in the morning following orders from senior officials, as per the National Informatics Centre. Hyderabad: The joy of applying for new ration cards was short lived for people as the state government withdrew its orders directing Meeseva centres to accept the applications from people. On Friday, the Telangana government issued a memo to enable the MeeSeva centres to accept new Food Security or ration card applications across the state. The district collectors across Telangana have been informed that apart from MeeSeva centres, applications for new Food Security cards or the addition of new members to the document could be collected through Praja Palana…
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9 February
Kejriwal said it would take another birth for Modi to defeat AAP in Delhi: Kishan
He accused Kejriwal of arrogantly spreading false propaganda till the elections. Hyderabad: BJP state president and Union coal and mines minister G Kishan Reddy said that “Delhi liquor scam, water scam and scams of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs” that Arvind Kejriwal’s party lost the Delhi assembly elections. He accused Kejriwal of arrogantly spreading false propaganda till the elections. “Arvind Kejriwal had said that it would take Modi another birth to defeat AAP in Delhi, and that not only in 2025, even in 2050 BJP couldn’t defeat his party,” Kishan Reddy quipped.
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