China says its land reclamation work in the South China Sea is “totally justifiable” as it has “sovereignty” over the area. Its foreign affairs ministry spokesman Hua Chunying was responding to a BBC report which documented China’s construction work in disputed waters. The Philippines has accused China of illegal building in the area. China is locked in a dispute with several countries over maritime claims in the South China Sea. […]
Paul Mukisa was born with eight limbs in Nabigingo, eastern Uganda He was referred to Mulago Hospital in the Ugandan capital of Kampala There, surgeons operated on the three month old for three hours He is now said to be recovering well and is breastfeeding once again A baby boy born with eight limbs is said to be recovering well after doctors removed his ‘parasitic twin’. Three-month old baby Paul […]
n June, Sheila Sillery-Walsh, a British tourist visiting the historic island-prison of Alcatraz in San Francisco, claimed that she captured an image of a ghost in a picture she snapped on her iPhone. In the frame of what was otherwise supposed to be a picture of an empty prison cell was a blurry black and white image of a woman. The story, which was printed in the British tabloid the […]
The image above isn’t your average map: it shows the location of all devices connected to the Internet in the world. The redder the area, the more devices there are. The map was created by John Matherly, founder of the search engine Shodan and self-proclaimed Internet cartographer. To produce it, Matherly sent ping requests on August 2 to every IP address on the Internet and plotted the positive responses. There’s […]
With increasingly stressful lifestyles, depression needs to be understood as a treatable disease and should not be ignored as a mood swing. Think of carpe diem, the ‘seize the day’ sentiment, and Robin Williams-starrer Dead Poets Society comes to mind. The actor’s recent suicide couldn’t have been more ironic, considering his comic roles on-screen made his audience from across the globe laugh. How can someone who spread so much happiness […]
New Delhi: In the wake of the worst flood in 50 years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday to personally assess the damage caused by floods in the state, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in an official statement. The PMO’s statement on social networking website Twitter appeared as: “PM will visit Jammu & Kashmir tomorrow to take stock of the situation & understand problems faced by people due to […]
Saudi Arabia may start requiring people to prove they have a driving licence as a condition for getting married, apparently in order to limit the rising number of divorces. Under plans being studied by the kingdom’s justice ministry, possession of a driving licence could become a prerequisite for finalising a marriage contract, the Arab News daily reports. Couples may also be asked to attend mandatory “marriage training” before tying the knot. […]
Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has announced in a videoed message the creation of an Indian branch of his militant group to “raise the flag of jihad” across South Asia. In the 55-minute video posted online, Zawahari pledged renewed loyalty to Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar. Correspondents say his stated allegiance is an apparent snub to Islamic State (IS) militants. IS is challenging al-Qaeda to lead worldwide Islamist militancy. Announcing the […]
Washington: An Islamic militant group released a video on Tuesday showing the beheading of a second U.S. hostage, blaming the killing on President Barack Obama and raising the pressure on him to order military strikes on the group in its sanctuary in Syria. The hostage, Steven J. Sotloff, is shown in the video kneeling like the previous victim, James Foley, while his masked killer stands above, wielding a knife. Sotloff […]
Tokyo: The Indian Navy’s ability to carry out amphibious landing, casualty evacuation, humanitarian assistance and long-range surveillance and reconnaissance received a major boost today, with Japan agreeing to sell and transfer technology to India to build the specialised sea-plane, the US-2 produced by ShinMaywa. A joint statement, issued today in Tokyo after the summit meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, said, “Both sides directed […]
