Qayam Ali UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said he welcomes the “growing global prominence and engagement” of the UN’s “close parters” China and India, as the Asia-Pacific region rises as a centre of dynamism and influence. “The engines of growth and economic power continue to shift with the rise of the Asia-Pacific region as a centre of dynamism and influence,” Ban said.
Most of those killed in a massacre at a Tunisian beach resort claimed by the Islamic State group were British, the Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid said on Saturday.
“The majority are British,” he told a news conference.
“After come the Germans, then the Belgians and then other nationalities,” he said, adding that there were also French among the victims.
He also revised an earlier death toll given by the health ministry from 39 to 38. An official from the ministry told AFP the previous figure had included the dead gunman who had attacked the popular beach resort of Port
Burundi’s ambassador to the United Nations has told the Security Council that elections will go ahead as planned on Monday despite a call from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for a postponement. “The government simply cannot accept to tumble head-first into an institutional vacuum, into a chasm,” Ambassador Albert Shingiro yesterday told the 15-member council.
“That is why we’re going to move forward to elections on Monday.”
Prof Yognedra Yadav-led Swaraj Abhiyan has criticized NDA Government for its soft approach on Hindu terrorism accused in Malegaon and other bomb blast cases.
It demanded a full and credible probe into the role of Union Home Minister, his deputy, other party leaders, bureaucrats under orders from their political masters and other Hindutva leaders in this attempt to foil justice.
Reacting over lawyer Rohini Salian’s claim that she was asked to go “soft” on the 2008 Malegaon Blast accused, recently-floated outfit Swaraj Abhiyan today said the episode raises “disturbing questions”.
According to Home Ministry spokesman, 26 camps of the Task Force were organised in 26 districts across the country during which 1,681 applications for citizenship and 1,665 for LTV were approved till May this year.
“While citizenship has been granted to 158 Pakistani nationals, LTV has been granted to as many as 3,733 Pakistani nationals during the period,” Home Ministry spokesman said in a statement.
There are thousands of applications pending before the government for granting visa for a longer term.
A new study has shown that starting exercise at an early age can have positive benefits in the adult years, including a reduction in body mass.
University of California, Riverside researchers did experiments on mice in the lab, where they evaluated the effects of early exercise on adult physical activity, body mass, food consumption and circulating leptin levels.
A new study has identified a target for inhibiting malaria parasite invasion.
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers found that a malaria parasite protein called calcineurin is essential for parasite invasion into red blood cells.
Human calcineurin is already a proven target for drugs treating other illnesses including adult rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, and the new findings suggest that parasite calcineurin should be a focus for the development of new antimalarial drugs.
Microblogging platform Tumblr has launched a new feature for user to discover and share GIFs called Tumblr TV
According to the Techcrunch.com, it is a combination of a search and viewing feature for GIFs, which helps user find GIFs on Tumblr and then view them in a full-screen mode. Also, it offers player controls like play, pause, forward and backward.
Tumblr TV is available to anyone, even to users who do not have a Tumblr account.
Tumblr on its homepage shows GIFs that are currently trending across the service.
Balala Hakkula Sangham is an NGO working in Hyderabad of Andhra Pradesh aims to save the child rights, fight agaist child labour, and take care about children’s health on Thursday said that they have found samples of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) tainted with E.Coli, and Salmonella when tested by the Telangana’s State Food Laboratory.
A report of SFL, signed by A V Krishna Kumari, food analyst, dated June 24, which the Sangham produced, stated that sample of KFC chicken product contained E.Coli, and Salmonella.
New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum announced he had signed a one-year contract extension with the Black Caps today, ending speculation about his immediate international future.
The 33-year-old, who led his side to a maiden World Cup final in March, has committed to the Black Caps until the ICC World Twenty20 in March-April next year.
However, he will sit out next month’s limited overs tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa, citing a busy schedule in recent months, including the just-concluded tour of England.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will visit the New York city next week to invite investment and expertise from the US to his state in various sectors and will meet political and business leaders during the trip, being pegged as ‘Mumbai meets Manhattan’.
During the day-long visit on June 29, Fadnavis is expected to meet the Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie as well as other senior political leaders from New York City and neighbouring Connecticut.
Satnam Singh Bhamara on Friday scripted history by becoming the first Indian basketball player to be drafted in the National Basketball Association (NBA) after being picked by Dallas Mavericks here.
The 19-year-old, who hails from a remote village called ‘Ballo Ke’ near Ludhiana in Punjab and stands 7 feet 2 inches tall, was the 52nd pick in the NBA Draft.
On cloud nine after achieving the feat, Punjab boy Satnam Singh said that his entry will open doors for more Indians to play basketball at the highest level in America.
“Now, we will file the application in the court seeking the registration of the cases against Tytler on the basis of these two offences,” he added.
Senior lawyer HS Phoolka on Friday said that he would file an application seeking registration of cases against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler for money laundering and tampering of witnesses in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case
The former diplomat added that all the major incidents that he talks about in his book, “Where Borders Bleed: An Insider’s Account of Indo-Pak Relations”, had a reference to some prominent Pakistani writer or analyst.
Former diplomat Rajiv Dogra on Thursday said Pakistan’s involvement in acts of terror against India has been longstanding and has continued with the active participation of the state actors.
“The fact is that Pakistan’s involvement in acts of terror in India has been longstanding and has continued with active involvement of the state actors,” Dogra told.
An activist in Kerala who was trying to expose the state’s drug mafia has been left battered in a hospital following a brutal attack by a group of men who chopped off his hands and legs.
Jayakumar R Pillai, who ran a gymnasium at Kappil Junction near Kayamkullam, was attacked by the miscreants when he was on his way home.
“I’ve been complaining to the police about this mafia for the past one year, I got death threats. My car was stopped by 7-8 people, I was dragged out and attacked with a sword,” said Pillai.
City has always stood up for communal harmony, though there are miscreants who wanted to divide people on communal ground.
Notwithstanding criticism from some quarters, a Temple in Karwan supplies dates to five Mosques in the holy month of Ramadan on every Friday.
According to sources Mallana Temple in Karwan have been supplying dates in the month of Ramadan to the 5 area Masjids for Iftar since three years.
Four Indian singles shuttlers, including B. Sai Praneeth, and the rising men’s doubles pair of Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy, reached the pre-quarterfinals of the Canada Open Grand Prix badminton tournament here on Wednesday.
The 22-year-old Praneeth, seeded 10th, streamrolled Czech Republic’s Jan Frohlich 21-14, 21-16 to set up a match against Niluka Karunaratne of Sri Lanka at the Markin MacPhail Centre here at the $50,000 event.
Nine students were suspended for seven days by college authorities after caught fighting on CCTV camera of Loyala Degree and PG College at Old Alawal.
According to sources Simmering differences among some second and third-year degree students have led to street fights over juniors not showing enough respect to seniors.
The argument continued at a tea stall outside the campus which led to an all-out brawl between seniors and juniors. Scared locals alerted the police.
In a shocking incident, a mother handed over her newborn girl child to a private hospital in Telangana as she could not afford to pay hospital bills after the delivery.
However, when the parents approached the hospital authorities with rupees 25,000 few days later and asked them to return the baby, they got to know the 13-day girl child was sold to a childless couple for rupees 12,000 by some employees of the private hospital, who acted as middlemen.
Sex workers of Sonagachi in the city, considered Asia’s largest red light area, will launch an awareness campaign against drug use among customers. “We have been fighting against AIDS and HIV for the last few years by raising awareness among customers and sex workers. Now we have decided to launch an awareness campaign regarding drug usage among customers and a section of sex workers,” Durbar Mahila Samanaya Committee (DMSC) official Bharati said.
The third installment of Star Trek movie series has reportedly begun production at the Squamish Boulders, near Vancouver, Canada.
Star Trek has begun filming since Thursday, June 25, under the working title “Washington”, reported Ace Showbiz.
Stars Zachary Quinto and Zoe Saldana took to Instagram to share some images teasing the filming of the movie.
Quinto uploaded a photo showing off his character’s iconic hair style. “someone is preparing to emerge,” he captioned the photo.
Commissioner Police M Mahender Reddy on Thursday imposed prohibitory orders in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad. The Commissioner imposed ban on holding any kind of public meetings and processions within Hyderabad city without obtaining prior permission of Zonal DCP, Law and Order concerned, ACP, Law and Order, or Joint Commissioner of Police, Coordination & Security, or Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad. These prohibitory orders will be in force with effect from 6 am on June 26 to 6 Am on July 2.
CBI has examined former Union minister K.H. Muniyappa and an independent MLA R. Varthur Prakash from Kolar in connection with its probe into the death of IAS officer D.K. Ravi on May 16.
Tired of pimples on your skin? A new research claims that staying away from vitamin B12 will keep off painful acne.
According to the new UCLA research, the activity of the vitamin tweaks how genes behave in the facial bacteria, and promote inflammation which leads to pimples.
By shedding light on one mechanism behind B12’s role in acne, the UCLA finding may identify drug targets that lead to new treatments for acne.
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Even though the scheduled tour of the Indian team to Zimbabwe next month is yet to be officially confirmed, the national selectors have been told by the BCCI to pick the team in Delhi on June 29.
However, no information over the availability, or otherwise, of the top players has reached the selectors thus far as speculated in news reports, it was learnt.
“So far no one has informed me about non-availability of any player,” selection panel chief Sandeep Patil informed on being queried about the news reports.