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Who is Dinesh D'souza? Trump pardoned this Indian American but America isn't happy

Indian-American conservative commentator and filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza was sentenced to five years of probation for campaign finance law violations in 2014.

Jun 1, 2018

Facebook shareholders to Zuckerberg: Emulate George Washington, not Vladimir Putin

The Facebook CEO continues to face flak following the Cambridge Analytica data theft. Many shareholders seem unhappy with Zuckerberg controlling the majority of voting shares despite not owning a majority of the company.

Jun 1, 2018

Kim Kardashian meets Donald Trump to discuss prison reform

"I would like to thank President Trump for his time this afternoon. It is our hope that the President will grant clemency to Ms. Alice Marie Johnson who is serving a life sentence for a first-time, non-violent drug offence," Kim Kardashian West revealed why she met Trump.

May 31, 2018

Harvey Weinstein and his attorney Benjamin Brafman

Film producer Harvey Weinstein indicted for rape: New York prosecutor

If convicted on the most serious charges, the producer could face between five and 25 years in prison. Weinstein is currently out on $1 million cash bail.

May 31, 2018

[Opinion] Ranbir Kapoor-starrer Sanju looks more like a typical masala Bollywood movie than a biopic

Trailer of the much-awaited movie Sanju is now out and much to our disappointment, the movie looks less like a sincere effort to showcase his controversial life and more like a typical entertainer.

May 30, 2018

Qatar looks to boost its talent pool by offering citizenship to foreign workers

If the proposal is passed and foreigners are granted a residency permit, they will be at par with Qatari nationals, when it comes to medical services, admission in educational institutions and owning property in the nation.

May 30, 2018

Rohingya refugees are living in dire conditions in Bangladesh

Bangladesh kills 86, arrests 7,000 in anti-drugs campaign

Bangladesh has said an influx last year of Rohingya fleeing Buddhist-majority Myanmar is partly to blame for soaring methamphetamine use. But many Rohingya say their young people are being pushed into crime because they cannot legally work or, in many cases, get access to aid.

May 29, 2018

How Mohammed bin Salman is revolutionizing Saudi Arabia

Where is MBS? Why isn't Saudi Arabia quashing rumours of his death outright?

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman hasn't made a public appearance in a month, triggering rumours of a vile kind. His position demands a lot of visibility. In its absence rumours do swirl around.

May 24, 2018

UPSC Overhaul: Rahul Gandhi warns on Saffronisation of IAS

Rahul Gandhi said the proposed amendment to overhaul UPSC will result in saffronisation of IAS and facilitate more RSS or like-minded people in future job recruitments.

May 24, 2018

Gunman who killed Indian man in Kansas bar pleads guilty to federal charges

The Indian man, Srinivas Kuchibhotla, was shot in 2017. The shooting drew international attention as part of a wave of attacks nationwide against ethnic and religious minority groups following the 2016 election of U.S. President Donald Trump.

May 22, 2018

Rajiv Gandhi death anniversary: Political leaders pay homage to the former prime minister

The swearing-in ceremony of JD(S)' HD Kumaraswamy to the Karnataka Assembly as the new chief minister was also deferred to Wednesday, May 23, as today marks the 27th death anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi.

May 21, 2018

Sanjay Dutt, Aamir Khan, Rajkumar Hirani

Aamir Khan was offered Sunil Dutt's role in Ranbir Kapoor's Sanju but refused, Hirani reveals reason

Rajkumar Hirani strictly told Aamir Khan and made it clear that if he would ever ask him to change any line or hide any scene in Sanjay Dutt's biopic titled Sanju, he would not make it.

May 20, 2018

Muslims 'forced to eat pork and drink alcohol:' China's questionable relationship with Islam

Two former detainees of China's re-education camps spoke to the Washington Post and revealed that what they went through was brutal. Omir Bekali and Kayrat Samarkand said that the duo was forced to drink alcohol and consume pork, something that is forbidden in Islam.

May 18, 2018

Former RBI boss Raghuram Rajan says won't apply for top BoE job

Rajan is a former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, and warned of financial imbalances in the run-up to the 2007-08 global crisis.

May 17, 2018

Salman Khan on blackbuck poaching verdict: 'Did you think I was going in forever?'

Bollywood star Salman Khan showed his candid and unabashed side while unveiling the trailer of his upcoming film Race 3. When a journalist asked if he was worried about the five-year sentence he was handed before he was awarded a bail, the actor shot back: "Did you think I was going to go in forever?"

May 16, 2018

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