Over 100 yellow vest protesters arrested in Paris
PARIS: Over a hundred demonstrators were arrested at yellow vest protests in Paris on Saturday as about 7,500 police were deployed to deal with the movement´s radical anarchist “black blocs” strand. After first marching with the yellow vests, around 1,000 radical demonstrators joined a separate march against climate change where they provoked clashes with police, […]
IIT-Kanpur Teacher Removed after Student Complains of ‘Inappropriate Conduct’
Student levelled allegations of “inappropriate conduct” against a faculty member, prompting the IIT-Kanpur to remove him immediately from his teaching responsibilities, the institute said on Tuesday. “Last week, a complaint was filed by a girl student against a faculty member for inappropriate conduct,” the premier institution said in a statement. It said, “The internal complaints […]
Car drives through Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, 1 in custody, no injuries reported
SCHAUMBURG, IL — Authorities have taken into custody the driver of a rogue SUV that crashed through the storefront of a Sears at Woodfield Mall on Friday afternoon and drove through the popular mall in Schaumburg. Around 3:15 p.m. on Friday, police said they were working to evacuate the mall and have no reason to […]
De Blasio drops out of 2020 presidential race
NEW YORK: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio dropped out of the 2020 presidential campaign on Friday, ending a campaign he waged in the shadow of better-known progressive candidates. De Blasio, the 58-year-old NYC mayor, launched his candidacy in May with the central slogan, “Working People First,” and found himself in a crowded field […]
UAE joins international coalition to protect oil shipping
The United Arab Emirates followed Saudi Arabia Thursday in joining a US-led force to protect Gulf shipping as tensions with Iran soared following twin attacks on key Saudi oil facilities. The United States has pushed for the creation of the International Maritime Security Construct to safeguard trade and the flow of oil through the Strait […]
Music breaks boundaries but can it be confined by borders?
After Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) made singer-turned-actor Diljit Dosanjh postpone his Houston concert organised by a Pakistani national, the body has now issued notices to singers Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu and Udit Narayan to disassociate themselves from a US concert organised by Pakistani national Moazzma Hunain on November 17 this year. The […]
‘Listen to the scientists’: Greta Thunberg urges Congress to take action
WASHINGTON: Teen activist Greta Thunberg took her climate change fight to the US Congress Wednesday, imploring the nation´s lawmakers — several of whom are global warming skeptics — to “take real action” to avert environmental disaster. The 16-year-old Swede was joined by other campaigners who said looming uncertainty caused by inaction over climate change has […]
Priyanka Chopra ‘caught red-handed’ by police
Maharashtra Police once again wins the internet with their ‘cool quotient’. The cops tweeted a ‘hilarious warning’ to actors Priyanka Chopra and Farhan Akhtar over a dialogue in the newly released trailer of their film The Sky Is Pink. Responding to the tweet from the cops, Priyanka Chopra kept the fun continuing and wrote: ‘Oops. […]
Saudi Arabia says Iranian sponsorship of attack undeniable, displays arms
Saudi Arabia displayed remnants of what it described as Iranian drones and cruise missiles used in an attack on Saudi oil facilities as “undeniable” evidence of Iranian aggression. Defence Ministry spokesman Colonel Turki al-Malki said a total of 25 drones and missiles were launched at two oil plants in last weekend’s strikes, including what he […]
You can’t hide plagiarism: Saeed on spat with Indian composer
Pakistani singer and actor, Farhan Saeed took to Twitter to slam Bollywood composer, Salim Merchant for ripping off his music. Saeed wrote, “Someone just sent me Salim Merchant’s song Haareya, which is a total copy of my song Roiyaan. I wonder how they have the audacity to call themselves artists when they steal someone’s work.” […]
