International

17 Jan

Dawood Ibrahim got married again

Priyanka BhowmickInternationalindia, International

Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim married for the second time, this time to a Pakistani woman. This was revealed by Haseena Parker's(Dawood's sister) son before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in September 2022. According to Haseena Parkar's son Ali Shah, the underworld don is not yet divorced his first wife. The investigating agency raided several places and arrested several people for allegedly being involved with Dawood Ibrahim's terrorist network. The organization has also filed a charge sheet in court in this incident. India Today has accessed a copy of Ali Shah's statement before the NIA. Ali Shah informed NIA that Dawood…

04 Jan

Pele laid to rest in Santos

Priyanka BhowmickInternationalInternational

Pele was laid to rest. The Brazilian football legend - who died of cancer aged 82 on 29 December - was buried on the ninth floor of the Memorial Necropole Ecumenica cemetery on Tuesday (03.01.22), in a private ceremony overlooking the Urbano Caldeira stadium in his hometown of Santos. After his body was taken to the streets, where thousands of people lined the route to pay their last respects. Pele's body lay in the center circle of Santos' stadium pitch for 24 hours before a procession carried his coffin past his former family home to the Vertical Cemetery, where his…

29 Dec

Marvel has announced Stan Lee’s documentary will come to life in 2023

Priyanka BhowmickEntertainment, internationalEntertainment, International

A documentary on Stan Lee comes to life in 2023 on Disney Plus. On Wednesday, Marvel Entertainment tweeted a 25-second video confirming the debut of the Stan Lee documentary on Disney+ in 2023.“100 years of dreaming. 100 years of creating. 100 years of Stan Lee,” Marvel Entertainment wrote in a caption accompanying the teaser.“Stan Lee, an Original documentary, is streaming 2023 on @DisneyPlus.” https://twitter.com/Marvel/status/1608160857803948033?s=20&t=0MXJXDH7ler-IKlhO19OXw In the video which is recently released, Stan Lee is seen in a few small roles and guest appearances in the movie. The blooming montage ends with a zoom-out that slowly expressed an image of the…

21 Dec

Taliban banned women from universities in Afghanistan

Priyanka BhowmickinternationalInternational

Women have been banned from private and public universities in Afghanistan immediately and until further notice, a Taliban government spokesman said on December 20, 2022, the latest order to crack down on their rights and freedoms.The decision was released after a meeting of the Taliban government. Despite initially promising a more moderate regime and rights for women and minorities, the Taliban have widely enforced their strict interpretation of Islamic law, or Sharia. They banned middle school and high school girls, restricted women in most of the jobs, and ordered them to dress head-to-toe in public. Women are also banned to…

08 Dec

BTS to open official pop-up shop in London

Priyanka BhowmickinternationalInternational

FreeCONG, a HYBE and Seoul-based production company, has announced that they will be setting up a BTS pop-up store in London. The store is set to open this Friday and will be open for eight weeks until January 31. O2's Icon outlet has been earmarked as the store location. Fans need to pre-book and get their tickets in advance. The pop-up store in London is set to be the boyband's first store in the UK and Europe. Similar events were held in Las Vegas and Busan in April and October respectively. They had similar activities and themes. BTS' reality series…

21 Nov

World Television Day: History and significance

Priyanka BhowmickIndia, Internationalindia, International, Television

November 21 celebrates as world television day. On this specific day, television represents itself rather than television as a technology to the world. In the modern world, television is a representation of communication and globalization. According to the United Nations' official website, the number of households with televisions is increasing worldwide, even as screen sizes have changed and people create, share, watch and consume content on a variety of other platforms. The combination of traditional and contemporary broadcasting formats provides an opportunity to spread awareness about global issues that people face on a regular basis. HistoryIn 1927 Philo Taylor Farnsworth…

31 Oct

Parag Agarwal likely to get 42 million dollars from Twitter

Priyanka BhowmickBusiness, internationalindia, International, Parag Aggarwal, Twitter

After much practice, the ownership finally has changed. An end to many speculations that have been going on for many days. Ending all previous speculations, Elon Musk is finally the owner of the Twitter software. And soon after the purchase, CEO Parag Agarwal was out of a job as expected. Parag was working as a software engineer at Twitter in 2011. In 2017, he became the company's 'Chief Technology Officer' or CTO. Then joined the post of CEO in 2021. According to the rules, if Parag is fired within 12 months of the change of ownership, he will have to…

20 Oct

Suella Braverman resigned as home secretary

Priyanka BhowmickworldBritain, International

Britain's Suella Braverman resigned as home secretary on Wednesday, saying she had to go after she breached government rules but had concerns about the direction of Prime Minister Liz Truss' government. The second senior minister to leave the government in less than a week, Braverman's departure has piled more pressure on Truss as she battles to hold on to power just over six weeks after entering Downing Street. Braverman said in a letter to Truss posted on Twitter, “I have made a mistake, I accept responsibility; I resign,”.She said she had sent an official document from her personal email to…

23 Sep

India joined Brazil and South Africa and send message to China

Priyanka Bhowmickinternational, worldChina, india, International, Terror

India joined Brazil and South Africa in expressing serious concern over the conflict and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and the need to immediately end hostilities and pursue the path of diplomacy and dialogue. In a joint statement after the 10th IBSA (India-Brazil-South Africa) Tripartite Ministerial Meeting held on the sidelines of the ongoing UNGA session, the three countries stressed that the current global system is "anchored on international law, the UN Charter of States, sovereignty and territorial integrity". External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met his Brazilian counterpart Carlos Alberto Franco Franca and South African Health Minister Joe Fahla for the…