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Morality Police: Two prominent Iranian actresses arrested
Tehran: Two prominent Iranian actresses have been arrested for publicly supporting mass anti-government protests.
Hengameh Ghaziani and Katayoun Riahi are accused of collusion and acting against Iran's authorities, the BBC quoted Irna news…
TN opener Jagadeeshan hits 15 sixes to break several world records
Bengaluru: Tamil Nadu batsman Narayan Jagadeesan on Monday shattered all major world records in men's list A cricket during his innings of 277 off 141 balls against Arunachal Pradesh at Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Monday.
He broke the…
CM Yogi invites reps of 13 countries for Global Investor Summit-23
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has invited industrial ministers and secretaries of 13 different nations for the Global Investors Summit (GIS), scheduled to be held between February 10 to 12 next year.
An official…
Nepal elections: Brisk polling reported for Parliament and States assemblies on Sunday
Kathmandu: Voting has started in Nepal on Sunday to elect new House of Representatives of the federal parliament and seven provincial assemblies.
Voters were seen lining up at some polling stations as the voting began at 7:00 am local…
Ashwin retorts to Shastri’s comments, says ‘everyone needs break’
New Delhi: Taking on former India coach Ravi Shastri for his cryptic remarks on coach Rahul Dravid and senior players taking frequent breaks, Ravichandran Ashwin on Saturday bluntly said everyone needs a break and things can be interpreted…
Ayatollah Khomeini’s ancestral home set on fine by protesters in Iran
Tehran: Protesters in Iran have set fire to the ancestral home of the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
Images posted on social media show part of the structure in the city of Khomein being set ablaze, BBC…
Trump’s twitter account reinstatement gets 1m votes per hour
Washington: Twitter's new owner Elon Musk said on Saturday that around one million Twitter users cast their votes each hour in a poll on whether to reinstate the account of former US President Donald Trump on the platform.
Earlier in the…
Motto for Today: ‘Not knowing is not a shame; not asking is’
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History!
On this day, Nov. 19...........
1850 - The first U.S. patent for magic lantern slides made of glass plate was issued to their inventor Frederick Langenheim of…
Lebanese MPs fail to elect president for 6th time
Beirut: Lebanese lawmakers have failed to elect the country's president for the sixth time, as none of the candidates secured enough votes, media reported on Thursday.
According to the Lebanese constitution, a presidential candidate must…
Republicans manage to win back the House in Mid-terms
Washington: Republicans have secured the 218 seats needed for a majority in the lower chamber of the Congress a week after the midterm elections, the BBC reported.
While the party's margin in the House of Representatives is razor-thin, it…
Motto for Today: ‘To an ugly heart nothing can appear pretty.’
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History!
On this day, Nov.16...........
1620 - The first corn (maize) found in the U.S. by British settlers was discovered in Provincetown, by sixteen desperately hungry…
Motto for Today: ‘Mind replays what the heart can’t delete.’
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History!
On this day, Nov.15.......
1492 - Christopher Columbus notes 1st recorded reference to tobacco.
1744 - Gowan Knight presented his research on magnetising…
Tehran court awards death sentence to a rioter, protestor
Tehran: A Tehran court on Sunday issued a death sentence linked to "riots," the judiciary's Mizan Online website said.
Iran has been rocked by nationwide protests since the death of Jina Mahsa Amini in police custody. The 22-year-old woman…
Republican leaders face anger over midterm election losses
Washington: News that Democrats have gained in the US Senate after midterm elections this week has sparked recriminations within the Republican Party.
Critics of former President Donald Trump blamed him for the poor showing while other…
Mamata: Those who don’t like Bengal are conspiring and trying to malign the State
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said those who don’t like Bengal are conspiring and trying to malign the State.
" They keep looking for ways how to malign Trinamool Congress. When I was the Railways Minister,…
Slovenia elects first female president, Natasa Pirc Musar
Ljubljana: Slovenian voters elected Natasa Pirc Musar, an independent candidate, as the first female president of the country.
Musar will take office on December 23 when the second mandate of the incumbent president Borut Pahor expires.…
Motto for Today: ‘Go confidently in the direction of your dreams’
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History!
On this day, Nov.14........
1666 - The English physician, Samuel Pepys, made a record in his diary describing Richard Lower making the first documented blood…
Biden vows, ‘US to ‘vigorously’ compete with China’
Washington: The United States will "vigorously" compete with China and speak out against human rights abuses in the country, but Washington will make sure that the competition does not turn into a conflict, President Joe Biden said on…
Benjamin Netanyahu to form next govt in Israel
Israeli forces detain 5 terror suspects in West Bank
Blast in central Istanbul kills 6 people, injures 81
Ankara: The Sunday explosion in central Istanbul left four people dead and 38 injured, the governor of the Turkish capital, Ali Yerlikaya, said.
The blast occurred on the pedestrian tourist street Istiklal on Sunday afternoon.
"According…
