Water cannons, police batons, gelid temperatures, hailstorms — nothing has deterred the farmers protesting over three new farm bills around India’s national capital New Delhi over the past three months as they seem to have found answers to all the predicaments thrown at them. And, now as summers of northern India approach — where temperatures can touch 50 degrees Celsius (120 degrees Fahrenheit) — the farmers are tasked with reinforcing their temporary shelters or settlements. Some had even raised permanent brick-and-cement structures on the highways leading to India’s national capital around the borders of Singhu and Tikri before being intervened…
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PUNE, India — India’s national capital New Delhi is dreaming to host the country’s first-ever Summer Olympics in 2048 – 27 years from now. “There is another big dream related to sports which I am placing before this house, with the aim that till the completion of 100 years of India’s independence, we will have achieved it,” Manish Sisodia, the deputy chief minister of the Union Territory, said while presenting the 2021-22 budget. “It is a dream to organize the Olympic Games in Delhi.” This is the third such attempt by an Indian city to host the summer games. New Delhi and…
NEW DELHI — When Indian actor Adarsh Gourav first watched “Hannibal”, the 2001 film starring Anthony Hopkins in the leading part of the cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter, he was blown away. “Hopkins has been a very strong inspiration for me,” he told Zenger News. So the 26-year-old actor from eastern Indian city Jamshedpur did a double take when he found himself nominated in the “Leading Actor” category in this year’s British Academy Film Awards, organized by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), along with Hopkins. “Shock and disbelief,” said Gourav, describing his initial reaction on getting…
LAHORE, Pakistan — A radical Islamist group in Pakistan, Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), has demanded that the government expel French ambassador Marc Barety from the country and end diplomatic ties with France. The TLP has built pressure on Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government by staging sit-ins and demonstrations, forcing it to take the matter to the parliament. Earlier, the TLP had set Feb. 16 as the deadline for the government to expel the ambassador. The deadline was extended to April 20 after negotiations between the government and the group. It is highly unlikely that the parliament will vote on the issue because…
POLLESTRES, France — After the French authorities limited the compensation for pregnant moms who were given a dangerous epilepsy drug, a French victims’ association said Europe should be “ashamed.” Depakine, the drug used to treat people suffering from epilepsy, migraines and bipolar disorder, led to children dying, developing conditions such as autism, or being born with birth defects. Drawing comparison from the U.S., the Association for the Assistance of Parents of Children Suffering from Anti-Convulsant Syndrome said, “the Americans have already compensated a lot of victims a long time ago.” “The French government’s decision to only accept its responsibility from 2004 onwards,…
YAKUTSK, Russia — A Star Wars enthusiast and cosplayer in Russia has built a real-life replica of the ‘Razor Crest’ spaceship from ‘The Mandalorian’ television series. Long-time cosplayer Ayaal Fedorov, 28, and his friends decided to create a replica of the spaceship after watching the first season of the hit Space Western TV series. “To begin with, on the internet, I looked for pictures of the ship from different angles,” said Fedorov. “Everything was important to me the front, the back, and the side views, the color of the ship, the details. It was challenging to find the layout of…
MAIDENHEAD, England — An English driver was sentenced to 16 months in prison on March 5 after being involved in a high-speed chase which eventually led to his arrest in Maidenhead, Berkshire in England. The driver, identified as 25-year-old Marcus Burke, was stopped by officers after being notified that he was driving his Volkswagen Golf with no insurance. Burke initially stopped for the officers but then sped away as soon as they got out of their patrol car. “The driving standards displayed by Burke were dangerous and wholly unnecessary,” said Connor Horan, an officer of the Joint Operations Unit for Roads…
MUNICH — The long-lost treasure of Ludwig III, the last Bavarian King, will be auctioned in his previous residence in the German state of Bavaria, Munich. The Neumeister Auction House will be the venue for selling some of the Bavarian Royal Family’s valuable artwork and artifacts on March 15. “We are a community of heirs. An auction is the best way to deal with this fairly. We kept some private things as well,” said King Ludwig III’s great-grandson (heir Prince Luitpold of Bavaria), aged 69. King Ludwig III’s long-lost treasure was auctioned in the Neumeister Art Auction House in Munich, Germany. (NEUMEISTER, Christian…
PERTH, Australia — Both the Liberals and Nationals could face further losses in Western Australia as the count continues after Labor’s landslide election victory. Labor is streaking ahead in the Nationals-held electorate of Warren-Blackwood. At the same time, Sean L’Estrange’s hopes of retaining the seat of Churchlands for the Liberals have shrunk with the tallying of pre-poll and absent votes. L’Estrange was led by just 63 votes on Tuesday afternoon, with the trend favoring Labor candidate Christine Tonkin. Meanwhile, former Nationals leader Terry Redman has lost his lead in Warren-Blackwood, with pre-poll votes putting Labor’s Jane Kelsbie more than 500 votes ahead. Labor also remained…
CANBERRA, Australia — The U.S. has asked Beijing to stop its economic coercion of Australia before it grants China any improvement in relations. “We have made clear that the U.S. is not prepared to improve relations in a bilateral and separate context at the same time that a close and dear ally is being subjected to a form of economic coercion,” said Kurt Campbell, U.S. President Joe Biden’s Indo-Pacific Coordinator. Campbell told the Chinese government that “they are not going to leave Australia alone on the field.” He informed Biden’s commitment to Prime Minister Scott Morrison during the Quad nations’ video-link…