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New Delhi, Nov 17: Popular Front Chairman KM Shareef condemned the five year ban enforced by central government on Islamic Research Foundation saying that the move is an assault on religious freedom guaranteed by the Constitution. The move is yet another example of the ongoing infringement of the civil rights of minorities and this ban is intended to hinder the constitutional rights of religious...

Washington, Nov 17: Scientists have discovered a “great valley” in the southern hemisphere of Mercury, providing more evidence that the small planet closest to the sun is shrinking. Scientists used images from NASA"s Messenger spacecraft to create a high-resolution topographic map that revealed the broad valley — more than 1,000 kilometres long — extending into the Rembrandt basin, one of the...

Beijing, Nov 16: For the eight consecutive year, China has retained the top spot in the list of the world's fastest supercomputers for its 'Sunway TaihuLight' which can perform 93 million billion calculations per second, media report said today. TaihuLight, the massive supercomputer, built entirely using processors designed and made in China has been crowned as the world's fastest, state-run...

Beijing, Nov 16: India has slipped two spots compared to last year in English proficiency rankings while China has improved its ranking, according to a new report. India is placed at 22nd spot in the new report released by Swedish education company EF Education First here yesterday. In 2015, India was placed at 20th spot by the same study. Meanwhile, General English proficiency in China has...

New York, Nov 15: An American woman has been arrested for keeping three tigers, a skunk, a cougar, a fox and several monkeys at home. Trisha Meyer, 34, lived in Houston with her 14-year-old daughter as well as the animals. After a month-long investigation, police charged her with theft and child endangerment on Monday, reports Xinhua news agency. Meyer had permits for the tigers but her keeping of...

Mangaluru, Nov 15: Mahamood Saad Monu, aka ‘Bavaka’ passed away in Mangaluru on Tuesday, November 15. He was 60. Mahamood Saad Monu was known for his kind and helping nature and he had extended support to various charitable activities. He was the Ex-President of Jam’iyyatul Falah’s Dammam Unit and served Jam’iyyatul Falah for the last 28 years since the inception of JF in Dammam. For the last...

Kasaragod, Nov 15: Sounding a stern warning on the Centre’s proposed moves to enforce Uniform Civil Code in the country, a meeting of a section of Muslims here asserted that the community would remain united to safeguard the Muslim personal laws to “protect the integrity of the nation.” “The Muslims are firm and committed to keep India united and the proposed moves to enforce the uniform civil...

New York, Nov 14: Facebook Inc chief executive Mark Zuckerberg again rejected the idea that the social network affected the US presidential election, saying late Saturday it is "extremely unlikely" news hoaxes changed the outcome. Ensnared in a string of content controversies in recent months, Facebook has insisted that it is a technology company, not a media firm. But scrutiny of the site has...

Melbourne, Nov 14: In a bid to promote languages other than English, Australia today announced national rollout of an online programme for pre-schoolers to learn foreign languages, including Hindi, from next year onwards. The Early Learning Languages Australia (ELLA) Polyglots applications will help students and their teachers to learn new languages. According to Minister for Education and...

Tokyo, Nov 13:The world's biggest dinosaur robots, including a human-controlled Tyrannosaurus Rex, have been unveiled by a Japanese company which plans to build a massive Jurassic style theme park. The company unveiled a huge robotic T-Rex at a hotel in Tokyo. The realistic robot emerged from the mist into the event hall, roaring loudly and stomping towards the audience. The creature even...