United States of America: News
19 Feb 2018
IndiaUnder-probe Gupta brothers enjoy Z category security in Uttarakhand
The Gupta brothers - Ajay, Rajesh, and Atul - who are currently under investigation in South Africa over their ties with President Zuma, currently enjoy Z category security in Uttarakhand. Zuma recently resigned on 15th February amid a bunch of corruption allegations
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.
17 Feb 2018
AndroidFacebook launches Messenger Kids on Android amid widespread criticism
Facebook has launched its Messenger Kids app on Android amid heavy criticism from industry leaders and development experts.
16 Feb 2018
World"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
IndiaMumbai woman seeks ban on porn that 'ruined' her marriage
A 27-year-old Mumbai-based woman has approached the SC claiming her husband's addiction to porn had 'ruined' their marriage, and sought a complete ban on such websites.
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
CaliforniaSpaceX to launch its first internet satellites this week
Ahead of its proposed plans, SpaceX is set to launch its first internet satellites on February 17th that will put two test satellites, Microsat 2a and 2b, into the orbit.
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
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
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.
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.
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
IndiaOf abused NRI wives and their struggle to break free
Neha Rastogi worked with Apple and lived in Silicon Valley. She had a good education, an illustrious career, a four-year-old daughter and an abusive husband.
09 Feb 2018
Bill ClintonUS shuts down for the second time in three weeks
The US government shut down once again this morning after a single senator blocked a crucial budget deal.
09 Feb 2018
Delhi High CourtMalvinder and brother Shivinder Singh, Fortis founder-directors, quit
Billionaire Malvinder Mohan Singh and brother Shivinder Mohan Singh, founder-directors of Fortis Healthcare, have stepped down from their positions amid ongoing legal cases against them.
09 Feb 2018
AfghanistanAfghanistan's first female coders take on the massive opium problem
A group of Afghan women has managed to break barriers and become the country's first female coders.
08 Feb 2018
LifestyleLegos, video games boost spatial skills in children: Study
Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder and Carleton College in Minnesota have found out that children who play with Legos and certain video games develop better spatial skills than the ones who don't.
08 Feb 2018
PunePune call center which cheated 11,000 Americans busted
Pune police busted a call center scam in the Koregaon Park area earlier this week and arrested three men running the operations.
07 Feb 2018
Donald TrumpTrump: I'd love a shutdown if there's no immigration deal
Presently, US lawmakers are trying to finalize a deal that avoids stopping of federal operations. However, President Donald Trump isn't making their task easier.
07 Feb 2018
KentuckyWhite power, swastikas spray-painted on Sikh man's store in Kentucky
A masked man was caught on camera vandalizing a gas station owned by a Sikh in Kentucky, US, and spray-painting racial slurs.
06 Feb 2018
AppleTelegram was removed from App Store over child pornography: Apple
Last week, secure instant messaging app Telegram and its faster counterpart Telegram X was removed from Apple's App Store due to the circulation of "inappropriate content" through the platform.
06 Feb 2018
Narendra ModiBJP MLA: Not a Hindu, if you don't join RSS
BJP MLA from Hyderabad T Raja Singh has claimed that those who don't attend RSS' daily meetings aren't "true Hindus."
06 Feb 2018
Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)Sensex plunges 1270 points, the biggest decline since 2015
The BSE's benchmark Sensex crashed below the 34,000-mark, plunging 1,271 points to 33,482.81 while NSE's Nifty50 sank below the 10,300-mark, slumping 390 points to 10,276.
06 Feb 2018
India#DefenseDiaries: India successfully test-fires indigenous nuclear-capable missile Agni-I
India test-fired the indigenous nuclear-capable Agni-I missile today from the test range at Abdul Kalam Island, off the Odisha coast.
06 Feb 2018
Pakistan NewsNow, terrorist Hafiz Saeed dares Pakistan government to arrest him
Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed has now dared the Pakistan government to arrest him if they can. He also said that he won't stop fighting for the cause of Kashmiri people and "dedicated 2018" for them.
06 Feb 2018
HollywoodBeloved father of series Fraiser, John Mahoney, breathes his last
John Mahoney, who was famous for his role of a dog-loving father Martin Crane in popular sitcom Fraiser, passed away on Sunday.
06 Feb 2018
IndiaMeet Lalitesh Katragadda, the man who built Google Maps India
Google Maps India was launched in 2008; since then it has become a part of our daily activities for finding locations, getting traffic-data, planning trips, discovering new places, etc.
05 Feb 2018
iPhoneChinese man makes $1.1 million by selling fake iPhones
Chinese national Jianhua Li has admitted to have sold fake iPhones and iPads to customers in the United States as part of a bigger counterfeiting operation.
05 Feb 2018
CelebrityKylie Jenner and Travis Scott welcome baby girl
After months of speculations, US reality TV star Kylie Jenner confirmed on Sunday, that she has given birth to a daughter. Jenner who has been in relationship with 25-year-old rapper Travis Scott for months now, took to Instagram to share the news.
05 Feb 2018
Domestic Violence#CallForHelp: Three NRI wives call home for help every day
Getting their daughter married to an NRI might be a fantasy for many Indian parents, but things might not be as pleasant as they appear.
05 Feb 2018
Health & WellnessStents releasing wine antioxidants to be used for heart surgeries
US scientists are developing stents, typically used in heart surgeries, which will help prevent blood clotting and inflammation in blood vessels by releasing red wine antioxidants.
04 Feb 2018
CancerRadiation from mobile phones not harmful to humans: Study
Studies conducted by the US government reveal that radiations from mobile phones are not really harmful to humans.
03 Feb 2018
SyriaSyria secretly developing new chemical weapons: Trump's admin officials
Syria is secretly developing new, sophisticated chemical weapons despite a 2013 deal to end such programs, said senior Trump administration officials.
03 Feb 2018
StartupsUS start-up builds driverless car for home deliveries
US-based start-up Nuro is developing self-driving cars for home deliveries.
