Air France on Saturday had reopened US-bound flights to passengers affected by US President Donald Trump’s executive order banning nationals from seven Muslim majority countries, after the move was temporarily suspended by the Federal court. “Starting today we are implementing this court decision. Nationals from the countries concerned are being[Read More…]
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Watch how world trumps Donald through hilarious videos
As US President Donald Trump is trying to make America great again through his inhuman executive orders, misogynistic attitude, Xenophobia, racism and hate campaigns, world is responding to America’s neo-Hitler through hilarious trolls and spoof videos. Watch some of the best spoof videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5q5wTBhGRA\ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Sq-VPDtNK4 If you feel like trumping[Read More…]
Violations against Rohingyas crimes against humanity: Report
Latest flash report on Rohingyas by a four-member team of Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) stated that the widespread violations against the Rohingya population indicate the very likely commission of crimes against humanity. The team travelled to Bangladesh from 8 to 23 January 2017[Read More…]
Priyanka Chopra deeply affected by Trump’s immigration ban
Indian actress turned international diva Priyanka Chopra, who is also the Unicef’s global Goodwill Ambassador, says as a global citizen, US President Donald Trump’s recent immigration ban has deeply affected her. In fact, she described the move as a “political witch hunt.” “All of the ‘banned’ countries are places where[Read More…]
Veteran Congress leader SM Krishna may join BJP soon
Veteran politician SM Krishna, who recently resigned from the Congress, may join the BJP soon, said Karnataka unit president BS Yeddyurappa on Saturday. “SM Krishna has decided to join BJP. We don’t know when for certain, we’ll fix that soon. But he is joining 100 per cent,” said Yeddyurappa as[Read More…]
World Cancer Day 2017: Some hard-hitting facts about the deadly disease!
The World Cancer Day is observed on February 4 every year to bring awareness about the deadly disease and encourage early detection in people for treatment and prevention. The World Cancer Day was first observed in 2000 at the ‘World Summit Against Cancer’ held in Paris. The day was founded[Read More…]
Post-Godhra riots case: 28 men acquitted
Almost one and half decades after the incident, a trial court in Kalol town of Gandhinagar district exonerated 28 men who were accused of rioting, arson and desecrating a spiritual place during the post-Godhra riots at Paliyad village on February 28, 2002. Notably, just a day after, a violent mob[Read More…]
Pune: TCS techie commits suicide in IT Park flat in Hinjewadi
A 23-year-old man who was working with TCS allegedly committed suicide at his residence in Pune on Thursday. As per the police, Abhishek Kumar, who was from Kanpur, was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his rented flat. Kumar worked with TCS as a software engineer in Rajiv Gandhi[Read More…]
Possession of scrapped notes to be punishable
The government on Friday introduced a bill in Lok Sabha that provides for holding, transfer and receiving of old Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes a criminal offence, punishable with a minimum fine of Rs 10,000. Holding of more than 10 scrapped notes of Rs 500/1000 denomination will be[Read More…]
Paris knife attack: Soldier shoots armed man outside Louvre museum
A man, who attempted a knife attack on soldiers, has been shot and injured outside the Louvre museum in Paris. French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve described the act as “terrorist in nature”. One soldier was slightly injured in the incident. The attempted attack took place at about 10am on a stairway[Read More…]
RBI to launch new Rs. 100 currency note soon
The Reserve Bank on Thursday said it will soon put into circulation new Rs. 100 denomination notes in market. New Rs 100 notes will be similar to the design of the ones in Mahatma Gandhi Series-2005. “The Reserve Bank will shortly issue Rs 100 denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi[Read More…]
Budget reflects intent for electoral reforms: Rijiju
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday said that the Budget 2017 reflects India’s intent for electoral reforms and transparency in governance. “Transparency is the hallmark of any governance and it has to start from the conduct of any political party. For the last 70 years there has been talk of[Read More…]
You can now report tweets that mention you, even if the author has blocked you
Twitter has introduced a new feature in an effort to improve its anti-harassment tools. With the new feature, a Twitter user can now report tweets that mentioned him even if the user was blocked by the author’s account. “You can still report an account that has blocked you. When reporting[Read More…]
Irregularities in AAP’s donation records: IT to Election Commission
Income Tax department on Friday claimed to have found that audit reports prepared by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for donations amounting to about Rs 27 crore are incorrect. In a report submitted to the Election Commission, the department, which has been investigating the donations list of the party for[Read More…]
‘Manto’ first look: Nawazuddin Siddiqui bears striking resemblance with late writer
The versatile actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s grabbed yet another interesting role as he will play a writer in his next film Manto based on the life of the author and playwright Saadat Hasan Manto. The actor shared the first look of the film on Twitter. Notably, the actor bears a striking[Read More…]
Andhra Pradesh: Woman publicly thrashed by village ‘Sarpanch’
In another inhuman act, a woman was publically lambasted by village Sarpanch and his mate in Andhra Pradesh’s Kuderu village. The terrible episode took place on January 29. However, it came into the light when a video showing the ‘village head’ thrashing the woman went viral online on Thursday. Reportedly,[Read More…]
New York Governor offers to help Iranian infant who can’t enter US for heart transplant
An Iranian infant, who was unable to get into USA for heart transplant surgery, can receive care in New York if the Trump administration can permit her into the country, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said. Fatemah Taghizadeh’s parents booked appointment with doctors in Oregon for emergency surgery on February[Read More…]
Sri Lanka enforces Right to Information Act
Birthday special: Here’s what you should be listening to admire beauty queen Waheeda Rehman
Born on February 3, 1938, in Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, the extremely talented actress, dancer Waheeda Rehman started her career with a Telugu film. Her first hit was Jayasimha in 1955 followed by Rojulu Marayi. The versatile actress worked in several critically acclaimed Hindi, Bengali and Tamil films. Waheeda Rehman’s most appreciated[Read More…]
AAP is giving platform to ‘Radical Sikh diaspora’ says KPS Gill
In an interview with The Indian Express, KPS Gill, who had a key but controversial role in ending terrorism in Punjab, said AAP may not be aware of what it is doing. Gill said, “Actually, I had predicted that because of the activities of certain political parties there will be[Read More…]
Alarming student suicide toll in Columbia University
Mental health care is one of the biggest unmet needs of our time. Millions of people living with these conditions do not receive the care they require. Suicide, a repercussion of mental illness is a desperate attempt to escape suffering that has become unbearable. Blinded by feelings of self-loathing, hopelessness,[Read More…]
Uber CEO quits Trump business council after users boycott cab service
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has quit US President Donald Trump’s council of business leaders following intense criticism and boycott calls in the social media over the company’s tie to the Trump administration. Kalanick wrote to his employees that he’d spoken with Trump on Thursday to “let him know that I[Read More…]
Online scam of Rs 3,700 cr busted: 3 held from Noida
The Uttar Pradesh police have arrested three persons alleged to have fooled almost 7 lakh people through an online portal ‘socialtrade.biz,’ after it busted an online fraud to the tune of Rs 3,700 crore. Three persons- Anubhav Mittal, Sridhar Prasad and Mahesh Dayal from Sector 63 in Noida were detained.[Read More…]
EC to Cabinet Secretary: No last-minute demands to clear proposals
Displeased with ministries bypassing the Cabinet Secretary while seeking model code approval for Cabinet proposals, the Election Commission (EC) on Thursday said it would not entertain last-minute appeals for approval. EC also clarified that the Cabinet proposals were being sent at the last minute to build pressure for approval.[Read More…]
Spies arrested for passing info to Pakistani intelligence
The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of UP police arrested three persons from Punjabi Bagh as they were alleged ‘spies’ working from a coaching centre in Delhi. They are alleged of giving out information about the strength, deployments and movement of troops in the Valley to Pakistan and of having suspicious links[Read More…]