Yearly Archives: 2015
Aussie newspaper cartoon depicting Indians attacked as being ‘racist’
December 15, 2015
SYDNEY: A cartoon in Australia’s biggest-selling national newspaper The Australian created controversy on Monday with its depiction of starving, turbaned Indians attempting to eat solar panels with mango chutney, only to give up in exasperation.
Wagner bowls ‘miracle’ ball as New Zealand outclass Sri Lanka in first Test
December 14, 2015
Brief Scorecard: New Zealand 431 (Guptill 156, Williamson 88, McCullum 75, Pradeep 4-112) and 267 for 3 dec (Latham 109*, Williamson 71) beat Sri Lanka 294 (Karunaratne 84, Chandimal 83) and 282 (Chandimal 58) by 122 runs
India to discuss only Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, says envoy to Pak
December 14, 2015
India’s envoy to Pakistan said on Monday the country only prepared to discuss the part of Kashmir controlled by Islamabad in upcoming peace talks, presenting a potential stumbling block days after the dialogue was announced.
FAA announces drone owners must register by February 19th, 2016
December 14, 2015
Regulation of drones in the hands of civilian pilots took a big step forward today. The Federal Aviation Administration announced that all units weighing between 0.55 pounds and 50 pounds must be registered by February 19th, 2016.
On ISIL, rhetoric is biggest divide between Obama, GOP candidates
December 13, 2015
WASHINGTON D.C. – The rhetoric of Republican presidential candidates blasting President Obama’s approach to combating Islamic State terrorism suggests a huge policy divide.
President Barack Obama speaks in Washington Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015, in Washington.
Railways demolition: AAP accuses Centre of ‘selective targeting’
December 13, 2015
New Delhi: Delhi's ruling AAP on Sunday accused the Centre of "selective targeting" in carrying out anti-encroachment activities, and said "god will not forgive" those who have rendered "hundreds of people homeless" in biting cold.
Islamic State may have passport printing machine, blank passports: report
December 13, 2015
Washington: Islamic State in all likelihood has access to blank Syrian passports and printing machines and the terror group's followers may have entered the US using the authentic-looking passports, according to a media report.
The new first-class air travel for the super (super) rich
December 13, 2015
Windspeed Technologies, which bills itself as a “premier aerospace engineering services company”, has released details of a system called SkyDeck that allows passengers to observe the view in-flight from on top of the plane.
U.S. Visa Process Missed Zealotry on Social Media
December 12, 2015
WASHINGTON — Tashfeen Malik, who with her husband carried out the massacre in San Bernardino, Calif., passed three background checks by American immigration officials as she moved to the United States from Pakistan. But none uncovered what Ms. Malik had made little effort to hide — that she talked openly on social media about her views on violent jihad.
Virtual reality heaven: How technology is redefining the afterlife
December 12, 2015
Neal VanDeRee believes he is immortal. Permanently attached to his wrist is a bracelet with a "biostasis protocol" engraved on to it in case he ever dies. It instructs paramedics to continue performing CPR after the heart has stopped beating, while cooling the body with ice.
