Yearly Archives: 2015
ICC suspends USA Cricket Association
June 27, 2015
DUBAI: Significant concerns about the efficiency and governance of the United States of America Cricket Association (USACA) have led to the International Cricket Council (ICC) suspending the body as an ICC member with immediate effect on Friday (June 26).
Net Neutrality: govt waiting for Trai report, says Ravi Shankar Prasad
June 27, 2015
New Delhi: Telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Saturday the government will soon come out with its report on the controversial issue of Net Neutrality and the telecom department is waiting for the report from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai).
Political News: Jaya in fray, polling underway in TN’s Radhakrishnan Nagar
June 27, 2015
CHENNAI – Polling for Tamil Nadu's Radhakrishnan Nagar assembly constituency, where chief minister J Jayalalithaa is one of the contestants, began at 8am on Saturday amid tight security arrangements.
Tamil Nadu chief minister and AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa attending the party's executive meeting in Chennai.
Really felt bad about the way Dhoni has been treated after Bangladesh series defeat:...
June 26, 2015
LAHORE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni may have faced lot of flak for his team's embarrassing ODI series defeat against Bangladesh but Pakistan T20 captain Shahid Afridi is "not happy" in the manner the Indian ODI skipper was being targeted.
Narrow escape for Gurgaon man as iPhone 6 explodes while talking
June 26, 2015
Gurgaon: In an unprecedented event, a 30-year-old businessman had a narrow escape when his Apple iPhone 6 exploded while he was using it. The iPhone 6 of restaurant owner Kishan Yadav, a resident of Wazirabad here near sector 52 in Gurgaon, exploded after there was sparking in it.
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U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of gay marriage nationwide
June 26, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the U.S. Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry, handing a historic triumph to the American gay rights movement.
Supporters of gay marriage rally in front of the Supreme Court in Washington June 26, 2015.
China attacks U.S. rights record in annual report
June 26, 2015
China accused the United States on Friday of being "haunted by spreading guns" and racial discrimination, in its annual tit-for-tat rebuttal to U.S. criticism of China's human rights record.
Louise Brown walks in the "March for Black Lives" after passing by the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston
Karachi heat wave: Pakistan blame it on India
June 25, 2015
KARACHI, PAKISTAN – Terror attacks, sinking film industry, and a moribund economy, these are some of the issues that have plagued Pakistan for some time.
Yet Pakistani talk shows are awash with an ever increasing list of conspiracy theories. Mushahidullah Khan, Pakistan's Minister for Climate Change, became the recent passenger of the Blame-India bandwagon. Khan cast his eye at the "suspicious" power plants of Rajasthan for the heat wave that has killed over 700 in Karachi.
India, China, US: Which is the real Super Economy?
June 25, 2015
As the interplay of geopolitics and economics plays itself out best in the Asia-Pacific region, what are the next 50 years going to look like? Where does India, the United States and China fit in this fascinating emerging picture here in the Asia-Pacific.
Nobel Laureate Raises Clarion Call for Childhood Freedom in DC
June 25, 2015
By Geeta Goindi
Washington, DC – It was a soul-stirring and unique sight on June 16: a Nobel prize winning child rights activist from India giving a clarion call for childhood freedom at a historic landmark of America.
