Police in Canada’s Ontario have arrested an organised crime racket engaged in everything from stealing Nutella to importing drugs. York Police recently conducted a massive operation, dubbed as Operation Cyclone, which begun in March after two-high end cars were stolen from the York region driveway, Munchies reported. Police laid charges[Read More…]
Scientists may have found a way to suppress an HIV-like infection in monkeys, without the need for ongoing drug therapy. The researchers added antibody therapy to standard drug treatment given to macaque monkeys infected with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV). After three months, the animals were taken off the drugs, but[Read More…]
For the first time, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended HIV self-testing in the privacy of one’s home using HIV kit. This shift can bring about a major breakthrough in HIV treatment by improving access to diagnosis. Although India does not permit HIV self-test currently, the UN agency’s guidance[Read More…]
The plane that crashed in Colombia virtually wiping out an entire Brazilian soccer team was running out of fuel, had no electrical power, and was preparing for an emergency landing, according to the pilot’s final words. The disaster on Monday night killed 71 people and sent shock waves round the[Read More…]
US President-elect Donald Trump’s richest supporters can enjoy a “candlelight dinner” with him and his Vice President-elect Mike Pence by shelling out $1 million and more. Trump’s inaugural committee is offering elaborate presidential perks – including candlelight dinner with the President-elect, cabinet nominees and congressional leaders -for supporters ready to[Read More…]
World leaders bid farewell to Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro on Tuesday night in a ceremony that filled with the solemn memorial for the Communist leader and criticism on Western imperialism. Presidents and foreign dignitaries from across the world including Russia, China, Mexico, Iran and South Africa took to a podium[Read More…]
Netherlands MPs on Tuesday have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a ban on wearing face-covering burqa in public places including schools, hospitals and public transport. The rule, to ban all clothing which covers face, was approved by 132 members in the 150 seat house, Telegraph reported. The rule will go[Read More…]
A Moroccan state TV programme ignited outrage after it aired a lesson on how women could use makeup to cover up scars of domestic violence. The section of the daily programme ‘Sabahiyat’ instructed audience on using beauty products to “camouflage the traces of violence against women.” “Makeup allows women to[Read More…]
Bana Alabed, a seven year-old Syrian girl who was tweeting about the daily life in rebel-held eastern Aleppo, shared a message on Sunday night that her house had been bombed and her family was on the run. Tonight we have no house, it’s bombed & I got in rubble. I[Read More…]
Home Minister Rajnath Singh will lead the eight member Indian delegation to attend the pre-funeral commemoration of Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro. The team will leave for Havana on Tuesday and is expected to return on Thursday. The team includes Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker M Thambidurai, Congress leader Anand Sharma, CPI(M)[Read More…]
An amusement park in southwestern Japan has closed its ice-skating rink after public outrage over the rink’s key feature: 5,000 dead fish frozen into the ice itself. Space World, a theme park in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka prefecture, had opened its new attraction on November 12. The rink was packed with 25[Read More…]
A plane that left Bolivia with 72 passengers plus flight crew has crashed on its path to Medellin international airport in Colombia. Five people have reportedly survived, news agency AFP reported. The plane was carrying the Brazilian side Chapecoense to Medellin airport when it fell from the sky after suffering[Read More…]
The French farm ministry said on Monday that a severe strain of the H5N8 bird flu virus that has hit several countries in Europe leading to the culling of thousands of poultry was detected in wild ducks in Northern France. “A first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 was[Read More…]
Hailing the initiative of Council of School Certificate Examination (CISCE) to include Harry Potter series in the English Literature syllabus for junior and middle school students, Bollywood actress said Shilpa Shetty said George Orwell’s Animal Farm, should be included in school syllabus as it will “teach the little ones to[Read More…]
Marking the sixth anniversary of “Cablegate”, WikiLeaks released over half a million US diplomatic cables from 1979. WikiLeaks described 1979 as “year zero” as The year saw the start of a great many political conflicts and alliances which continue to define the present world order, as well as the rise[Read More…]
According to a study from an environmental think tank, China risks wasting $490 billion by building more coal power plants than it needs. A climate campaign group on Monday argued that the world’s top carbon polluter already has more than enough such facilities, reported Bloomberg. As of July, the country[Read More…]
French Republicans have picked Francois Fillon as their presidential candidate for the next year’s election. Fillon won 66% of the total votes in the Republican Party’s first ever US-style primary run off. “France wants the truth and France want action,” Fillon told supporters after his rival Alian Juppe conceded defeat.[Read More…]
Reacting to the government’s decision to demonetise ₹500 and ₹1000 currency notes, Bharat Ratna and Nobel laureate, Professor Amartya Sen, said that both, the idea and the way it was implemented, was akin to a “despotic action” and betrayed the “authoritarian nature of the government”. “Telling the public suddenly that[Read More…]
World leaders paid tribute to the Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro, describing him as an iconic figure of his time fiercely resisted colonialism and return Cuba to its own people. Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Castro as “one of the most iconic personalities of the 20th century”. He tweeted: Fidel Castro[Read More…]
Fidel Castro led Cuba for nearly five decades. Despite the U.S.-backed exile invasion at the Bay of Pigs and five decades of economic sanctions, Castro outlasted nine U.S. presidents and survived US attempts to kill him. Fabian Escalante, who protected Castro for 49 years, claimed that Castro survived 638 attempts[Read More…]
Breaking the stereotypes, a Toronto-based television journalist Ginella Massa became Canada’s first anchor to don a Muslim head scarf at one of the city’s major news channel. Massa was asked to work on the anchor desk for CityNews’ 11 pm broadcast last week. But her appointment created a buzz after[Read More…]
Fidel Castro was the father of Communist Cuba, the first Communist country in the Western Hemisphere. Castro, who led the armed Cuban revolution along with Che Geuvara to over throw the Batista dictatorship, was the world’s third longest-serving head of the state. Castro also holds the record for the longest-speech[Read More…]
Cuba’s former president and father of communist Cuba Fidel Castro has died at the age of 90, Cuban state TV announced. “The commander in chief of the Cuban revolution died at 22:29 hours this evening (8:59 am IST Saturday),” President Raul Castro said. Raul Castro ended the announcement by shouting the[Read More…]
An online petition that has grabbed considerable eyeballs on the internet urges US President-elect Donald Trump to appoint porn star Mia Khalifa as the US ambassador to Saudi Arabia. The petition has already received over 1300 signatures and needs 200 more to gain 1,500 supporters. The petition, we hope, was[Read More…]
Thousands of people have been fleeing the city of Haifa as wildfires tore across northern and central Israel on Thursday. Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that any proof of arson would be treated as an act of terrorism. “We are facing arsonist terror. In front of arsonist terror we[Read More…]