Weeks after the Karnataka and Haryana governments said they were considering legislation against “love jihad”, Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra said the state government would soon bring in a law to counter the problem. AFP Jump To Provisions of the bill Heres some context Provisions of the bill A bill may be brought in …

Al-Qaeda’s second-highest leader, accused of being one of the masterminds of the deadly 1998 attacks on American embassies in Africa, was killed in Iran three months ago, intelligence officials have confirmed.   Reuters Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, who went by the nom de guerre Abu Muhammad al-Masri, was shot dead by two men on a motorcycle in Tehran more than three months …

Before the coronavirus, a decades-long aviation boom spawned a network of nearly 50,000 air routes that traversed the world. In less than a year, the pandemic has wiped almost a third of them off the map.   Singapore Airlines Jump To Why air routes are being cut down Impact on passengers Some routes may never be put back Jobs lost Why …

This young college professor has inspired hundreds of people to reach out and help those in need. For six years now, P Naveen Kumar, who teaches at JKKN College, Erode, has been rehabilitating the homeless, and those begging on the streets.  BCCL Jump To How did it all start? What made him start it? Atchayam Trust How did it all …

Bharat Biotech’s Covid-19 vaccine could be launched months earlier than expected — as early as February — as last-stage trials begin this month with studies so far showing it is safe and effective, a senior government scientist told Reuters. Bharat Biotech, a private company that is developing COVAXIN with the government-run Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), had earlier hoped …

A typhoon that officials said was the most powerful to hit Vietnam in 20 years struck the country on Wednesday after setting off landslides, sinking boats and knocking out power for least 1.7 million people. AFP Jump To Many were killed, many others are still missing Double whammy for Vietnam Many were killed, many others are still missing At least, …

A 52-year-old woman from an affluent family in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad city was hacked to death allegedly by her daughter-in-law over a family feud, said police on Wednesday.  PTI The 29-year-old accused  Nikita Agarwal, who got married just 10 months ago, was arrested on Wednesday by the Sola police on charges of killing her mother-in-law Rekha Agarwal, with an iron rod.  A …

An undated video of a leopard jumping over a gate while chasing its prey has garnered a lot of views after being shared by Mumbai-based wildlife biologist Nikit Surve.   Screenshot of viral twitter video Viewed over 45,000 times, the nine-second-long footage was even shared on Twitter by Susanta Nanda of the Indian Forest Services on Monday. In the footage, a small animal – …

U.S President Donald Trump‘s lawyer Rudy Giuliani fell for an embarrassing Sacha Baron Cohen prank in the soon-to-be-released sequel to hit movie “Borat.” Giuliani can be seen in a compromising position in a hotel room with a young woman acting as a television journalist in a scene in Cohen’s latest mockumentary. AP But first who is Baron Cohen? Baron Cohen …

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), according to the Hindustan Times, have reported first case of brain nerve damage related to the novel coronavirus in a child.    The virus has inflicted the damage in an 11-year-old girl, leading to a blurred vision. “We have found COVID-19 infection-induced Acute Demyelinating Syndrome (ADS) in an 11-year-old girl. This is the first case …