Nevada (US), Aug 27 (ANI): Hindus and Jews have urged European Commission (EC) for sanctions against France for continuing the racism coated policy of Roma (Gypsy) expulsions despite widespread international criticism from various quarters.
Noted Hindu statesman Rajan Zed and Rabbi Jonathan B. Freirich, prominent Jewish leader in Nevada and California in USA; in a joint [...]
Hindus & Jews want sanctions against France on Roma maltreatment
Hindus urge makers of Hollywood animation film on Mahabharata not to re-imagine the scripture
Nevada (US), Aug 27 (ANI): Hindus have urged the makers of under production Hollywood animation film “18 Days: The Mahabharata Retold” to stay true to the story and the spirit of the timeless epic.
Noted Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that Mahabharata was highly revered in Hinduism. Hollywood was [...]
Sensex plunges below 18,000 (Second Lead)
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Selling pressure built up late at Indian equities markets, pushing a benchmark index 251 points down Friday.
The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 18,205.9 points, closed at 17,974.4 points (provisional), 251.95 points or 1.38 percent down from its previous close at [...]
India to work with UN for women migrants
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) India will work with the UN for protecting and empowering women migrants from this country, an official said Friday.
This will be done under a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM).
“This MoU was signed [...]
‘Minority Report’ moves from reel into real life
London, Aug 27 (IANS) In a chilling scenario that reminds you of Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi thriller “Minority Report”, law enforcers in the US will be relying on a software to predict who will commit crimes.
The software may even be able to tell where, when and how the crime will be committed, just as it [...]
Thousands evacuated as floods threaten Pakistani province
Islamabad, Aug 27 (IANS) Half-a-million people have been evacuated from Pakistan’s Sindh province as rising floodwaters threatened to inundate several towns in the region, a media report said Friday.
Authorities Thursday night ordered all residents in Thatta city to evacuate to safer places. People fled in vans, buses and on carts laden with furniture, while [...]
Somali jailed over plane hijack attempt in New Zealand
Sydney, Aug 27 (DPA) A Somali refugee who attempted to hijack a passenger jet in New Zealand was sentenced Friday to nine years in jail by a court in the South Island city of Christchurch.
Asha Ali Abdille, 36, pleaded guilty to trying to hijack the 19-seat aircraft on a domestic flight.
She used one of the [...]
Nepal backs Korean climber in summit dispute
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Aug 27 (IANS) The government of Nepal Friday came out strongly in support of an embattled South Korean, whose claim to be the first woman to have tamed all the 14 highest peaks in the world is now being doubted by her own country’s top climbing body.
After enduring a similar dispute in [...]
Mothers who don’t breastfeed more likely to develop diabetes
Washington, Aug 27 (ANI): Mothers who don’t breastfeed their babies are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes later in life, according to a study by University of Pittsburgh researchers.
“We have seen dramatic increases in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes over the last century,” said Dr. Eleanor Bimla Schwarz, assistant professor of medicine, epidemiology, [...]
No threat of attacks on foreign relief workers: Rehman Malik
By Awais Saleem
Islamabad, Aug 27 (IANS) Interior Minister Rehman Malik has allayed apprehensions that militants could target workers of international humanitarian agencies involved in relief efforts in flood-affected Pakistan.
Malik told BBC here Friday that the government had not received reports of any such threats from the security agencies.
“In case there is a concrete [...]