Ali Khan Washington, October 24: The White House Friday highlighted a new multi-million-dollar technology fund for Muslim nations, following a pledge made by President Barack Obama in his landmark speech to the Islamic world.
The White House said the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) had issued a call for proposals for the fund, which will provide financing of between 25 and 150 million dollars for selected projects and funds.
Riyadh, October 16: A new gambit by the oil-dealing kingdom would have Western oil guzzlers paying for using less oil. Sounds like the opposite of reality, you say? The Saudis say it’s the only way they’ll be able to afford helping the fight against global warming.
The New York Times frames the Saudi idea as, “if wealthy countries reduce their oil consumption to combat global warming, they should pay compensation to oil producers.”
Bhopal, October 13 (Pervez Bari): Hockey Olympian-turned-politician Aslam Sher Khan, who is the Madhya Pradesh Congress Media Committee chairman, has expressed apprehension that Bharatiya Janata Party, (BJP), ruled Madhya Pradesh Government may indulge in malpractices to win the civic elections in the state which are due next month.
Bhopal, October 10 (Pervez Bari):It was Indian Railways all the way as they swept all the titles that were at stake to make it five-in-a-row when they retained the overall championship title for the fifth consecutive year. Railways emerged overall champions in the four-day 49th Indian National Open Athletics Championship together with being declared champions in both men and women categories also here on Friday.
Railways athletes showed their prowess and agility to clinch the maximum number of gold medals and took their overall medals haul to 57 (22 Gold, 21 Silver & 14 Bronze).
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Modern Science has discovered that in the places where two different seas meet, there is a barrier between them. This barrier divides the two seas so that each sea has its own temperature, salinity, and density.1 For example, Mediterranean sea water is warm, saline, and less dense, compared to Atlantic ocean water. When Mediterranean sea water enters the Congress out to woo Muslims for supportTwo significant events took place last weekend in the national capital. ANHAD, an NGO, organised a meeting on the plight of Muslims to show how they were victims of bias and prejudice of the state. Muslims from across the country attending the three-day meet were critical and sceptical of the secular credentials of the Indian state and many went so far as to insist that the character of the Indian state is patently communal. Fund for Flood affected areasHyderabad, October 08 (Siasat News) Hashim Ali COO of Dreamz N Events has donated Blankets, Rice Bags and clothes to Siasat Relief Fund for Flood affected areas of Andhra Pradesh. He said “I am requesting you all to lend your helping hand and help these victims of Flood who are really in need of help.” The people of Hyderabad showing great spirit of brotherhood as they are coming forward to help the flood survivors. Today, there are no less than 1000 people who have been forced to leave their homes from flood-affected areas and take temporary shelter in surrounding peaceful areas. Target Iran? MOP Bomb Fast-trackedWashington, October 08: A U.S. Defense Department request to speed up a “bunker-buster” bomb may hint at a possible attack on Iranian nuclear plants. Is the U.S. Preparing to Bomb Iran?Washington, October 07: Iran’s president says Obama made a big mistake in accusing Iran of hiding nuclear site. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has been sparring with President Obama over whether Iran is developing the technology to build nuclear weapons. The Pentagon is always making plans, but based on a little-noticed funding request recently sent to Congress, the answer to that question appears to be yes. 500,000 to boycott Pepsi over its ‘homosexual advocacy’Washington, October 07: A group that advocates “traditional family values” claims it has the signatures of 500,000 people who have pledged to boycott Pepsi over what it says are the company’s activities promoting gay rights. The American Family Association, which boasts “2.5 million online supporters,” “asked PepsiCo to be neutral in the culture war and not support the homosexual agenda,” it said in a press release Tuesday. “PepsiCo refused. The company continues to give financial support to homosexual organizations.” Ahmadinejad was born a Jew?Tehran, October 05: In a stunning report on Saturday, a British newspaper claimed to have uncovered proof that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — notorious among the international community for denying the holocaust — was actually born a Jew. According to The Telegraph, a high resolution photograph of Ahmadinejad holding up his Iranian identity card, taken just before the 2008 election, reveals that his family changed its name shortly after he was born, renouncing their Jewish faith and adopting Islam. Over 400,000 babies die within day of birth in IndiaNew Delhi, October 05: More than 400,000 children die within 24 hours of their birth in India every year – the highest anywhere in the world, a study by an international charity said. While globally this figure stands at two million babies dying within a day of their birth, the shocking and tragic fact is that the reason for these deaths are diseases and infections that are easily treatable, and therefore the deaths are preventable. Floods rob AndhraNew Delhi, October 03: Heavy rains have spoilt the season of festivals in parts of India. Skies opened up and flooded the entire northern and central Karnataka and the Rayalaseema part of Andhra Pradesh. Power stations, road, rail, schools, hospitals and thousands of villages went under water. The two southern states are now battling the fury of mother nature. Unseasonal rain have hit 10 districts in Karnataka and four in Andhra Pradesh. Honouring Urdu Litterateur in Life Time–A Unique & Rare Moment!Bhopal, September 30 (Pervez Bari): A litterateur being adored and eulogized in his life time for his literary pursuits and his overall personality when one is alive and kicking is a rare moment. It is certainly a break from the set tradition and trend of praising one to the skies after one is dead and gone. ALLAH inscribed on meat in MalaysiaKaula Lumpur, September 29: A family of Malaysian villagers became the talk of the town after they found the word Allah inscribed on meat bought from the local market, the country’s press reported on Tuesday. Housewife Rashadah Abdul Rani, 57, said her son bought the meat from a market in the village and it was her daughter who discovered the inscription. “I cut the meat into six pieces and soaked them in the water. It was my daughter, who was helping me in the kitchen, who saw the word “Allah” on all six pieces of the meat,” Rani told reporters at her house in Kampung Alur Gunung. ss Rat delays Air India Amritsar-London flightAmritsar, September 26: A rat delayed a London-bound Air India flight from the Rajasansi airport here Saturday morning. Flight AI-187, which was scheduled to depart at 6.30 am on Saturday, had not left the airport even three hours later. There were 238 passengers on the flight. “A rat entered the aircraft and the staff was searching for it. The flight has been delayed. Air India is getting a new aircraft to take the passengers to London,” airport director Chinson Panakal said. Family attacked in TrainHyderabad, September 26 (Siasat News): In a gruesome incident a family with learning difficulties has been left with major injuries after some college students attacked them on a petty issue. The family native of Amannagar ‘A’ was on their way to Hyderabad from Gulbarga. At a station, some college students boarded and started arguing for seats, when the family denied them; the gang stopped the train by pulling the chain and brutally attacked the family. The family consists of 8 members badly injured and admitted to the Osmania General Hospital. Why I threw the shoe: Muntazer al-ZaidiI am no hero. I just acted as an Iraqi who witnessed the pain and bloodshed of too many innocents. I am free. But my country is still a prisoner of war. There has been a lot of talk about the action and about the person who took it, and about the hero and the heroic act, and the symbol and the symbolic act. But, simply, I answer: what compelled me to act is the injustice that befell my people, and how the occupation wanted to humiliate my homeland by putting it under its boot. Jewish girls dating Arabs: Israeli dying to prevent itNazareth, September 25: A local authority in Israel has announced that it is establishing a special team of youth counsellors and psychologists whose job it will be to identify young Jewish women who are dating Arab men and “rescue” them. The move by the municipality of Petah Tikva, a city close to Tel Aviv, is the latest in a series of separate – and little discussed – initiatives from official bodies, rabbis, private organisations and groups of Israeli residents to try to prevent interracial dating and marriage. I slept with my father for ten years: ActressChicago, September 24: Former child star Mackenzie Phillips said yesterday that she had a decade-long sexual relationship with her father, pop star John Phillips, who also taught her how to roll joints and injected her with cocaine. Phillips (49) writes in her new book, High on Arrival, that she had sex with her father on the night before she was to get married in 1979 at age 19. She wrote in her book, “I woke up that night from a blackout to find myself having sex with my own father.” John Phillips, who died in 2001, was the leader of the 1960s group the Mamas and the Papas. Breakthrough AIDS vaccine prevents infectionBangkok, September 24: An experimental AIDS vaccine has for the first time cut the risk of infection, researchers said Thursday, hailing at a medical “breakthrough” in the quarter-century battle against the disease. The vaccine reduced the risk of being infected by almost a third, they said after the world’s largest vaccine trial of more than 16,000 heterosexual volunteers carried out by the U.S. Army and the Thailand Ministry of Public Health. ” It is the first demonstration that a vaccine against HIV can protect against infection ” ss Eid-ul-Fitr celebrated in HyderabadHyderabad, September 21: Marking the end of month-long Ramzan fasting, devout Muslims today congregated at various mosques across the city to offer special prayers on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. Lakhs of Muslims dressed in their festive best greeted each other, exchanged gifts and enjoyed special sweet dishes, particularly ‘sheer khorma’, made of vermicelli. ‘Eid’, which means happiness or feast in Arabic, is one of the most important festivals of the Muslims who are commanded by the Quran to complete their fast on the last day of Ramadan. |