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Wendy Doniger’s “The Hindus”: Penguin India Defends Decision to Recall Book
Penguin India’s decision to recall and destroy copies of a book on Hinduism by a prominent US author has triggered widespread criticism. The book which is a scholarly work on Hinduism is written by Wendy Doniger and titled The Hindu: An Alternative History. It had been a subject of a legal challenge claiming that the […]
Treason Case: Pakistan Court Issues Arrest Warrant for Musharraf
A Pakistani special court, on Friday, issued an arrest warrant without bail for former military ruler General (retd), Pervez Musharraf for high treason, Dawn News reported. The three member judge panel headed by Justice Faisal Arab of the Sindh High Court issued the warrant after he failed to appear for the court proceedings in a treason […]
Traces of Big Bang discovered
Scientists at the Harvard Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics on Friday announced a breakthrough discovery about the origin of the universe. The “first direct evidence of cosmic inflation” or the Big Bang, which took place fourteen billion years ago, was discovered with the help of a telescope at the South Pole. The gravitational waves detected have […]
UN Launches Official Investigation into Sri Lankan War Crimes Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email Share on print More Sharing Services 0
The United Nations is to launch an official probe into the Sri Lankan war crimes five years after the Sri Lankan army crushed the Tamil militant group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the decade-long battle. The UN Human Rights Council voted 23-12 in favor of launching the probe into the allegations that […]
Legendary Star Mickey Rooney Dies At 93
Actor, Mickey Rooney, renowned for his roles in Andy Hardy, Babes in Arms and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, died on Sunday at his North Hollywood home aged 93. Los Angeles Police Commander Andrew Smith said that Rooney was with his family when he died, the Associated Press reported. With a very successful career spanning […]
World Court Orders Halt To Japan’s Scientific Whaling
The International Court of Justice has ordered Japan to temporarily halt its whaling activities in the Antarctic “with immediate effect” after concluding that the hunts were not for scientific research purposes as claimed. The UN court’s decision, by a 12-4 majority among a panel of judges, cast doubts over Japan’s controversial whaling program. It also […]
Grand Finale to ‘India by the Nile 2014
The second edition of the annual cultural festival in Egypt, `India by the Nile`, concluded last week after a three week long extravaganza of India’s varied and diverse culture. The event was conducted in Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor and Hurghada and was organised by the Indian embassy in Cairo in partnership with Egypt`s Ministries of Culture […]
Trapped South African Miners Rescued From Gold Mine
Around eleven illegal South African miners were rescued on Sunday, after they were trapped in an abandoned gold mine near east of Johannesburg suburb of Benoni. Several others who fear arrest remain underground, an emergency services spokesman said. The miners are accused of illegal mining and have been taken into police custody. No deaths or […]
‘Black Market’ For Stolen Smartphones Exposed
A BBC undercover investigation exposed a black market of shops and traders in London dealing in stolen smartphones. Eight Apple and Samsung phones loaded with personal data like photos, contacts, call history and messages were blocked or reported as stolen to the networks. The undercover researcher then offered the phones for sale with messages on the screens […]
Kuwait’s Opposition Calls for Multi-Party Democracy
Kuwait’s Opposition on Saturday called for wide ranging democratic reforms including a Western-style party system to limit the powers of the country’s ruling family. The move launched in a “national political reform program,” by the Opposition Coalition, proposes fundamental political, constitutional and legislative reforms to achieve a multi-party system and to prevent members of the […]
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