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Child marriage chart reveals girls can wed at 12 in some parts of the US – as...
Lawmakers in America are battling to overturn some of the country’s most archaic laws, which stipulate that children as young as 12 can be married. In the state of Virginia, it is officially still...
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Hyderabad: Engineering Student arrested for blackmailing girls
HYDERABAD: An engineering student, arrested last year for collecting photographs of around 200 girls after befriending them online through fake Facebook accounts and trying to extort money from them,...
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Meet the muslim student who raised $30,000 to help fix black churches...
When Faatimah Knight reached out to her Muslim friends and acquaintances to try and help black churches that had been destroyed by fire, she had no idea how much they could collect. Today, they have...
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Porn is a public health crisis.
Last month, the Republican-led Utah House of Representatives became the first legislative body in the United States to pass a resolution declaring pornography “a public health hazard leading to a...
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Mulla’s farm is an oasis in scorching Yadgir
The farmer has been sharing water from his borewell with others in the parched Yargol village The scorching summer has dried up almost every natural water source in Yargol village of Yadgir district....
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According to UNICEF, India is home to a third of the world’s child brides
In a move to curb the rampant incidents of child marriages in Rajasthan, the tent suppliers in the state have decided not to supply wedding canopies and other paraphernalia to any unions involving...
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60-Year-Old Woman Stripped, Tortured After Son ‘Runs Away’ With Girl
A 60-year-old woman was stripped and tortured in a village in Uttar Pradesh on Monday after her son allegedly eloped with a girl, police said. The woman’s face was blackened and chilli powder was...
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Why It Matters That Michelle Obama And Ibtihaj Muhammad Fenced
In the middle of an election cycle replete with messages of fear and words of hate, Michelle Obama picked up a foil in the middle of New York City on Wednesday and learned to fence in the name of...
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Most number of selfie-related deaths in the world occurred in India: MADHURI...
“I got a thousand likes for my DP,” squealed my 25-year-old friend. She showed me a picture of her with a tiger who was yawning. I almost fell off my chair. “Wasn’t that dangerous?” She shrugged her...
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25,000 women died due to dowry in two years, government says
DELHI: Around 25,000 women were either killed or committed suicide due to dowry harassment by their in-laws between 2012 and 2014, Union minister Maneka Gandhi said in the Lok Sabha on Friday. Also,...
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Wife denied water, Dalit digs up a well for her in 40 days
His achievement may not be as colossal as that of Dashrath Manjhi, the mountain man, but his spirit is equally indomitable. Refused permission to draw water from a well by the owner and insult of his...
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India requires more than 70,000 judges to clear pending cases: CJI
After an emotional outburst over the issue in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a conference in New Delhi recently, the CJI once again raised the matter while addressing a large gathering of...
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India requires more than 70,000 judges to clear pending cases: CJI
After an emotional outburst over the issue in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a conference in New Delhi recently, the CJI once again raised the matter while addressing a large gathering of...
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Saudi family takes care of paralyzed maid for 19 years
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — A Saudi man took care of a housemaid after she was diagnosed with paralysis, Al-Madina newspaper reported. Salah Al-Syoufi said he has been taking care of his Ethiopian...
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Man Vs Machine: At Wipro, Artificial Intelligence Is About To Do The Job Of...
The future is uncertain. At least for the 3,000 software engineers whose tasks are about to be replaced by an artificial intelligence (AI) tool at Wipro. Mint’s Varun Sood reports that Wipro is all set...
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Handshakes, Islam, and Religious Tolerance in the West: by Jennifer S. Bryson
Two Muslim boys in Switzerland have declined, on religious grounds, to shake hands with their female teachers. The school district says Swiss custom should override religion and is now threatening to...
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‘Your dinner’s ready’: parents oblivious as paedophiles film children online:...
Primary school age children should not be left to play unsupervised with mobile phones or tablet computers with built-in cameras because of the threat of grooming by paedophiles, the head of Britain’s...
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Muslims Are the True Feminists: Gabby Aossey
As American women, many of us have an idea of what feminists are; freelancing women with all the sexual freedom in the world. But this is exactly the problem with American feminism; it is all about...
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Rent-a-riot leaders exposed in UP: Chilling sting operation tapes politicians...
The sight of vigilante groups mounting violent attacks in the name of faith is becoming unpleasantly routine across India. Deadly riots are sparked by hate speech, delivered at rallies or spread on...
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Muslims being ‘erased’ from Central African Republic
Militias have taken advantage of the political vacuum in Central African Republic (CAR), engaging in ethnic cleansing of Muslims in a bid to erase the community from the country, human rights group...
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