India’s richest state bans guru’s ‘spurious’ coronavirus treatment
MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s richest state on Thursday banned a “spurious” coronavirus treatment manufactured by a company founded by popular yoga guru, which he says has a 100% record in curing patients. Baba Ramdev, co-founder of Patanjali and a household name in India, launched Coronil to much fanfare on Tuesday but hit a roadblock when New Delhi and some state […]
Lightning strikes kill more than 100 in India
DELHI: Lightning strikes killed more than 100 people in India’s eastern Bihar state and in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, their chief ministers’ offices said on Thursday. Eighty-three people were killed in Bihar, and at least 22 people died in Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state. Twelve people were also injured in lightning strikes […]
‘India’s George Floyds’: Father-Son Death in Police Custody Sparks Outrage
CHENNAI: Outrage at the death of a father-son duo in the custody of Indian police earlier this week mounted on Saturday, with thousands on social media comparing the incident to the death of George Floyd in the United States. J Jayaraj, 59, and Bennicks Immanuel, 31, were subjected to a brutal thrashing, which resulted in […]
White actors will no longer voice non-white characters on The Simpsons
Animated TV comedy The Simpsons is ending the use of white actors to voice characters of color, producers said on Friday. The decision includes a recurring character from the series, launched in 1989 – Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, a grocer of Indian origin voiced in the American version of the show by white actor Hank Azaria. The character has […]
China forces birth control on Muslim Uighurs to suppress population
The Chinese government is taking draconian measures to slash birth rates among Uighurs and other minorities as part of a sweeping campaign to curb its Muslim population, even as it encourages some of the country’s Han majority to have more children. While individual women have spoken out before about forced birth control, the practice is […]
Three dead and one person left permanently blind after DRINKING hand sanitizer in New Mexico
Three people have died and one was permanently blinded after drinking hand sanitizer Mexico due to methanol poisoning, whereas, an additional three people remained in critical condition in New Mexico. The officials of the New Mexico Department of Health said in a statement that three out of seven people who drank hand sanitizer containing methanol […]
Floods in India’s Assam force 1M people from their homes
GUWAHATI: Heavy flooding triggered by monsoon rains has forced more than a million people to flee their homes in the northeast Indian state of Assam, authorities said on Monday, warning that the crisis was becoming more critical by the hour. The Brahmaputra River, one of the largest rivers in the world which flows from Tibet […]
Hyderabad: 2 held for trying to bury baby alive
Hyderabad: Two persons were arrested on Thursday here for trying to bury a baby alive. “Today morning, an auto driver at the Jubilee bus stand ground noticed two persons with a bag in hand. They were digging a pit in the ground. Looking at the scene the auto driver immediately reported about the incident to […]
India Bans 59 Chinese Apps, Including TikTok
We have been witnessing tensions between India and China lately. Now, the government is taking strict actions towards the issue by announcing a ban on 59 apps in India including the popular apps like TikTok, UC Browser and more. Here’s a complete list of the apps that have been banned according to the Government of […]
Qasem Soleimani: Iran seeks Trump’s arrest over killing of general
Iran has issued an arrest warrant for President Trump and 35 other people it says were involved in a drone strike that killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad this year and has asked for international help in detaining them, according to Iranian news reports. Tehran’s top prosecutor, Ali al-Qasimehr, said in the reports that […]
