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20 Feb 2018
SingaporeAfter surplus budget, Singapore to pay bonus to all citizens
In a rare occurrence, Singapore's citizens above 21yrs, will get a one-off "SG bonus," ranging from S$100 to S$300, depending on their income.
19 Feb 2018
Donald TrumpWhy is Trump Jr's dinner offer in India being criticized?
Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of the US President, is arriving in India to launch the 47-storey luxury Trump Towers project in Gurugram.
19 Feb 2018
Pakistan NewsImran Khan announces third marriage to spiritual advisor Bushra Wattoo
Pakistani cricketer turned politician Imran Khan has announced his marriage to Bushra Wattoo, a 'pir' or faith healer.
19 Feb 2018
Saudi ArabiaSaudi women can start their businesses without a male guardian
2017 was the year of women empowerment in Saudi Arabia. Taking it further, the government has now announced that women can start their own businesses without a male guardian's/husband's permission.
19 Feb 2018
IranIran, greatest threat to world: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu warned Iran to "not test Israel's resolve," launching a scathing attack on it at Munich Security Conference.
18 Feb 2018
Donald Trump'Shame on you!': Florida school shooting survivor's speech makes headlines
The fight for strict gun laws has become louder after the Florida massacre, with students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, the site of the tragedy, issuing powerful statements.
18 Feb 2018
New JerseyNew Jersey city's first Sikh mayor is getting death threats
The first Sikh mayor of New Jersey's Hoboken city in the US is receiving death threats.
18 Feb 2018
IndiaCanadian PM Justin Trudeau, family reach India on first official-visit
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has arrived in India for a week-long visit along with family. Minister of State for Agriculture Gajendra Singh Shekhawat received Trudeau.
18 Feb 2018
Donald TrumpDonald Trump had an extramarital affair with a Playboy model?
According to a handwritten account obtained by The New Yorker magazine, Donald Trump had a 9-month-long extramarital affair with the 1998 Playboy Playmate of the Year, starting in 2006.
18 Feb 2018
Pakistan NewsPakistan borrows $500mn from China to support diminishing reserves
Pakistan has taken another foreign commercial loan of $500mn from Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) to support its diminishing foreign currency reserves.
17 Feb 2018
Pakistan NewsSix-year-old Zainab Ansari's killer gets four sentences in Pakistan
A Pakistan court has sentenced a 24-year-old man, Imran Ali, to four death sentences for raping and murdering a six-year-old girl, Zainab Ansari, last month in the city of Kasur, south of Lahore.
17 Feb 2018
Crime Against WomenIndian-origin science teacher jailed for filming girls in school toilets
A science teacher of Indian origin has been awarded a jail term of four years and three months in the United Kingdom for secretly filming women/girls using school toilets and making sexually explicit images of children.
17 Feb 2018
IndiaIranian President's India visit: All you need to know
PM Narendra Modi's "love affair" with West Asia continues. After hosting Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu and making the Palestinians happy, now he is holding "substantive and productive" talks with Iranian president Hassan Rouhani.
17 Feb 2018
MexicoPowerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake hits Mexico capital, Oaxaca state
A massive earthquake of a magnitude of 7.2 hit south and central Mexico with the epicenter in the country's Oaxaca state.
16 Feb 2018
United States of America"Hate turban people": US man points gun at Sikh cabbie
In a disturbing incident, a person in Illinois, US, put a gun to a Sikh cab driver's head and asked which country he belongs to.
16 Feb 2018
Donald TrumpUS Senate rejects immigration bills: Dreamers left in a lurch
What will happen to the "Dreamers?" The question on everyone's mind fails to be answered despite a week of rare open debate in the US Senate.
16 Feb 2018
IndiaPakistan takes over Hafiz Saeed's seminary, dispensaries
It seems US's pressure tactics against Pakistan have worked. The latter has finally started cracking down on charities run by Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed.
16 Feb 2018
FloridaSchool shootings: What explains gun violence among American teens?
A 19-year-old expelled student opened fire at his high school in Florida on Wednesday, killing at least 17.
15 Feb 2018
LifestyleHow much money is enough for happiness? Scientists find out
Scientists have finally found out how much money a year it takes to keep an individual happy.
15 Feb 2018
Donald TrumpStormy Daniels is now free to tell her Trump story
Donald Trump's longtime lawyer Michael D. Cohen recently revealed that he did in fact pay $130,000 (Rs. 83.1 lakh) to Stormy Daniels, the porn star who claimed to have had a sexual relationship with the US President.
15 Feb 2018
Florida17 killed in Florida in one of US' deadliest shootings
Seventeen people were killed in one of the deadliest shootings in US when a gunman opened fire in a Florida high school yesterday.
15 Feb 2018
Health & WellnessHashimoto's: All about the disease plaguing supermodel Gigi Hadid
Gigi Hadid, the 22-year-old supermodel who has taken the fashion world by storm, recently gunned down body-shamers on Twitter, and blamed her weight fluctuations on an autoimmune disease called Hashimoto's.
14 Feb 2018
ParisValentine's Day: An ode to Slovakia's Romeo-Juliet and their love
Slovakia's Banska Stiavnica is the home to a historic love story, of poet Andrej Sladkovic and Maria Pischlova.
14 Feb 2018
IsraelIsrael PM Benjamin Netanyahu faces corruption charges
Israeli police has claimed that there is enough evidence to indict scandal-ridden PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Reportedly, he faces allegations of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in two separate cases.
14 Feb 2018
BalochistanKarachi murder threatens to deter China's $50bn projects in Pakistan
Last week, Chen Zhu, MD of the Karachi unit of Shanghai-based Cosco Shipping Lines Co, was shot nine times near Zamzama Park, an upmarket area near diplomatic consulates.
14 Feb 2018
BBCThe reasons behind the surrogacy boom in Ukraine
Ukraine is in news again but for reasons apolitical. The European nation has become the go-to place for people wanting to have children via surrogacy.
13 Feb 2018
Pakistan NewsTrump's new budget proposes $336mn-aid for Pakistan, but with conditions
US President Donald Trump is walking the talk about his warnings to Pakistan.
13 Feb 2018
Pakistan NewsAmid global pressure, Pakistan designates Hafiz Saeed a terrorist
A week after Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed dared the government to arrest him, Pakistan has declared him a terrorist.
13 Feb 2018
HollywoodRonan Farrow: The man behind Harvey Weinstein expose
We all have skeletons we wish to bury deep in closets, secrets we dread to acknowledge, let alone confront.
13 Feb 2018
IndiaResurgence of pro-Khalistan sentiment abroad: Should India be worried?
The ban on Indian diplomats entering gurdwaras abroad, that started with India's Consul General in Toronto, Dinesh Bhatia's visit to Dixie gurdwara in January 2017, has now spread across countries.
12 Feb 2018
IndiaWhat does Iran President Hassan Rouhani's visit mean for India?
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will leave for India on Thursday on a three-day visit.
12 Feb 2018
Climate ChangeThese 11 cities, including Bengaluru, to run out of drinking-water
Cape Town is set to run out of drinking water on 11th May.
12 Feb 2018
Narendra ModiPM Modi's Oman visit: Attends India-Oman business meet
PM Narendra Modi was on a two-day state visit to Oman. The two sides signed eight agreements. He also addressed the Indian diaspora at Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in capital Muscat.
12 Feb 2018
Sexual HarassmentNew York state sues Weinstein Company over 'pervasive sexual harassment'
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a lawsuit against the Weinstein Company in state court on Sunday, alleging failure to protect its staff from "pervasive sexual harassment, intimidation and discrimination."
12 Feb 2018
LondonLondon City Airport shut down after World War-2 bomb discovered
The London City Airport was shut down after a World War II (WW-II) bomb was discovered in the nearby Thames river.
11 Feb 2018
Russia NewsRussian jet with 70 people on board vanishes, suspected crashed
A Russian aircraft carrying at least 62 passengers and six crew members vanished from radar screens after taking off from a Moscow airport.
11 Feb 2018
Islam#MosqueMeToo: Even sacred places like Mecca aren't safe for women
For millions of Muslims, Mecca is the holiest place. An estimated 2mn head there annually for Hajj.
11 Feb 2018
IndiaModi will leave for Oman today, after completing UAE visit
After his historic visit to Palestine, PM Modi arrived in the UAE on Saturday on a two-day visit as part of his four-nation tour.
10 Feb 2018
MaldivesMaldives to deport arrested Indian and British journalists
An Indian and a British journalist who were arrested in the Maldives a day back will be deported to their home countries, said the Maldives police.
10 Feb 2018
Narendra ModiModi conferred the Grand Collar of the State of Palestine
Narendra Modi is the first-ever Indian PM to visit Palestine. Considering this and his commitment to improving India-Palestine relations, President Abbas conferred the Grand Collar of the State of Palestine on him.
