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420: A day to celebrate the ‘holy smoke’
April 20 is marked by marijuana smokers as 420 day. 420 day is an unofficial celebration dedicated to the ‘holy smoke’ all across the globe. People symbolically celebrate the day to highlight the need of decriminalising marijuana and to promote the counter culture. What is 420? In late 1970s, Waldo[Read More…]
US Supreme Court blocks execution
Airstrike in Syria kills at least 8 civilians
Pak urges US to mediate on Kashmir
ASAN holds ‘first protest in space’ against Donald Trump
The Autonomous Space Agency Network (ASAN) launched a “protest in space” against US President Donald Trump in solidarity with the upcoming March for Science. The group sent a weather balloon to space with a printed-out anti-Trump tweet attached to it. The group said that their protest was inspired by the[Read More…]
Ready for war if US chooses: North Korea
Misogyny played a role in election failure, says Hillary Clinton
7 million people in need of food aid in Syria
Chemical attack shows war crimes continue in Syria, says UN
A suspected chemical weapons attack which left more than 70 dead in a rebel-held town shows war crimes continue in Syria, UN chief Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday. “The horrific events of yesterday demonstrate unfortunately that war crimes are going on in Syria (and that) international humanitarian law is being[Read More…]
Computer programmers may no longer be eligible for H-1B visa
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said that computer programmers will not be eligible for H-1B visas by default. The (USCIS) on March 31, released a policy memorandum titled “Rescission of the December 22, 2000 ‘Guidance memo on H-1B computer related positions’”. The move could directly affect thousands of Indians applying[Read More…]
Life threat on journalist, Mexican newspaper shuts
Indo-American girl creates 712-page Google spreadsheet on Muslims condemning terrorism
If Islam doesn’t propagate hatred, why don’t Muslim condemn terrorism?, It’s a question faced by majority of the Muslims in the light of terror attack in the name of Jihad. Similar question was asked to 19-year-old Heera Hashmi also. She, somehow, perfectly replied to the question by creating a 712-page[Read More…]
UN Secretary General calls for more aid to help people fleeing Mosul
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday called on the international community to increase aid to help people fleeing the Iraqi city of Mosul. Iraqi forces have seized back the city from the Islamic States in a massive six-month campaign. According to government sources, at least 355,000 residents have[Read More…]
Qatar Airways to offer free laptops on US flights
Qatar Airways said on Thursday it will offer free laptops to business class passengers flying to the United States, in an effort to provide a unique solution to the recently imposed US ban on electronic devices. In a statement, the Doha-based carrier said it would begin offering a “laptop loan[Read More…]
Putin denies interfering in US election
Coffee shop loyalty card shows hole-punch through Trump’s head
Ivanka Trump takes unpaid job at the White House
Trump signs executive order to rollback Obama’s climate change policies
US President Donald Trump signed another controversial executive order to radically change Barack Obama’s climate policies, ceding American leadership in the international campaign to combat global warming. Trump signed the order at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), keeping his campaign promise to revive the coal industry. In the new executive[Read More…]
More than 300 civilians killed in Mosul in a month, says UN
More than 300 civilians have been killed by US-led air strikes, ISIS bombs and snipers, shelling and fighting in the advance on western Mosul, the UN has said. The deadliest single incident reported so far was in the al-Jadida district, where up to 240 civilians were killed in suspected bombing by US-led coalition,[Read More…]
Fearless girl statue to remain on Wall Street
US: Drop in Indian applications after hate crimes
Pak militant blamed for attack on Sri Lankan cricket team killed in US drone strike
A US drone air strike in Afghanistan has killed a Pakistani militant accused of attack against Sri Lankan cricket team in 2009, Pakistani security sources told media. The US drone targeted a car carrying Qari Mohammad Yasin, aka Ustad Aslam, on Sunday in the southwestern Afghan province of Paktika bordering[Read More…]
