Source: Dawn There’s now a ray of hope. Last week, two towering piles of books from the Punjab Textbook Board somehow found their way onto my desk. Many bear the imprimatur ‘Punjab Chief Minister’s Programme for Education Reforms’ stamped upon their front cover. This immediately sent to me a negative […]
Source: Dawn And for three weeks, we watched as the fringe dragged itself to the centre and raised itself into a miasma that has engulfed us all. It wasn’t particularly surprising. There is effectively no government. And definitely no one who could handle this situation. Civilian government or military dictator, […]
Source : CNN (CNN)She’s witnessed awe-inspiring sights at sea, but yachtswoman Dee Caffari has also been left “dumbfounded” by the vast floating islands of plastic and rubbish she has seen in the world’s oceans. As the first woman to have sailed single-handedly around the world in both directions, Caffari has […]
Source: The Sunday Times A minority Islamic sect has introduced airport-style security at its mosques in Britain to screen worshippers for knives and firearms after receiving death threats from other Muslims around the country. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK (AMC), which represents about 30,000 Ahmadis, has brought in walk-through metal […]
Hyderabad, November 26 Tribuneindia.com Newly-crowned Miss World Manushi Chhillar, star woman cricketer Mithali Raj and ace tennis player Sania Mirza will be among the speakers at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES), beginning here on November 28.The summit, on the theme of ‘Women First, Prosperity for All’, will be inaugurated by […]
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Source: BBC Food By Jo Lewin – Associate nutritionist\ What are chia seeds and do they deserve ‘superfood’ status? Discover their nutritional benefits and the research behind the health-claim headlines What […]
Source: Bloomberg By Kamran Haider and Khalid Qayum Pakistan’s federal government called in the army to help police control deadly Islamist protests in the capital city, just days before […]
Source: Carnegie Mellon University The Technology May Offer Minimally Invasive Treatment for Genetic Disorders of the Blood By Jocelyn Duffy / 412-268-9982 / jhduffy@andrew.cmu.edu A next-generation gene-editing system developed by Carnegie […]
Source: The Hindu His comments came in response to a question on US President Donald Trump’s response to the violence at rallies held by white supremacists and neo-Nazis in Charlottesville. […]
Source: Newsweek BY CRISTINA MAZA Anti-Muslim Britons are slamming a Christmas ad from a popular supermarket chain because it features a Muslim family celebrating the holiday, the latest sign that xenophobia is increasing in the […]
Source: What inspired you to write Islamophobia and Racism in America? The work that became this book really began for me in the year 2000. That year, I went on an […]
Source: http://pm.gc.ca JUSTIN TRUDEAU, PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA Ottawa, Ontario November 25, 2017 The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women: “Violence […]
Source: Time By Tara John November 24, 2017 A New Jersey woman has raised more than a quarter of a million dollars for a homeless man who helped her when she […]
Source: Time By Claire Howorth November 21, 2017 Claire Howorth is an assistant managing editor at TIME Political news dominated not only headlines in 2017, but the biggest, splashiest book […]
By Rajive Cherian – Nov 26,2017 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Aisha pledged her land, left her three children in Bangladesh and arrived in Jordan in 2012 to work as a domestic worker. After enduring a month of “hardship”, she plucked the courage to leave her employer. Illegal and […]
At 3,100m, Shimshal is the highest settlement in Pakistan’s Hunza region; its isolation has likely led to concept called Nomas, which translates as ���showing concern for humanity’. By Vanessa Nirode […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL A top Emirati security official suggested Friday that Al Jazeera headquarters must be bombed, blaming the Qatari news network for Friday’s terror attack in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL PublishedNovember 23, 2017 AFP Photo Saudi Arabia banned visitors from taking photos and videos at Islam’s two holiest mosques, a statement said Thursday. According to the […]
News of the police intervention spread quickly, prompting sympathizers in cities round the country to take to the streets in a show of solidarity with the Islamabad protesters. Pakistani police cracked down on hundreds of Islamist protesters in a section of Islamabad where the protesters had camped out for weeks, […]