Domenico Dolce of Italian luxury industry fashion house Dolce & Gabbana says that after doing ‘some soul-searching’ he has realized that his IVF ‘synthetic’ children comments were ‘inappropriate’. Dolce and Stefano Gabbana had previously criticized IVF and called the children “synthetic”, and opposed gay adoption. Now they have apologized for their controversial remarks, reports aceshowbiz.com. […]
Canada, which created history by electing the western world’s first turbaned Sikh – Gurbax Singh Malhi – as an MP in 1993, may create another record by electing a first white Sikh MP in the October 19 parliamentary elections. Martin Singh ‘Paaji’, 42, who converted to Sikhism in 1991 and got baptised in 1993, is […]
By Arun Kumar Washington Chennai born, IIT Kharagpur-educated Sundar Pichai became the CEO of the core business of Google as the search giant in a major corporate restructuring formed an umbrella company called Alphabet. With the change entrusting Pichai, 43, with operational management of Google’s search, YouTube and financial-services units, the company’s founders Sergey Brin […]
Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit had a guest from Kashmir earlier this week -hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani ‘s son-in-law Altaf Shah – in what is being seen as an effort at rebuilding bridges after the senior separatist leader decided against attending the Eid Milan at the Pakistan High Commission last month. Shah, […]
Amid simmering tension over China’s increasing assertiveness in the South China Sea, India has called for international laws and norms to be followed and for freedom of navigation in international waters and the right of overflight. Minister of State for External Affairs Gen. (retd) V.K. Singh, addressing the Fifth East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting […]
Washington India-based companies have invested over $15 billion across the US, creating an estimated 91,000 jobs, according to a report released by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Grant Thornton (GT). New Jersey, California, Texas, Illinois and New York are home to the most Americans directly employed by Indian companies, according to the report, […]
Ufa (Russia)India will chair next year’s BRICS summit that will see the hosting of the first BRICS trade fair, a film festival and an under-17 football tournament. Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed 10 steps to boost cooperation among the bloc comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The “DusKadam”, or 10 steps for boosting […]
New claims for unemployment benefits in the United States increased by 12,000 last week to 267,000. This was revealed by the Labor Department on Thursday. Economists had expected an increase after claims dipped the previous week to 255,000, the lowest figure since 1973. The rolling four-week average of initial jobless claims, seen as a more […]
Aries Mar. 21 – Apr. 19 Its time to gather the energy and start working on your pending projects. This maybe the time for your stress but at the same time you will get the best result of your efforts. Money flow will be strong for you, you will be able to clear your debts. […]