Author: Mike Harrison

Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police on Saturday arrested a 50-year-old man for posting objectionable content on social media against a community.The accused, Abu Fasal, was detained at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Shamshabad, on his arrival from Dubai.Cyber Crime Police said that the accused, a resident of Chandrayangutta, made several videos abusing a particular community during lockdown. Since then he has been taking shelter in Dubai. Several cases were booked against him in Hyderabad, Cyberabad and other parts of the country. A look-out circular was also issued against him.Acting on a tip-off that he was coming to India to visit his…

Halting imports suddenly is like cutting your nose to spite your face: Bajaj Auto MD Favouring continuation of trade with China, Bajaj Auto Managing Director Rajiv Bajaj on Saturday said goods should be procured from wherever they are most competitively available.He was speaking at a session on ‘Building a reliable supply chain’ at the second day of the three-day virtual Asia Economic Dialogue 2021, jointly convened by the Ministry of External Affairs and Pune International Centre.Mr. Bajaj also said that in terms of ease of doing business, operating something in one of the ASEAN countries was certainly easier than “what…

‘Biden seeks to recalibrate, not rupture ties with Riyadh over journalist’s murder’. U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision not to sanction Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince over journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder has frustrated campaigners, underscoring Washington’s delicate balancing act as it seeks to avoid a diplomatic rupture.Washington on Friday released a long-delayed intelligence report that accused Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of approving Khashoggi’s 2018 murder in Istanbul, drawing a rebuke from Riyadh, which strongly rejected the assessment.The public censure of the Prince and a slew of U.S. sanctions on dozens of Saudi officials marks a sharp departure from the policy of…

The country’s envoy to UN urges ‘strongest’ action to end military rule, gets ‘fired’. Myanmar police moved decisively on Saturday in a bid to prevent opponents of military rule gathering throughout the country after Myanmar’s UN envoy urged the United Nations to use “any means necessary” to stop a February 1 coup.The Southeast Asian country has been in turmoil since the Army seized power and detained elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and much of her party leadership, alleging fraud in a November election that her party had won in a landslide.The coup has brought hundreds of thousands of protesters…

President Joe Biden said on Friday that a U.S. airstrike against an Iranian-backed militia in eastern Syria, the first since he took office, should be seen by Iran as a warning.Asked what the message was from the air strike, Mr. Biden said: “You can’t act with impunity.”“Be careful,” he added, speaking in Houston during a tour of relief efforts after a huge winter storm in Texas.Syria and Iran on Friday condemned the attack with Damascus calling it a “bad sign” from the new Biden administration and Tehran saying it would further destabilise the region.Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said two F-15E…

In mid-February, gunmen in military uniforms raided the college, killing one student and taking 42 others — including 27 schoolboys Kidnappers have freed 42 people, including 27 children, snatched from a school in central Nigeria 10 days ago, officials said on Saturday, a day after more than 300 schoolgirls were abducted by gunmen in the northwest.Also read: 344 abducted Nigerian boys freed”The abducted students, staff and relatives of Government Science College Kagara have regained their freedom and have been received by the Niger State government,” Niger State governor Abubakar Sani Bello said on Twitter.In mid-February, gunmen in military uniforms raided…

The pressure cookers boxes had pictures of V.K. Sasikala and T.TV. Dhinakaran, general secretary of the AMMK, pasted on them In the first major seizure after the model code of conduct came into force on Friday following the announcement of the Assembly polls in the State on April 6, election officials on Saturday seized about 3,300 pressure cookers — which is the symbol of the AMMK — being transported in two lorries in the district.Pictures of V.K. Sasikala, aide of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, and T.T.V. Dhinakaran, general secretary, AMMK, were pasted on the sides of the boxes containing the…

Doctors at the Special Newborn Care Unit (SNCU), Tirupathur Government Hospital, successfully treated a 24-day-old baby girl who was diagnosed with diabetic ketoacidosis and acute renal failure, and was brought in a critical state to the hospital last week. Doctors claim this is a rare presentation during the newborn period.The baby girl, daughter of Sivaranjini from Tirupathur, was born in Vellore Medical College Hospital, Adukamparai. Though her birth weight was 2.8 kg, it dropped to 1.78 kg and the parents complained that the child was feeding poorly and suffered from breathlessness.She was brought to the SNCU last Sunday, and doctors…

“When two jumbos are fighting, it would be difficult for a third front to create an atmosphere of confidence among voters,” K. Narayana said CPI national secretary K. Narayana on Saturday said that a third front cannot emerge successful in the Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, when the clear contest is between the DMK and AIADMK. “When two jumbos are fighting, it would be difficult for a third front to create an atmosphere of confidence among voters,” he said responding to a question on the idea of a third front floated by Makkal Needhi Maiam president Kamal Haasan. Addressing reporters…

Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur will lead the ODI and T20I squads in the series against South Africa, beginning at Lucknow on March 7.Pacer Shikha Pandey and wicketkeeper Taniya Bhatia have been dropped from both squads by the Neetu David-led selection committee.Explosive opener Shafali Verma hasn’t been included in the ODI team.”It will be interesting to know whether skipper Mithali Raj, who herself loves to bat at the top of the order and consumes more deliveries than permissible, had at all wanted Shafali in the ODI squad,” a senior BCCI official, who sounded miffed with the move, told PTI on…