How green are your crackers?
India’s Supreme Court in October 2018, workers and firecracker manufacturers were fearing for their livelihood and business. However, the industry appeared to have been saved, after the development of ‘green crackers’. However, that innovation is yet to reach Tamil Nadu’s Sivakasi, the manufacturer of 90 per cent of firecrackers in India. Green crackers are considered […]
‘Saand Ki Aankh’ review
Saand Ki Aankh, the dramatised story of real-life champion sharpshooters Chandro Tomar and Prakashi Tomar who blossom in their 60s, played earnestly by Bhumi Pednekar and Taapsee Pannu isn’t always bang on target, but it still manages to tear your defences down. The leading ladies of the film Bhumi Pednekar and Taapsee Pannu (in their […]
A high school athlete ran her personal best but was disqualified for her hijab
The mood after the race was jubilant. Sixteen-year-old Noor Alexandra Abukaram, who had just run her best time yet, hugged her high school teammates as they realized they were headed to regionals. Then the students went to check their individual times at last Saturday’s Ohio cross-country meet, Abukaram remembers. It seemed there was a mistake […]
Police Block Marching Teachers from Entering Lake Shore Drive
The Chicago Teachers Union headed back to the bargaining table Friday morning as classes were canceled for a seventh day amid optimism on both sides about the progress of talks. The teachers union and some of the 7,500 support staff who also are on strike were planning another large downtown demonstration Friday afternoon, this time […]
Economy adds 953,000 jobs in June, unemployment rate falls
Statistics Canada says the economy added nearly one million jobs in June as businesses forced closed by the pandemic began to reopen. The agency says 953,000 jobs were added last month, including 488,000 full-time and 465,000 part-time positions. The unemployment rate fell to 12.3 per cent in June after hitting a record-high of 13.7 per […]
Five killed in attack on South African church, hostages freed
JOHANNESBURG — Five people were killed in an attack on a church west of Johannesburg in the early hours of Saturday, South African police said, with some of the attackers taking hostages who were later freed. Police arrested around 40 people and seized 40 firearms, including rifles, shotguns and handguns, related to the attack on […]
Emirates airline to cut up to 9,000 jobs: report
DUBAI: Emirates airline has cut a tenth of its workforce during the novel coronavirus pandemic in layoffs that could rise to 15 percent, or 9,000 jobs, its president said, according to a report on Saturday. The Middle East’s largest carrier, which operates a fleet of 270 wide-bodied aircraft, halted operations in late March as part […]
US man, 30, dies from virus after attending ‘Covid party’
A 30-year-old man from Texas died from the new coronavirus after attending a “COVID-19” party hosted by an infected person, a doctor has revealed, underlining the risk to younger people. Jane Appleby, chief medical officer at the Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, said the man thought the virus was a hoax, despite it killing more […]
Journalist who exposed Malta’s Panama Papers link killed in car bomb
The journalist who led the Panama Papers investigation into corruption in Malta was killed on Monday in a car bomb near her home. Daphne Caruana Galizia, whose investigative work focused on corruption, was killed when a car bomb blew her vehicle to pieces. A politician said her death marked the “collapse of the rule of law” in […]
Erdogan rejects criticism over Turkey’s Hagia Sophia landmark move
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Saturday rejected worldwide condemnation over Turkey’s decision to convert the Byzantine-era monument Hagia Sophia back into a mosque, saying it represented his country’s will to use its “sovereign rights.” Erdogan, who is accused by critics of chipping away at the Muslim-majority country’s secular pillars, announced Friday that Muslim prayers would begin July 24 at the UNESCO World […]
