Indian's Are Pawning Their Gold As Lending Industry Is Hit By Liquidity Crunch
AURANGABAD/MUMBAI — Refused a loan by a state-run lender and desperate for funds to buy cotton seeds before the summer sowing season window closed, Indian farmer Babasaheb Mandlik ran out of choices —...
View ArticleImran Khan Raises Nuclear Tensions, Fears Of Genocide In NYT Interview
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday raised concerns of tensions escalating between nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan in his interview with The New York Times on Tuesday.Khan told the US...
View ArticleDragon Quest XI S on Nintendo Switch Is One of the Most Ambitious JRPGs Ever
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age is one of the best Japanese role-playing games (JRPGs) this generation. I loved my time with it on PS4 when it released last year and ended up spending over a...
View Article'It Chapter Two' Reactions Are Mixed, But Most Agree 1 Thing Is Great
Many people seem Barry, er, very pleased with one performance in “It Chapter Two.”Entertainment Weekly reports that a handful of film journalists, critics and fans got to see the spooky sequel to...
View ArticleP Chidambaram Sent To CBI Custody Till 26 August In INX Media Case
A Delhi court on Thursday sent Congress leader P Chidambaram to CBI custody till 26 August. The court was hearing a CBI plea seeking five-day custodial interrogation of the former finance minister who...
View ArticleIndia's Dope Testing Lab Suspended By World Anti-Doping Agency A Year Before...
NEW DELHI — The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has suspended the accreditation of the National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL) for six months in what could be a massive blow to anti-doping movement in...
View ArticleIndia And Pakistan Will Have Find A Solution To Kashmir, Macron Tells Modi
CHANTILLY, France — India and Pakistan should resolve the Kashmir issue bilaterally and no third party should “interfere or incite” violence in the region, French President Emmanuel Macron said on...
View ArticleWhen Swimming As a Muslim Woman Becomes A Political Act
Photos by Kholood EidLONG BRANCH, N.J. –– Manar Hussein stood in the sand and faced the blue Atlantic Ocean, as the water hit her toes over and over in waves. The 27-year-old Muslim woman had not been...
View ArticleWhat Chandrayaan-2's First Photo Of The Moon Tells Us
BENGALURU — The first picture of Moon captured by India’s Chandrayaan-2 satellite, currently in the lunar orbit, was released by space agency ISRO on Thursday.The picture of Moon was taken by...
View Article#SexRobotGripes Hashtag Arouses Twitter Backlash Against Robot-Human Love
Sure, robot sex may sound great ― in theory.However, those looking forward to getting it on with an android may want to be careful what they wish for.That’s the cautionary tale being presented by...
View ArticleGovt Proposes Ban On E-Cigarettes, With Jail Terms And Lakhs In Penalty For...
NEW DELHI — India’s health ministry has proposed a ban on the production and import of electronic cigarettes, documents seen by Reuters showed, potentially jeopardizing the expansion plans of big firms...
View ArticleAuto Companies In India Are Laying Off More People To Keep Costs In Check
NEW DELHI — With India’s auto sales declining for the ninth straight month in July, more automotive manufacturers are laying off workers and temporarily halting production to keep costs in check,...
View ArticleMiley Cyrus Breaks Silence On Rumors She Cheated On Liam Hemsworth: 'I Am Not...
Miley Cyrus may feel younger now than ever, but insists she’s all grown up in a self-aware response to the rumors circling her recent split from husband Liam Hemsworth.In the days since the former...
View ArticleSensex, Nifty Fall Amid Fading Hopes Of Stimulus Package, Rupee Drops Below...
Market benchmark BSE Sensex declined by 345 points in early session on Friday due to heavy losses in financial, FMCG and auto stocks amid fading hopes of a stimulus package for slowdown-hit sectors.The...
View ArticlePrince William, Kate Middleton Fly Commercial Amid Meghan Markle, Prince...
Prince William and Kate Middleton took a commercial flight to Scotland alongside their children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, for their annual family trip to Balmoral Castle with...
View ArticleSupreme Court Agrees To Review Triple Talaq Law, Issues Notice To Centre
The Supreme Court has agreed to examine the validity of the newly enacted triple talaq law, PTI reported.The court on Friday took up petitions challenging the newly enacted law which makes the practice...
View ArticleUnbelievably Large Shelter Cat 'Big Boi Mr. B' Has The Internet Swooning
A very large, very charismatic cat is breaking the internet ― or at least the website of the animal shelter where he’s up for adoption.Morris Animal Refuge in Philadelphia tweeted two photos of the...
View ArticleUN Responds To Pakistan's Request To Remove Priyanka Chopra As Goodwill...
Just two days after a Pakistani minister called for the removal of Priyanka Chopra as the UN Goodwill Ambassador for Peace, Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, clarified that...
View Article'I Spoke The Truth': Priya Ramani Stands Her Ground On Sexual Harassment...
Journalist Priya Ramani told a Delhi court on Friday that she spoke the truth in her tweets in October 2018 where she accused union minister MJ Akbar of sexual harassment, and that his defamation...
View ArticlePakistan Placed In 'Enhanced Blacklist' By FATF Asia-Pacific Group
NEW DELHI — The Asia-Pacific Group of the global watchdog for terror financing and money laundering has put Pakistan in the Enhanced Expedited Follow Up List (Blacklist) for its failure to meet its...
View Article