Thursday, February 13

Day: May 8, 2017

Candidates being asked to remove innerwear, jeans before sitting exam
ENGLISH, Europe

Candidates being asked to remove innerwear, jeans before sitting exam

    In a shocking incident, a female candidate who appeared at a NEET centre in Kannur on Sunday claimed she had to remove her innerwear before sitting for the entrance test. Other women candidates too faced a harrowing experience due to a strict dress code in force. The anguished candidate told media persons after attempting the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET)—conducted for admission to undergraduate medical courses in government and private medical colleges in the country – that she was asked by the examination centre’s officials to remove her innerwear. My daughter went inside the centre, only to return later and hand me her top innerwear,’ said her mother. Another candidate, who was wearing a pair of jeans, was asked to remove a pocket as well as metal button...
The Queen wants William and Harry to be more like Philip
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

The Queen wants William and Harry to be more like Philip

    The Queen wants William and Harry to be more like Philip With the news Prince Philip is officially retiring from his royal duties, reports out of the UK claim Queen Elizabeth will be making several major changes to the structure and dynamic of the monarchy. And the first big shake-up involves the British Royal Family's star players. According to The Sun, the 91-year-old ruler is advising her grandsons Prince William and Prince Harry to stop soul-baring and opening up about their feelings, and instead take a leaf out of Prince Philip's book and embrace the Windsor's more hardened approach to formal engagements. There's no denying their mental health campaign on behalf of Heads Together has been ground-breaking. Recently the brothers, along with the Duchess of Cambridge, hav...
Dennis Rodman says Kim Jong-un doesn’t hate Americans
ENGLISH, Europe

Dennis Rodman says Kim Jong-un doesn’t hate Americans

    Dennis Rodman has opened up about his unlikely friend, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, saying he loves karaoke, TV theme tunes and playing table tennis. The former basketball player, 55, described Jong-un as friend for life and claimed he told him that he doesn’t hate America, and that he has no intention of using nuclear weapons. When he’s around his people, he’s just like anybody else, Rodman told Dujour. He jokes and loves playing basketball, table tennis, pool. They love American ’80s music. They do karaoke to it. He has this 13-piece girls band with violins. He gets a mic and they play the whole time. He loves the Doors and Jimi Hendrix. Oldies. When I first went, the live band only played two songs for four hours: the theme songs from Rocky and Dallas. Rodman said...
Woman harasses Muslim Shopper
America, ENGLISH

Woman harasses Muslim Shopper

    Shocking footage has emerged showing a white woman harassing a Muslim shopper her who let her queue in front of her at a supermarket. The unnamed victim offered to let the woman go in front of her in the checkout line as she appeared to be in a hurry. But in return, the woman allegedly began making derogatory comments about the way another Muslim customer, who was wearing a niqab, was dressed. The harasser then asked the Muslim woman why she wasn't fully covered, to which she replied that it was a choice. At this point, the Muslim shopper says she started filming the exchange after the woman started talking about female genital mutilation. In the mobile phone footage, recorded at a Trader Joe's store in Reston, Virginia, the Muslim woman can be heard saying I shouldn't hav...
Macron defeats Le Pen and the populist revolution and prepares to make May’s task on Brexit harder
ENGLISH, Europe

Macron defeats Le Pen and the populist revolution and prepares to make May’s task on Brexit harder

    France has chosen a new President after a turbulent and scarring election in which the centrist moderate Emmanuel Macron comprehensively beat Marine Le Pen of the hard-right Front National. It is a result which will have widespread repercussions not just for France, but across Europe, including Britain as negotiations to leave the European Union begin. Ms Le Pen had boasted that France would follow the triumphant populist path of Brexit and the presidency of Donald Trump in the US. But her harsh and negative campaign based on opposition to the European Union, opposition to immigration and opposition to supposed elitism, while espousing aggressive nationalism, was emphatically rejected by the voters. Instead they chose, with around 65 per cent of valid votes cast, compared ...