Yogi govt allots 5 acres of land for mosque 20 kilometres from Ayodhya

LUCKNOW: Soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a trust for Ram temple construction, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has approved a proposal to allot five acres of land to the Sunni Waqf Board in Ayodhya for construction of a mosque as directed by the Supreme court. The proposal was approved by the…

Indians confessed their love to Amazon Alexa once every minute in 2019

Voice assistants like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant have gained widespread popularity in India. Users can ask these AI-based assistants to carry out multiple tasks. But it’s not always something useful as Amazon has revealed that Indians confessed their love to Alexa once every minute. ‘Alexa, I love you’ and ‘Alexa, will you marry me?’…

Pak MPs appeal to Imran Khan, declare ‘Jihad’ against India

Islamabad: Pakistan MPs have demanded from PM Imran Khan that they should start a war against India. A Pakistani MP has instructed Imran Khan in Parliament as to the date when he should start a war against India. On Monday, an MP asked Imran to declare a Jihad against the neighboring country before the anniversary of…

28 dead in Turkey avalanche disaster

Istanbul: At least 23 people were killed Wednesday in an avalanche in eastern Turkey during a search and rescue mission after a similar incident the day before, local officials said. The bodies of 14 rescue workers and nine civilians were discovered at the scene in Van province, where they had been helping uncover a minibus buried…

Pressure builds on PM Modi after budget fails to excite, say experts

New Delhi: The government’s new budget is unlikely to drag the country out of its worst slowdown in more than a decade as it has proposed only moderate spending increases and small cuts in personal taxes, economists said on Sunday. They said there was a risk the government might miss its fiscal deficit target for…

UAE discovers trillions of cubic feet of shallow gas reserves

The United Arab Emirates, a leading OPEC producer, announced Monday the discovery of huge gas reserves, saying the find would help the Gulf state achieve self-sufficiency. Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (ADNOC) said about 80 trillion cubic feet (2.2 trillion cubic feet) of shallow gas resources were discovered between the emirates of Dubai and Abu…