By Arul Louis United Nations, The UN is “very concerned” over India sending back Rohingya refugees to Myanmar without the world body’s refugee agency ascertaining if they are voluntarily returning, according to an official here. “Whenever any family is returned, we want to make sure that the nature of their[Read More…]
Tokyo, A Japanese sushi tycoon has paid a record $3.1 million for a giant tuna at an auction here. Self-styled “Tuna King” Kiyoshi Kimura bought the 278 kilogram bluefin tuna, which is an endangered species, the BBC reported on Saturday. Wholesalers and sushi company owners often pay high prices for[Read More…]
London, The number of people caught trying to enter the EU illegally has fallen to its lowest level in five years, the bloc’s border agency says. An estimated 150,000 illegal crossings were registered by Frontex last year, the lowest amount since 2013, the BBC reported on Friday. It highlighted a[Read More…]
London, Model-turned-musician Karen Elson says she became a model because she wanted “to escape” everyday life. In an interview to Vogue UK, Elson spoke about her glamourous journey and how she entered into the world of modelling, reported femalefirst.co.uk. “There was this one girl who was really into make-up –[Read More…]
Washington, US President Donald Trump has said he is prepared for a partial shutdown of the US government — now entering its third week — to last years. After meeting top Democrats, he also said he could declare a national emergency to bypass Congress and build a US-Mexico border wall,[Read More…]
Jalandhar, Nobel Prize-winning scientist Duncan Haldane believes India’s brain drain problem can be reversed if the right policy of funding is introduced. He said brain drain — a phenomenon where bright and talent individuals migrate to another country — can be stopped if the country has a steady policy towards[Read More…]
Abu Dhabi, The United Arab Emirates took part in the World Braille Day designated by the UN on Friday to encourage the visually impaired to read, write and to contribute effectively in their societies. The UAE has made great strides in the use of Braille in all areas of life,[Read More…]
Washington, The Democrat-controlled US House of Representatives has passed a legislative package aimed at ending the partial government shutdown without paying for President Donald Trump’s border wall, drawing a veto threat from the White House. The first bill passed by the House on Thursday in a 239-192 vote was a[Read More…]
Washington, US President Donald Trump has called up the family of Indian-origin police officer Ronil Singh who was shot to death allegedly by an illegal immigrant in the US state of California last week, the White House said. Corporal Ronil Singh, 33, of the Newman Police Department was shot and[Read More…]
Washington: The Democrat-controlled US House of Representatives has passed a spending package aimed at ending the partial government shutdown without paying for President Donald Trump’s border wall, drawing a veto threat from the White House. The package was expected to be dead on arrival in the Senate, leaving congressional Democrats[Read More…]
New Delhi, As 2019 settles in, enrich your knowledge with a concise history of the 1,400-year-old schism between Shias and Sunnis; read 14 translated stories by a celebrated modernist Malayalam litterateur; learn if villains are born, made or made up through the character of Mahabharatas villain, Duryodhana; and finally, see[Read More…]
By Aroonim Bhuyan New Delhi,Maintaining a balance between ties with the US and Russia, talks on free trade agreements with Europe and Southeast Asia, and making the Indo-Pacific concept gain global acceptability will be among India’s top foreign policy priorities in the year ahead. Analysts believe that, for India, which[Read More…]
Washington, The US House of Representatives has passed a spending package that would end the partial government shutdown amid a veto threat from the White House. The bills were passed late on Thursday, Xinhua news agency reported on Friday. –IANS
Bangkok, Around 7,000 persons have been evacuated from Thai province of Nakhon Si Thammarat where Storm Pabuk is due to arrive on Friday, authorities said. Efforts are being made to evacuate 80,000 people in the province, Efe news quoted Secretary of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, Udomporn Kan[Read More…]
Washington, The US State Department has urged Americans to “exercise increased caution” when travelling to China after a spate of high-profile detentions. The new advisory warns of so-called exit bans which prohibit foreign citizens from leaving China. It says the bans have been used “coercively” to “lure individuals” back to[Read More…]
In December, Netflix’s popular thriller movie “Birdbox” captured audiences, spurred memes and sparked debates among its 45 million viewers during the first week of release. Since the thriller’s release, a new game has gone viral on Twitter where fans put their acting skills to the test and give leading star Sandra Bullock a[Read More…]
Los Angeles, “To Kill a Mockingbird” has become one of the greatest stage successes of any Broadway season. Aaron Sorkin’s adaption of Harper Lee’s classic novel has shattered records in its second full week of performances, grossing $1.702 million, making it the highest single-week grossing American play in Broadway history,[Read More…]
Dhaka, The newly-elected members of Bangladesh’s Parliament took the oath of office on Thursday amid an opposition boycott following the country’s 11th parliamentary election. Bangladesh’s Parliament Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury swore in the lawmakers, including Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at a ceremony in the Oath Room of the Parliament Complex[Read More…]
Los Angeles: Veteran actor-writer Bob Einstein is dead at 76. Einstein died on Wednesday in Indian Wells, California. He was fighting cancer, reported variety.com. Expressing condolences over the actor’s demise, his brother Albert Brooks tweeted: “RIP My dear brother Bob Einstein. A great brother, father and husband. A brilliantly funny[Read More…]
Calling the aid “of no use,” US President Donald Trump mocked the Indian Prime Minister for funding the library in the war-torn country Afghanistan. Speaking on the role of countries to facilitate dialogue with Afghanistan, Trump, who was addressing his first Cabinet meeting of the year, said, “I could give[Read More…]
Beijing, China’s Chang’e 4 space probe on Thursday became the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the far side of the moon, Xinhua news agency reported. At 10.26 a.m. (Beijing time), the probe, comprising of a lander and a rover, landed at the pre-selected landing area at 177.6[Read More…]
Tokyo: Japanese Emperor Akihito on Wednesday greeted tens of thousands of flag-waving well-wishers in the final New Years address of his reign, ahead of his abdication at the end of April. Accompanied by Empress Michiko, Akihito greeted the crowds from a balcony in Tokyo’s Imperial Palace, wishing everyone a “good[Read More…]
San Francisco: A hacker group has threatened to reveal “secret” data related to September 11 attacks in the US after claiming to have got access to a large cache of confidential files. In its announcement published on Pastebin, the group known as The Dark Overlord pointed to several different insurers[Read More…]
Beijing: China has started building for Pakistan, its “all-weather ally”, one of its “most advanced” naval warships as part of a defence agreement to maintain a “balance of power” in the Indian Ocean, the media reported on Wednesday. The China Daily quoted China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC) — one of[Read More…]
Dhaka: The Bangladesh police arrested a journalist under the controversial anti-propaganda law and are looking for another one on allegations of publishing “fake” information about the elections held at the weekend, officials said on Wednesday. Journalist Hedayet Hossain Mollah, a Dhaka Tribune and Bangla Tribune correspondent, was arrested on Tuesday[Read More…]
