E-waste or electronic waste is when electronic devices such as mobile phones, tables, laptops, computers, digital cameras and toys, etc are dumped. These e-wastes are being dumped on the developing countries by the developed European countries. The UN has warned these countries against dumping the electronic wastes in developing countries as they spread toxicity. This […]
With a Palestinian diplomat and his two sons, adding to the tally, the number of mosquito borne diseases in Delhi reached 250 in the past one week. The Municipal Corporation has confirmed that the number of dengue cases between January and August has been the highest ever in the last five years and the total […]
After riding on Modi factor and winning many provincial elections, BJP now tightens up its boots to grab Assam as well. The state which is under the Congress rule with Tarun Gogoi being the CM is bound to face a tough challenge from the opposition as BJP places Himanta Biswa Sarma a former aide to […]
The Baby Bonus cash gift will soon get a hike by $2,000 in Singapore,and will be given between the first 12 and 18 months after the birth of a child. Babies born on or after January 2015 in Singapore will come under the scheme. Apart from the increase in the Baby Bonus cash, the Medisave […]
Sanjiv Bhatt, the IPS officer who was suspended from service few years back, has now been sacked from service. While sacking him from service, Government showed the ground as “unauthorized absence” from service. Reacting to him being sacked, the IPS officer said that the outcome came as a result of a “sham inquiry”. Speaking to […]
Hundreds and thousands of Thais cycled this Sunday in Bangkok to mark Her Majesty the Queen’s 83rd birthday, led by HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn. Around 295,000 people registered for ‘Bike for Mom’ contest in advance, out of which 40,000 participants were from Bangkok itself, while about 254,863 participants were from other provinces. Foreign riders […]
15 August is the day which is considered to be the most significant day in Indian Calendar. How can one forget the day when India got its most coveted freedom from the British colonial rule after so many years of slavery? On 15 August 1947, India promulgated the end of the imperialism. During British Imperialism, […]
The recent blast in China has paralyzed one of its core industrial zones. Northern China’s Binhai New Area is a huge logistics hub, considered twice the size of entire Hong Kong. The details of the China explosion at a chemical warehouse are yet to figure out, as the investigations are ongoing. After the first explosion, […]
World is shaken with the news of the huge explosion in China that took place on Wednesday at around 23:30 (15:30 GMT) following by another more devastating blast leaving at least 45 people dead with hundreds of injured. This shocking blast happened in a warehouse located in China’s northern city of Tianjin. According to […]
The controversies of India remains the same where maximum people residing belongs to a below poverty level, and we are topping the chart of Swiss bank with 1,195 names and Rs 25,420 cores under investigation. According to the laundry list released on February 9, some of the premium ex-bureaucrats, politicians and businessman of our country […]
Providing a safety belt to the culture of Tamil Nadu, it was CM Jayalalithaa who introduced a bill in the assembly that barred recreation clubs, associations, companies and societies from restricting persons wearing a dhoti. The bill proposed that any club or organisation found guilty of violating the new law will be liable to cancellation […]
Huge outburst of disgust and anger hit the social media when photographer Raj Sheyte posted a photo of an Indian fashion shoot, where a model was seen deliberately fighting against two men, while being groped by a gang. Nonetheless, the fashion photo shoot was in a close proximity to the infamous rape case that happened […]
Samsung Electronics claimed that it has found clear evidences of child labor at a factory in China. The factory is itself a supplier of Samsung and is known as Shinyang Electronics. A probe was made on behalf of the erstwhile Samsung into the supplier after New York based campaign group called China Labor Watch, accused […]
Surprisingly for the first time China has admitted in public that it allows trade in skins from captive tigers. The awful submission was made at a meeting of an international convention to protect endangered species that was attended by good many participants and officials. They said that earlier China had never reported this to the […]
A disastrous typhoon named Rammasun hit the capital and churned around Philippines making the death toll to 10 and more than 370,000 evacuating the place. Financial markets, schools, offices have remained shut throughout in response to such a calamity. The eye of Typhoon Rammasun, the strongest one to hit the country this year moved towards […]
After coming to power BJP, is appointing new governors, in every state, by replacing the older governors that had been appointed by the UPA government, previously. BJP leader Ram Nasik has been given the post of the governor in Uttar Pradesh, replacing BL Joshi––as announced by Rashtrapati Bhavan, on this Monday. BJP leaders like, OP […]
Trying with all might to make the city resemble the city of London in looks and elegance, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has got plans to have a wax museum in Kolkata. The museum which is presumed to resemble the Madame Tussauds’ in central London, will have a king size model of ace actor […]
Adding to more skyscrapers in the city, now it is twin tall towers shaking hands across the river Hooghly. These two are CESC’ new transmission towers placed on either bank of the river from which the transmission lines emanate. Both of them are 380 feet in height, surprisingly only falling short by five feet from […]
In a decision which is bound to have negative political consequences, newly formed Narendra Modi government has announced increase of train fare by 14.2% across all classes and freight charges has been increased by 6.5%. Railway Ministry officials said that the decision was taken on 16th May, by the UPA Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge, but […]
The new government intends to give priorities to goods and service taxes. Thus Mr. Arun Jaitley, the new finance minister has ordered the revenue department for the preparation of a separate paper on goods and service taxes known as GST, based on the suggested tax reforms. On Wednesday a presentation was delivered by the expenditure, […]