Dec 4, 2022
"The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave": Triumph of Iranians - Iran abolishes morality police after more than two months of protests triggered by the arrest of Mahsa Amini for allegedly violating the country's strict female dress code
In a massive victory for Iranian women protesting against the mandatory hijab law and brutal police action for violating it, the Iran government has decided to abolish the morality police which enforces the Hijab law in the country.
Dec 4, 2022
"A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh": Two Muslim youths Shakil Ansari and Sayumdhin Ansari working as room boys at a hotel in North Goa entered a Russian tourist's room on the pretext of cleaning and raped her, both got arrested
Panaji: In a shocking incident, a Russian woman was allegedly raped by two Nepali nationals at a hotel in Goa. The two accused were working as room boys at the hotel. Police have now arrested the two men. The accused hail from Bardhiya in Nepal.
Dec 4, 2022
"Unrest of spirit is a mark of life": Apple eyes India, Vietnam to set up new factories after China unrest, also looking to reduce the dependence on Taiwanese assemblers led by the Foxconn Group after recent turmoil at Zhengzhou ‘iPhone City’ plant
Apple is accelerating its plans to shift some of its production outside China and telling suppliers to plan more for assembling the product elsewhere in Asia, particularly India and Vietnam, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
Dec 4, 2022
"What colonialism does is cause an identity crisis about one's own culture": New Research shows British colonialism killed 100 million Indians in 40 years between 1880 to 1920, report notes 'this is more than WW1 and WW2 including the Nazi holocaust'
Recent years have seen a resurgence in nostalgia for the British empire. High-profile books such as Niall Ferguson’s Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World, and Bruce Gilley’s The Last Imperialist, have claimed that British colonialism brought prosperity and development to India and other colonies.
Dec 3, 2022
“Hatred continues because they want it to. Or because they don’t want peace enough to stop it”: Days after anti-Brahmin graffiti appeared on JNU walls, Hindu Raksha Dal paints ‘Communists Bharat Chhodo’ slogans at the main gate of the campus
Two days after JNU campus walls were defaced with anti-Brahmin and anti-Baniya graffiti, slogans against communists appeared on the wall next to the main gate of the campus. The slogans against communists were reportedly painted by Hindu Raksha Dal.
Dec 3, 2022
"It doesn’t get easier. You just get stronger": Historic - 341 Women Agniveer joined the Indian Navy, their induction not done separately but in the same manner as their male counterparts in a uniform method of selection - Navy chief Adm R Hari Kumar
In a first, 341 women sailors have been inducted into the Indian Navy through the Agniveer scheme. Addressing a press conference ahead of Navy Day, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar said that around 3,000 Agniveers have been inducted into the Navy, out of which 341 are women.
Dec 3, 2022
"A period of detention in a chilly upstate facility can be a great attitude adjuster": Most wanted Punjab gangster-turned-terrorist Goldy Brar of Lawrence Bishnoi Gang detained in California by Interpol at the request of the Indian security agencies
Chandigarh: Most wanted Punjab gangster-turned-terrorist Goldy Brar of the Lawrence Bishnoi Gang has been detained in California by Interpol at the request of the Indian security agencies, according to reliable sources.
Dec 3, 2022
"Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide": VP Jagdeep Dhankar took exception to Courts quashing changes made by parliament to the Constitution, says "Nowhere in the world Constitutional provisions are undone by courts like in India"
Vice-President of India Jagdeep Dhankar on Friday took exception to Constitutional courts quashing changes made by the parliament to the Constitution.
Dec 3, 2022
“A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them”: Bombay High Court grants bail to woman accused of throwing her newborn baby from top of building, she was upset with her husband, and suspected of him committing adultery
The Bombay High Court recently granted bail to a woman accused of killing her newborn child by throwing the baby from top of a building [Dimple Warthe v. State of Maharashtra & Amr.]