Month: September 2020

Indian court acquits Hindu nationalist leaders in Babri Masjid demolition case for ‘lack of evidence’

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COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ An Indian court on Wednesday acquitted Hindu nationalist leaders, including former deputy prime minister Lal Krishna Advani, in a case over the demolition of a mosque at a disputed site 28 years ago, citing a lack of evidence. The demolition sparked nationwide riots that killed more than 3,000 people in a decades-long dispute that has fueled Hindu-Muslim tension, as the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s campaign for Hindu renaissance helped bring it to power. A special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Lucknow in its Wednesday ruling said…

Kuwait’s new emir takes oath, calls for unity at tense time for region

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COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ Kuwait’s new emir was sworn in at parliament on Wednesday as the country prepared to lay to rest late ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, who helped steer the US-allied Gulf state through some of the Middle East’s most turbulent decades. The cabinet swiftly named designated successor Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah as ruler on Tuesday following the death of Sheikh Sabah, 91, whose body is due to arrive in Kuwait on Wednesday from the United States were he had been hospitalised since July. Nawaf, 83, pledged to…

Azerbaijan ‘determined’ to fight until Armenian troops leave Karabakh

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COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ Azerbaijan on Wednesday vowed to pursue military action against Armenian separatists in the breakaway Nagorny Karabakh region until a full Armenian withdrawal from the disputed territory. Armenian and Azerbaijani forces are engaged in the heaviest fighting in years over Karabakh, an ethnic Armenian province that broke away from Azerbaijan in the 1990s during the collapse of the Soviet Union. The long-simmering conflict erupted on Sunday with both sides blaming each other for the outbreak of violence. “We only have one condition: Armenian armed forces must unconditionally, fully, and immediately…

Death toll rises to 39 as fighting between Armenia, Azerbaijan enters second day

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Armenian separatists in the breakaway region of Nagorny Karabakh said on Monday 15 more of its fighters have been killed in a flare-up of a territorial dispute, bringing the death toll to 39 as the fighting entered a second day. World leaders have urged a halt to the fighting between Azerbaijan and the Armenian rebels after clashes erupted on Sunday, raising the spectre of an all-out conflict that could draw in regional powers — Russia and Turkey. Ex-Soviet Armenia and Azerbaijan have been locked since the early 1990s in a…

Donald Trump Paid No Tax At All In 10 Years

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The President of the United States of America (USA) Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017, revealed a report on Monday. The year he won the presidential election. According to the report, the US President paid no income taxes at all in 10 of the previous 15 years. The report contained information that Donald Trump disclosed to the US government’s Internal Revenue Service and were not findings of any independent inquiry. Report Findings The report tabulated the tax returns relating to President Trump and…

CCUSA appoints new Sponsorship Project Manager

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MARGATE/FL: USA – Cricket Council USA continues to prepare for the upcoming US Open T20 cricket tournament and has appointed a new sponsorship project manager in the form of Douglas Haase and he will go to work immediately with the 2020 tournament in mind. This was revealed by the chairman and CEO of CCUSA Mahammad Qureshi. “We have appointed Douglas Haase as our new sponsorship project manager and he will go to work in getting sponsorship for our very popular marquee tournament the US Open T20 which will be played…

Kashmir will never be a part of India: Pakistan responds to Indian statement on PM’s UNGA speech

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COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ Pakistan — in a strongly worded rebuke to the Indian response following Prime Minister Imran Khan’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) — categorically stated that Jammu and Kashmir never was and never will be a part of India, adding that New Delhi has no claim over the region other than that of a “military occupier”. “In Jammu and Kashmir, India has no other claim than that of a military occupier. It is compelled to use naked force to impose its occupation on an unwilling and oppressed…

CCUSA Appoints new Regional Project Manager

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BOCA RATON/FL – USA: Cricket Council USA (CCUSA) has appointed a new project manager for regional development in the form of the experienced Vishwa Gaddamanugu. This was announced on Friday morning by chairman and CEO of CCUSA, Mahammad Qureshi. CCUSA is the umbrella body for eight cricket regions in the US and chairman Qureshi wants to ensure that cricket continues to grow in all the regions. Speaking to 925 News Qureshi said: “We have decided to appoint Vishwa Gaddamanugu as our project manager for regional development in our eight regions.…

UAE Announces Equal Salaries For Men And Women From Today

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COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ A new law will come into effect from Saturday according to which men and women in the private sector will be given equal pay. The President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan announced that women will be paid as much as men for the same jobs. He announced the decree that wages will be given as per the market standards and not gender. According to the international news agency, article 32 of Federal Law No 08 of 1980 regarding the regulations of labor relations will be altered…

New Zealand approves Pakistan, West Indies cricket tours

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“The New Zealand government has approved quarantine arrangements that would allow the Pakistan and West Indies cricket teams to tour in the coming months. ©AFP” /> Wellington (AFP) – New Zealand’s government has approved quarantine arrangements that would allow the Pakistan and West Indies teams to tour in coming months, the country’s cricket board said on Friday. New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White said the tours would help the sport through the coronavirus pandemic. “It’s a huge boost for us, it’s our financial lifeline,” he told reporters. “International cricket…