Not a single day passes when one does not hear news articles about women being molested and raped. Often these news pieces are pushed to a column in some obscure page, unless it is a particularly brutal incident. The aftermath of rape is followed by ‘character assassination’ of the woman[Read More…]
Tuesday, August 23 happens to be the 25th anniversary of the Internet!On this very day back in 1991, the ‘World Wide Web’ was first made accessible to the public by its creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee. You’d be surprised to know that the first site created by him was a basic[Read More…]
In a horrific incident, the charred body of a young transgender missing since last week has been found by the side of a road in Istanbul, Turkey. This shocking crime is the latest in a series of hate crimes in Turkey and has sparked international outrage. Sex worker Hande Kader[Read More…]
Ryan Lochte sparked international outrage when he claimed that he and three other US Olympic Swimmers were robbed at gunpoint in Rio. Turns out that not only was he lying, but was also covering up for his drunken brawl where the team vandalized a gas station’s bathroom and then had[Read More…]
Every day in the month of July, close to 7,000 Islamophobic tweets in English were generated globally, according to a study conducted by the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media in Demos, a think-tank. This is compared to the 2,500 generated in April. A surge against Muslims particularly occurred[Read More…]
In what has emerged as the most haunting picture of Syrian conflict, a confused boy of five sits quietly in the back of an ambulance as he tries to comprehend the magnitude of disaster that has destroyed his home. This image captures the absolute horror that continues to ravage Aleppo, each[Read More…]
In a shocking and equally bizarre turn of events, a woman in China can be seen dancing around a dead body. The footage obtained shows the female driver dancing around the body after allegedly running over her victim deliberately. The incident occurred in Jining City in east China’s Shandong province[Read More…]
The US backed Syrian forces have seized full control of the northern Syrian city of Manbij near the Turkish border on Friday as the last remaining ISIS fighters, who had been using civilians as human shields fled the city. The Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) are now carrying out combing operations in[Read More…]
Eight bomb blasts have been reported in Thailand in the last 24 hours in the resort towns of Hua Hin, Phuket and other southern provinces. It what seems to be a coordinated attack, four people have been killed and multiple injured. Thailand’s junta chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha described the incidents as[Read More…]
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stoked controversy once again by saying US President Barack Obama “founded” the Islamic State. During a rally in Fort Lauderdale, Fla, Trump said the terrorist organisation is “honouring Obama” as “he’s the founder of ISIS”. He repeated, “He founded ISIS,” as though we didn’t hear[Read More…]
At least 40 people are reported dead after a loud explosion occurred inside the Quetta Civil Hospital in Balochistan, Pakistan. Over 50 people are injured. Prior to the blast, former president of the Balochistan Bar Association Bilal Anwar Kasi was fatally shot by unidentified gunmen. He was taken to the[Read More…]
Well, it’s just not the grownups who are going to miss US President Obama, as kids in US are really sad that President Barack Obama is not going to be their president in 2017. A video featuring four-year-old Abella Tomlin crying about missing Obama, has gone viral on social media. Filmed by[Read More…]
In an incident that shows how much the Obama’s value simplicity, Sasha Obama, daughter of US President Barack Obama, has swapped the comforts of the White House for the counter of a seafood restaurant. The First daughter can be seen wearing the restaurants’ uniform of blue T-shirt and cap and[Read More…]
FBI director James Comey has called for a national debate in the US on encryption of electronic devices vs. National security. He says the agency has been collecting data for the last few months to stir a conversation at a national level on the same. Comey says it’s not an[Read More…]
Boko Haram is a Nigeria based violent Islamist organisation which came into light when they kidnapped 276 school girls from their dormitory in the town of Chibok in 2014. The Islamic State has now announced Abu Musab al-Barnawi as the new leader of Boko Haram. Here are few things to know[Read More…]
As Indian government and the Indian Air Force grapple with the missing IAF plane, Emirates airlines have pulled off a near to impossible feat. A plane crash lands after suffering an engine explosion and loses almost its entire top section to fire. Carrying 286 people on-board it comes to rest[Read More…]
Travelling from Mumbai from to Moscow could be a reality very soon. Within the first freight train between both nations starting in August this year, travelling by train to Russia seems with reach. The goods train is part of a project called the “North South Transport Corridor”. This route has[Read More…]
In the wake of Zika virus threat, the International Olympics Committee (IOC) has decided to give away condoms to prevent players from the infection that can also be transferred sexually. Rio’s Olympic village has a provision of 350,000 condoms, 100,000 female condoms and 175,000 packets of lubricant for the athletes[Read More…]
“Because of what is happening in Syria we don’t play any more. I miss my house. I miss my neighbourhood. I miss playing football. I was at a funeral when the rocket struck, there were dead bodies all around and I lost my relatives that day. Dogs ate the dead[Read More…]
Pope Francis made a historic visit on Friday to Auschwitz-Birkenau, the notorious former German Nazi concentration camp in Poland. The visit has once again sparked the debate on one of the 20th century’s worst atrocities. The visit of the leader of the Catholic Church has also called decades of debate[Read More…]
In a display of solitary with their wives, men in Iran are wearing hijabs across the country. Answering a campaign, ‘My Stealthy Freedom’ by Masih Alinejad, an Iranian activist and journalist living in New York the men are protesting against the ‘moral policing’ imposed in Iran since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.[Read More…]
Defending itself, the Russian government said it “never interferes in electoral processes in other countries, including the United States. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov called the allegations “absurd” and said, “Moscow scrupulously avoids any actions, any statements that could be interpreted as direct or indirect interference[Read More…]
The Black Lives Matter campaign was reignited this year after the killing of two African-Americans. Alton Sterling, a 47-year-old, was pinned to the ground in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, by two white officers and shot several times at point blank range. Police were responding to a 911 caller who said a[Read More…]
Yahoo has agreed to sell its core website business to Verizon Communications for $ 4.8 billion, according to multiple reports. On February 3, Yahoo had announced that it is open for a bid to explore other strategic alternatives. After months of wait, Verizon bought the staggering company at lowest price[Read More…]
As hostility grows between the two nations over the recent developments in Kashmir, India has asked its diplomats to withdraw their kids from schools in Islamabad. According to government sources, Indian officials have been asked to either send their kids back to India or to return themselves. “What it means[Read More…]
