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Ready for talks with protesters: Kerala Governor

Kochi, Dec 16 (IANS) Newly appointed Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, who has been facing a series of protests ever since the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 was passed, on Monday said he is ready to have talks with the protesters. Khan had to face protests last night when angry student[Read More…]

HK protesters write Xmas cards for injured, arrested persons

Hong Kong, Dec 16 (IANS) Participants in Hong Kong’s lunchtime protest on Monday wrote Christmas cards for people injured or arrested during the months of unrest against the city’s government. The black-clad protesters gave out Christmas cards to passers-by, asking them to write messages for the injured or arrested, reports[Read More…]

Jamaat-e-Islami Hind condemns cops role in Jamia, AMU

New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) The Jamaat-e-Islami Hind has condemned the alleged police brutality in Jamia Millia and Aligarh Muslim University. The organisation has also demanded a judicial probe into Sunday’s clashes and action against erring police personnel. In a statement, JIH President Syed Sadatullah Hussaini said, “Jamaat-e-Islami Hind condemns[Read More…]

Motorola Razr set to launch in India soon

New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) Lenovo-owned Motorola after launching its much-awaited vertically foldable smartphone “Moto Razr” at a price of $1500 in the US on November 14 is now expected to launch in India soon. The company has teased the India launch of the Razr through a tweet and has[Read More…]

Lungi Ngidi ruled out of 1st England Test

Johannesburg, Dec 16 (IANS) As South Africa aim to break five-Test loss in the upcoming England series, they have received a major setback as fast bowler Lungi Ngidi has been ruled out of the Boxing Day Test. Ngidi has been diagnosed with a “significant Grade 1 hamstring muscle tear”, which[Read More…]

Women are indisputably better than men: Obama

Singapore, Dec 16 (IANS) Former US President Barack Obama said on Monday that if women ran every country in the world, there would be a general improvement in living standards and outcomes. Speaking at a private event on leadership here, Obama said while in office he had mused what a[Read More…]

Rajkummar condemns ‘violence’ towards students by police

Mumbai, Dec 16 (IANS) Acclaimed Bollywood actor Rajkummar Rao has strongly condemned the violence police have shown in dealing with students of Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia University and Uttar Pradesh’s AMU and said that violence is not the solution for anything. Rajkummar, who has played a lawyer in the film[Read More…]

UNSW, Manipal Academy select first 10 joint grant participants

New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney and Manipal Academy of Higher Education have announced the first 10 joint grant recipients who would receive $20,000 each as part of a collaborative research seed funding scheme between the two universities. The UNSW and MAHE jointly[Read More…]

Guv asks Mamata not to take out rally against law

Kolkata, Dec 16 (IANS) “Extremely anguished” over West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and ministers spearheading a rally against the new citizenship law (CAA), state governor Jagdeep Dharnkhar on Monday called upon her to desist from the “unconstitutional and inflammatory act”. “I am extremely anguished that CM and Ministers are[Read More…]

Kejriwal seeks time to meet Shah

New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) A day after violent protests erupted in a university here, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday sought time from Union Home Minister Amit Shah, saying he is worried about the situation. In a tweet in Hindi, Kejriwal said peace should be restored immediately. “I[Read More…]

Big B prays at one of Europe’s oldest church

Warsaw, Dec 16 (IANS) Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan prayed for his father and legendary poet Harishvansh Rai Bachchan in a church in Poland. Amitabh shared a photograph on Twitter of him praying at the church and said: “At one of the oldest Churches in Europe , in Poland a prayer[Read More…]

Low income countries facing both obesity, malnutrition

New York, Dec 16 (IANS) Low-and middle-income countries have high levels of overweight and obesity along with undernutrition, say researchers, adding that these two issues have become increasingly connected. “Our research shows that overweight and obesity levels of at least 20 per cent among adults are found in all low-income[Read More…]

Elon Musk’s SpaceX to carry weed to space next year

San Francisco, Dec 16 (IANS) Elon Musk smoking weed live on air is still fresh in mind and now, an agri-tech company named Front Range Biosciences is planning to send marijuana to the International Space Station (ISS) onboard a SpaceX cargo flight in March next year to understand the impact[Read More…]

Jamia VC demands high level inquiry in police action

New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) Announcing that they will be filing an FIR on Sunday’s campus intrusion and assaults on students by Delhi police, the Jamia Millia University authorities have demanded a thorough inquiry into the entire episode. The authorities came down heavily on the Delhi police forcibly entering the[Read More…]

Akshay Kumar claims he ‘liked’ Jamia tweet ‘by mistake’

Mumbai, Dec 16 (IANS) Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar on Monday took to Twitter to clarify that he had earlier “accidentally” liked a tweet by Jamia Millia Islamia University students. Even while several of his Bollywood colleagues lashed out at the authorities over the tension at Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia University,[Read More…]

Aparna Yadav supports NRC, embarrasses Akhilesh

Lucknow, Dec 16 (IANS) Aparna Yadav, the younger daughter-in-law of Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, has, once again, crossed the party line to announce her support to the Centre’s National Register of Citizens (NRC). She has also raised questions on those who are opposing NRC. It is noteworthy that[Read More…]

Won’t allow NRC, CAA: Mamata administers pledge to people

Kolkata, Dec 16 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday administered a pledge to people not to allow any National Register of Citizens exercise and implementation of the new citizenship law (CAA) in the state as she hit the streets to lead a huge[Read More…]

Australia ‘mega blaze’ spreads beyond containment lines

Sydney, Dec 16 (IANS) Australian authorities on Monday issued fresh warnings about a “mega blaze” after it spread beyond containment lines and razed 20 houses near Sydney. The mega blaze, also known as the Gospers Mountain fire, burning over about 400,000 hectares, has moved further into the Blue Mountains –[Read More…]





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