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“It’s worse than Hitler, worse than AIDS, cancer or any other epidemic. It is more catastrophic than nuclear holocaust, and it must be stopped”

“It’s worse than Hitler, worse than AIDS, cancer or any other epidemic. It is more catastrophic than nuclear holocaust, and it must be stopped”

Without warning or explanation, the Indian government this weekend ordered Internet service providers to block access to 857 pornography websites that had been singled out by an anti-pornography activist. Within hours, social media platforms in India lit up with complaints from people trying to visit pornography sites only to find either a blank screen or […]

Zimbabwe Cricket National Team Beat India In A Twenty20 Match

Zimbabwe Cricket National Team Beat India In A Twenty20 Match

A measured half century from opener Chamu Chibhabha propelled Zimbabwe to their first ever Twenty20 victory over former world champions India by 10 runs on Sunday. After electing to bat, Zimbabwe posted 145 for seven in their 20 overs, with Chibhabha’s 67 from 51 balls the major contributor. India made a fast start in reply […]

Indian judge releases a rapist to attend mediation sessions with victim, in the hope the two could put their differences aside and marry

Indian judge releases a rapist to attend mediation sessions with victim, in the hope the two could put their differences aside and marry

A judge in India recently released a rapist from jail so he could attend mediation sessions with his victim, in the apparent hope that the two could put their differences aside and possibly marry. The ruling prompted a public outcry, and the judge was criticized not only for his retrograde reasoning but also for misusing […]

Pakistan warns India, says can use nuclear weapons if needed

Pakistan warns India, says can use nuclear weapons if needed

Islamabad: Not withstanding the efforts being taken by the BJP government at the Centre led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to improve relations with neighbouring countries, Pakistan has made a provocative statement threatening that the option to use nuclear weapons is always available to them. The statement was made by Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, […]

Over 24 people with ties to India’s $billion exam scam have mysteriously died

Over 24 people with ties to India’s $billion exam scam have mysteriously died

Nobody knows exactly when or why the witnesses and small-time crooks caught up in one of India’s biggest corruption scandals began dying under mysterious circumstances. But in the past two years, that’s what’s happened to more than two dozen people implicated in a $1 billion test-rigging scheme. Even by standards in India, where corruption is […]

India’s rising problem: Muslim population too poor

India’s rising problem: Muslim population too poor

India’s Muslims have the lowest living standard in the country on a per capita basis, according to the recent government survey. “The average monthly per capita expenditure (MPCE) of a Sikh household was 1,659 Rupees, Hindus and Christians 1,125 Rupees and 1,543 Rupees respectively, while Muslim household only at 980 Rupees,” said a study by […]

India On Alert As ISIS Expands Its Territory to Afghanistan, Pakistan

India On Alert As ISIS Expands Its Territory to Afghanistan, Pakistan

The Indian intelligence agencies have sounded an alert following reports suggesting that the Islamic State (Isis) has been spreading its territory to the Afghanistan-Pakistan (AfPak) region as it poses great security threat to India. The presence of Islamic State caliphate in Afghanistan’s Farah and Nangarhar provinces is reported to be growing recently. And, as the […]

India’s health survey shrouded in mystery

India’s health survey shrouded in mystery

Good health data is rare in India. The last time the country published a comprehensive, state-wide survey was back in 2007. So why hasn’t a vast survey of women and children carried out by the Indian government with the UN agency for children, Unicef, been released? India’s so-called Rapid Survey of Children was a huge […]

Zambian woman, Keltha Twala, dies after being deported from Pakistan

Zambian woman, Keltha Twala, dies after being deported from Pakistan

A 29-year old Zambian woman, Keltha Twala, died in Guru Nanak Dev Medical Hospital on Sunday. She was deported by Pakistan officials in absence of a visa. Twala had arrived Amritsar from Delhi and was on way to Pakistan but she was returned by the country’s immigration officials since she didn’t possess a visa. Even […]

Mugabe says South Africa, Nigeria ‘betrayed Africa over Gaddafi’

Mugabe says South Africa, Nigeria ‘betrayed Africa over Gaddafi’

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe blasted South Africa and Nigeria at the African Union summit this weekend, saying Africa would never agree to them getting permanent seats on the UN Security Council. This was because they had both voted for UN Security Council Resolution 1973 in 2011, which authorised military action against the regime of Libyan […]

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