Month: October 2014

UP appoints officers to expedite pending court cases

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The Uttar Pradesh government has asked officials to expedite thousands of cases pending in different courts, officials said Friday.

It has done so by asking divisional commissioners and district magistrates to direct district level nodal officers to contact district judges on a daily basis and to provide the list of cases to be taken up.

Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan has said this needs to be done promptly so that cases pending for many years could be disposed of.

Healthy diet for infants prevents obesity later

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If you do not want your baby to grow up into an overweight adult, make sure you feed him or her healthy diet from the very first year, a study suggests.

Babies who eat diets high in sugar, fat, protein and dairy products show faster gain in body mass index scores from ages six to 12 months, the findings showed.

“Dietary patterns are harder to change later if you ignore the first year, a critical period for the development of taste preferences and the establishment of eating habits,” said lead author Xiaozhong Wen, assistant professor at University at Buffalo in the US.

THE WISDOM OF LUQMAN

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Luqman [the wise] (alaihissalam) is a well-known sage, whose advice to his son has been mentioned in the Holy Qur’an. Luqman’s sayings and the words of advice he gave to his son, contain rare wisdom, and quite a number of Traditions refer to “Luqman’s advice to his son”.

One of these are: “O my dear son, sit in the company of the Ulema (religious scholars) frequently and listen carefully to what the wise men say, for Allah gives life to the dead hearts by the ‘Nur (light)’ of wisdom, just as He revives the dead earth by heavy life-giving rains.”

India would’ve been different if Patel was PM: Naidu

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Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu Friday said that if Sardar Vallabhbahi Patel had become the first prime minister of India, the fate of the “country would have been different”.

Speaking at the function at Vijay Chowk to mark Sardar Patel’s birth anniversary as National Unity Day, Naidu said Sardar Patel was foremost among leaders who had made sacrifices for country’s freedom.

Naidu said millions of people in the country have a feeling that history has not done justice to Sardar Patel, the first home minister of India.

Militants threaten to behead Malaysian captive

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Abu Sayyaf militants have threatened to behead a Malaysian captive if ransom is not paid in November.

Fish breeder Chan Sai Chuin’s wife Chin Pek Nyen said the militants had not set any particular day for their November deadline but warned her they would kill him if the full ransom of RM 3 million (about $910,000) was not paid, the Malaysian Star reported.

She said the Abu Sayyaf gunmen made the threat during a call Thursday night.

Australians looking for surrogate mothers in India denied visas

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Childless Australian couples looking for surrogate mothers in India are being denied visas to enter the country, media reported Friday.

Surrogacy advocates said India had effectively frozen out Australians from the surrogacy industry following recent revelations that a child was abandoned in India by an Australian couple, ABC reported.

“India has put a freeze on all new applications for new intended Australian parents wanting to engage in surrogacy,” said Sam Everingham from Surrogacy Australia.

ICC chief greets Nepal, Uganda for moving up in world league

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International Cricket Council (ICC) Chairman N. Srinivasan Friday congratulated Nepal and Uganda for qualifying for ICC World Cricket League Division 2 (WCL Div.2), which will be played in Namibia Jan 17-24, 2015.

Nepal and Uganda sealed their progression after reaching the final of Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 3 in Kuala Lumpur Thursday.

In the final, Nepal defeated Uganda by 62 runs and the two sides will now join hosts Namibia, Canada, Kenya and the Netherlands in WCL Div.2.

When death ruled the streets of Delhi (30 years after Indira Gandhi’s assassination)

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It was an accidental meeting with a Military Police officer that led us to the house of death in Delhi in 1984.

We had witnessed on the evening of Oct 31 the first bout of anti-Sikh violence that followed Indira Gandhi’s assassination. We were near the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in south Delhi where the prime minister was declared dead after being shot by two Sikh bodyguards.

China says Facebook may enter if it abides by regulations

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China may be blocking access to Facebook but that does not mean that the social networking website can never set foot on Chinese soil, as long as it abides by its laws and regulations, the director of the nation’s internet regulator said.

While admitting that some foreign websites are not accessible in China, he denied shutting such websites down.

Iraqi Peshmerga fighters cross into Kobani from Turkey to combat IS

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Peshmerga fighters have reportedly started entering the besieged northern Syrian city of Kobani from Turkey to defend the town from Islamic State militants.

According to CNN, about 10 Iraqi-Kurdish Peshmerga fighters entered Kobani from the Turkish border in two vehicles, an activist and a Syrian Kurd fighter confirmed over the phone.

At least 150 Peshmerga fighters, earlier, had set out for Turkey from where they planned to cross into Syria to fight Islamic State (IS) militants besieging the town of Kobane.

President Mukherjee pays tribute to Indira Gandhi on death anniversary

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President Pranab Mukherjee visited the ‘Shakti Sthal’ memorial here on Friday to pay tributes to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 30th death anniversary.

Earlier today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also sent out a message on Indira Gandhi’s death anniversary.

“I join my fellow countrymen and women in remembering former PM Smt. Indira Gandhi on her ‘Punya Tithi’,” tweeted Prime Minister Modi.

Congress president and Indira Gandhi’s daughter-in-law Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi were among the first to reach ‘Shakti Sthal’ to pay a floral tribute this morning.

Home Ministry formulating counter-strategy to deal with cyber crime: Rajnath Singh

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Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said he had given instructions to officials of his ministry to formulate an effective counter-strategy to deal with the menace of cyber crime.

“Cyber crime not only has local but global impact. I have given directives in my department to formulate an effective prevention strategy to prevent cyber crime,” Singh said at the passing out parade of police officers at the Sardar Vallabhbai Patel National Police Academy on the outskirts of Hyderabad.

Kurdish women fighters, an unprecedented example of equality in Middle East

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The Syrian city of Kobane, where resistance against jihadis of the Islamic State (IS) has become a symbol of Kurdish unity, is also an unprecedented example of equality for its women, who fight side by side with men in the streets.

The images of Kobane, under siege by the IS for the past 40 days, and especially of women of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) defending their city with a Kalashnikov in their hand and a smile on their face, have been seen worldwide on social networks.

‘We cannot divide history and legacy according to our ideologies,’ says PM Modi

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday dedicated birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel as National Unity Day, saying a nation that disregards its history cannot create one and made a veiled reference to anti-Sikh riots that followed then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s assassination this day 30 years ago.

Got up as an event to accord Sardar Patel, the ‘Iron Man of India’, his place in history, the Government made it clear that this was no attempt to belittle the contribution of any other leader.

Indian-American duo held for sham $5.8m card transactions

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Two Indian-Americans have been arrested by the FBI on charges of siphoning off more than $5.8 million by using fraudulent debit card transactions.

Alpeshkumar Patel, 30, and Vijaykumar Patel, 39, were arrested for stealing millions of dollars by using reloadable debit cards from September 2013 to March 2014, police said.

The duo, not related to each other, is expected to be produced before a Newark court and faces an imprisonment up to 20 years and a fine of more than $250,000, if found guilty.

Crime In Hyderabad (31.10.2014)

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Infant dies due to doctor’s negligence
(Siasat News): An infant died in a private hospital situated in Toli Chowki due to the alleged negligence of the doctors. After this incident, the relatives of the deceased staged a protest near the hospital.

In the meantime, inspector Golconda Mr.Munawar said that Navin Kumar and Kirthi became the proud parents of a baby girl at People’s Hospital.

Mediterranean-style diet may reduce risk of developing kidney disease

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A new research has demonstrated that eating Mediterranean diet which includes fruits, vegetables, fish, legumes, and heart-healthy fats are linked with decreased risk of developing chronic kidney disease.

The study showed that dietary patterns that closely resembled the Mediterranean diet were linked with a 50 percent reduced risk of developing chronic kidney disease and a 42 percent reduced risk of experiencing rapid kidney function decline.

PC picks ‘blonde groom’ at Abu Dhabi Film Festival

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Priyanka Chopra recently picked a suitor at song-and-dance show held at the Emirates Palace as a part of Abu Dhabi Film Festival .

The ‘Barfi’ star, who had asked the men to woo her hand in marriage, “Bollywood style”, chose a blond candidate, Nathan, Gulf News reported.

The man, though couldn’t dance, impressed the Bollywood diva by saying that she have amazing eyes and a body to die for and that he will lover her and her mother.

Chopra added that she was very happy to be present at the event, as she got to meet people who love and celebrate cinema.

—-ANI

Warne broke up with gal-pal Emily Scott because she wanted to have kids

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Australia spin legend Shane Warne has revealed that the reason behind his split with his model girlfriend Emily Scott, after three months, was her desire to have children.

Warne admitted that the pair, who called it quits in September, were both at different stages of their lives as the younger DJ was looking to start a family.

He said that Scott is such a cool girl, she’s beautiful and lovely and sexy and all those sorts of things, but added that unfortunately she’s just at a different stage of her life, The Daily Telegraph reported.

Neymar flies Serbian model in private jet to visit him

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Barcelona star Neymar recently sent a private plane for Serbian model Soraya Vucelic, to bring her to Catalunya to visit him, it has been revealed.

The 22-year-old Brazilian footie ace and the former Big Brother contestant decided to meet up at the end of October but after deciding that they couldn’t wait to see one another, Neymar cancelled the plane tickets and sent a private plane to pick her and a close friend up and take them to stay with the Brazilian, the Mirror reported.

Vucelic also published on Instagram a photo of herself in the player’s Barcelona jersey aboard the airplane.

Murray books place in Tour Finals post straight sets win over Dimitrov at Paris Masters

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Britain number one Andy Murray recorded a straight sets win over Wimbledon champion Grigor Dimitrov at the Paris Masters to book his place at the ATP World Tour Finals.

Murray, who lost in straight sets at Wimbledon , beat the Bulgarian 6-3, 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals. He is seeking to win his fourth title in six weeks and also required to reach the last eight to qualify for the season-ending finals in London.

Hundreds of bodies of massacred Iraqi tribesmen fighting IS found in mass graves

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Hundreds of bodies of Sunni Muslim tribesmen, reportedly massacred by Islamic State militants, have been found in mass graves in Western Iraq.

According to the BBC, the graves that were found in the province of Anbar may contain between 80 and 220 bodies, reports suggest.

Many of the bodies found are believed to be those of the Al Bu Nimr tribe members who had pledged their allegiance to Iraq’s Shia-dominated government in fighting IS.

It is believed that the IS militants may have killed around 600 prisoners at a Mosul jail which was earlier seized by the extremist group.

Why dinos had feathers long before early birds first attempted flight

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A new study provides deeper insight into why dinosaurs had cloak of feathers long before early bird species Archaeopteryx first attempted flight.

The research team postulated that these ancient lizards had a highly developed ability to discern color, so their hypothesis was that the evolution of feathers made dinosaurs more colorful, which in turn had a profoundly positive impact on communication, the selection of mates and on dinosaurs’ procreation.

Space tourism appears to be safe for civilians

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A new study has revealed that space tourism and brief trip of weightlessness appears to be safe for most of the ordinary citizens.

The research by James Vanderploeg and colleagues, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, outlined the study that has been done to identify the risks and challenges involved in human commercial spaceflight.