CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally announced the Celebrate Pride tool on his personal page following the US Supreme Court’s ruling that same-sex couples have the constitutional right to marry, CNET.com reported. The tool allows users to superimpose a rainbow over their profile picture with a click of a button. Other IT bigwigs such as Apple, Google, […]
Finding himself at odds with the US Supreme Court over its two landmark judgements upholding healthcare law and same-sex marriage, Louisiana’s Indian-American governor Bobby Jindal wants to get rid of the court. “Thursday, the Supreme Court had its say on Obamacare; soon, the American people will have theirs,” wrote the newly minted aspirant for Republican […]
President Barack Obama praised South Carolina’s Indian-American governor Nikki Haley for calling for the removal of slavery era Confederate flag from the State Capitol grounds 150 years after the end of the US Civil War. “For too long, we were blind to the pain that the Confederate flag stirred in too many of our citizens,” […]
Conflicting signals, with security connotations for India, are emerging from Bangladesh. The Supreme Court has confirmed the death sentence of Ali Ahsan Mujahid, the secretary general of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), providing a further feather to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s cap in her fight against liberation-era war criminals. But successive assassination of bloggers has not only […]
The first species of Yeti crab from hydrothermal vent systems in Antarctica, has been discovered by a team of British scientists. Named after world-renowned British deep-sea and polar biologist professor Paul Tyler, the species Kiwa Tyleri belongs to an enigmatic group of squat lobsters known as Kiwaidae. The species occurring at extremely high densities exceeds […]
The World Bank Group on Tuesday announced a financial aid of up to $500 million to Nepal for reconstruction following the April earthquake. The announcement was made ahead of an international donor conference here on Thursday, The Himalayan Times reported. According to the government, the April 25 temblor caused damage worth $500 million to physical […]
The district magistrate-level meeting of India and Bangladesh, to be held on June 24 in Chittagong in Bangladesh, has been postponed as most of the Indian officials do not have passports. “The district magistrate-level meeting of India and Bangladesh has been postponed as most of the district-level officials have no passport,” a Tripura home department […]
A self-proclaimed atheist from Turkey’s southeastern province of Adiyaman, was forced to leave his hometown after receiving death threats for removing “Islam” from the religious affiliation section of his national identity card, media reported on Tuesday. The threats began on May 21, with the man receiving two letters containing death threats and his house being […]
A mob in an open market in China’s Guangxi province hit out at a group of animal rights activists who were protesting against an annual dog meat festival, CNN reported on Tuesday. “Don’t you eat beef? If you stop eating beef, then we’ll stop eating dog meat,” a man yelled at the activists in the […]
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Monday participated in the Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday celebrations, and said the Tibetan spiritual leader was an “apostle of peace and struggle”. Virbhadra Singh wished the elderly Buddhist monk a healthy and long life. “The Dalai Lama is a revered leader and a preacher of peace, tranquillity and […]