Canada’s Parliament has formally stripped Aung San Suu Kyi of her honorary Canadian citizenship for complicity in the atrocities committed against Myanmar’s Rohingya people.   The Senate voted unanimously to strip Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s civilian leader, of the symbolic honor bestowed on her in 2007. The upper house’s move follows a similar unanimous vote in the House of Commons last week.   A United Nations (UN) fact-finding mission reported last month that Myanmar’s military has systematically killed thousands of Rohingya civilians, burne ... Read More

The heat of the competition in the telecom sector continuous as Airtel has launched its six new prepaid recharge packs to take on the might of Reliance Jio and Vodafone Ideas. The new prepaid plans had values of Rs. 25, Rs. 35, Rs. 65, Rs. 95, Rs. 145 and Rs. 245. They offer talk time, data, and rate cutter benefits. Airtel's combo packs start with 28 days validity. All Telcos are updating and introducing new prepaid plans to compete with Jio, which has already tanked up 11.796 million subscribers since July this year, which is ten times more than rival companies. The starting Rs 25 ... Read More

Women of all ages must be allowed in Kerala’s renowned Sabarimala temple, the Supreme Court ordered today, ending ban on the entry of women between 10 and 50 years. “The practice of age restriction on women entry to Sabrimala temple can’t be treated as an essential religious practice,” said the court in a majority four-one judgement.   The only woman judge on the five-judge constitution bench, Justice Indu Malhotra, has a dissenting view. Women said to be of menstrual age are restricted from entering the temple as its presiding deity, Lord Ayyappa, is co ... Read More

Two day international Urdu conference concluded at Community hall, Doda organised by Govt Degree College, Doda.  At a time when Indo-Pak relations are under stress due to varied reasons, writers and scholars of Urdu language drawn from different parts of the State and abroad converged at Doda to deliberate on the theme of Benevolence, Peace, Love and Brotherhood as dealt in Urdu literature of India and Pakistan.   Various scholars and writers from Bangladesh, Egypt and Iran participated in the event highlighting the views on the subject of Peace and Love. ... Read More

With a global outreach of 1.5 billion people, WhatsApp has rolled out a number of features in 2018. This is a very quick read glancing at all the features of WhatsApp. 1. Group video and voice calling The prime feature of WhatsApp in 2018 is its group video and voice calling. It is official now for Android and iPhone users. This feature is something that allows users to conduct VoIP calls which are making it especially convenient considering the scale at which WhatsApp is used in India. 2. WhatsApp Payments Another significant feature is the payment integration using the Ind ... Read More

The State Administrative Council (SAC), on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik approved the draft ‘Jammu and Kashmir Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2018’.   Advisors to Governor, B B Vyas, K Vijay Kumar, and Khurshid Ahmad Ganai, Chief Secretary, BVR Subrahmanyam and Principal Secretary to Governor, Umang Narula were present at the meeting.   The Bill seeks to provide for the speedy disposal of the arbitration matters and for providing mediation and conciliation in pending arbitration matters before the court. ... Read More