ngry Venezuelans took to the streets after President Nicolas Maduro accused Portugal of being behind a pork shortage that left thousands of the country’s poor without their traditional Christmas dinner, the media reported. On Wednesday night, Maduro announced that he had been unable to distribute thousands of pork hind legs to the poorest neighbourhoods in […]
fter facing widespread criticism for admitting that it deliberately slows down ageing iPhone models, Apple has formally apologised to the global iPhone community. “We know that some of you feel Apple has let you down. We apologise,” Apple said in a statement late on Thursday. Apple has also reduced the price of an out-of-warranty iPhone […]
A US university professor who received death threats after posting several controversial tweets has said that he was resigning because the year-long harassment has made his situation “unsustainable”. George Ciccariello-Maher, a professor of politics and global studies at the Drexel University, Philadelphia, had been teaching his class remotely via video conference after being put on […]
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has been publicly banished from Facebook and Instagram because of US sanctions, a media report said. The US Treasury Department on Wednesday had sanctioned Kadyrov and four other Russian officials for human rights violations. Until this week, the Chechen strongman, who has led the semi-autonomous Caucasus enclave since 2007, was seen […]
Six coaches of the New Delhi-Varanasi Manduadih Express derailed at the New Delhi Railway station. No injuries were reported. A Northern Railway official told IANS: “The incident took place at around 10.30 p.m. on Thursday when the train was about to depart from New Delhi.” “The reason of the derailment is not clear yet. An […]
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has gifted environmentalist Afroz Shah an excavator and a tractor for cleaning up Versova beach here. Amitabh, who is a supporter of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, on Thursday shared a series of photographs from the beach. “The joy of gifting for a cause as noble as the one I […]
At least 12 persons were reported dead in a fire that raged through a New York City apartment in the Bronx area, the US media reported. More than 170 firefighters were on the scene of the huge blaze late on Thursday that also saw more than a dozen critical injuries, authorities said. The deadly blaze […]
RATH YATRA – street parade of chariots The Holi is a true celebration of cultural harmony; on this day people from all castes and creed poor and rich come together smeared their face in colours. We have therefore decided to enhance the diversity of our Holi Mahotsav by incorporating the cultural celebrations of two other […]
Hindu council of Australia is a federation of Hindu organizations with about 40 members and has presence in each state of Australia. With an objective to increase the number of Hindu chaplains available to serve Hindus in Australia where needed, a Hindu Chaplaincy Scholarship has been instituted by Hindu Council of Australia (HCA). Chaplaincy is […]
A Chicago community activist slept outside in frigid cold weather in an effort to raise awareness for the city’s homeless population. The lowest temperature outside in Chicago was around minus 19 degree Celsius while the wind chill dropped to minus 28 degree Celsius on Wednesday morning. “There’s not enough help being done, especially during the […]