China’s President Xi Jinping has declared complete victory in his government’s effort to eradicate rural poverty, lifting the income of nearly 100 million people over the past eight years. The Chinese leader made the announcement at a ceremony in Beijing on Thursday to mark what has been described as a signature initiative of his tenure. […]
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has announced that Pakistan has decided to award scholarships, to 100 students from Sri Lanka in the top medical institutes of the country. The foreign minister has announced this move during his trip to Sri Lanka alongside Prime Minister Imran Khan. Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Pakistan Is Standing Side By […]
A German court on Wednesday sentenced an Iraqi preacher to more than 10 years in prison after finding him guilty of taking part in planning an attack in Germany and collecting funds and fighters for the Islamic State militant group. Prosecutors had accused the 40-year-old preacher, identified as Ahmad Abdulaziz Abdullah in court documents; of […]
Corporal punishment or physical punishment, intended to cause physical pain to a person or children mostly in the education sector. When practiced on minors; especially in home and school settings, methods include spanking or paddling. It also practiced on prisoners and slaves. It is a common act usually observe in educational institutes against children in […]
Facebook has agreed to restore Australian news pages after the government offered amendments to legislation that would force tech giants to pay for media content displayed on their platforms. The deal on Tuesday came amid a standoff that lasted more than a week between the Australian government and the social media group over the so-called […]
The cryptocurrency Bitcoin has dropped below $50,000 as investors began to get a little nervous about the digital currency’s lofty valuation and some leveraged players took profit. The cryptocurrency dropped more than 14 percent on Tuesday, its largest daily drop in a month, to hit $46,568. That extends a sharp withdrawal from a record high […]
A 20-year-old woman was gang-raped allegedly by four persons, including a BJP functionary, in Madhya Pradesh’s Shahdol district India, police said on Sunday. The ruling party later in the evening issued a statement; that the accused office-bearer had been removed from its primary membership. She was abducted in a four-wheeler, forced to drink liquor in […]
Argentina’s health minister resigned following reports that people had been able to use connections to get access to Covid-19 vaccines to which they were not entitled. Gines Gonzalez Garcia said in a letter posted on Twitter that individuals were able to sidestep proper procedures for vaccinations due to “unintended confusion” in his office while he […]
Australia has kicked off its COVID-19 vaccination program a day ahead of schedule, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison and an 84-year-old World War II survivor among the first Australians to receive the first dose of their coronavirus jabs. Morrison and Jane Malysiak were injected with the COVID-19 vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech […]
The price of bitcoin crossed another major milestone Friday, as the cryptocurrency’s market value surpassed $1 trillion, according to Coindesk. The digital currency was trading at just under $54,000 per coin Friday as it hit the new level, and rose above $55,000 later in the session for a daily gain of more than 6%, according […]
