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Feb82017 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

Trump expressed concerns on judges ruling against his travel ban. Calls it ‘a sad day’

USA

US President Donald Trump today expressed his views at the judiciary, tweeting that the courts blocking travel ban on refugees and nationals from seven nations identified as threat by US congress "seem to be so political." "If the US does not win this case as it so obviously should, we can never have the security and safety to which we are entitled. Politics!" Trump told his more than 24 million followers on Twitter. Later, Trump added to his opinion and said, "I have to be honest that, if these judges wanted to, in my opinion, help the court in terms of respect for the court, they do what they should be doing." "When you read something so perfectly written and so clear to anybody and then you have lawyers and -- I watched last night, in amazement, and I heard things that I couldn't...

Jan262017 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

India ranks sixth on eight great powers in 2017

International

India is ranked at the sixth spot, behind China and Japan, in a list of eight great powers for the year 2017 by a leading American foreign policy magazine which is topped by the US. The list is topped by the US, whereas China and Japan are at tie for being on the second spot. Russia (fourth) and Germany (fifth) are the other two countries ahead of India. Iran is ranked seventh and Israel is on the eighth spot. “Like Japan, India is often overlooked in lists of the world’s great powers, but it occupies a rare and enviable position on the world stage,” The American Interest magazine said in its latest annual report of eight great powers. India is the world’s largest democracy, home to the second-largest English-speaking population in the world and boasting a diversified and rapidly ...

Jan262017 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

“I am committed to achieving a world free of nuclear weapons,”- United Nations chief

International

Asserting that disarmament can play an important role in ending existing conflicts and preventing the outbreak of new strife, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has pledged to actively pursue the abolition of all weapons of mass destruction and the strict regulation of conventional weapons. “I am committed to achieving a world free of nuclear weapons,” Guterres said in a video message to the Geneva-based Conference on disarmament, which opened the first segment of its three-part 2017 session. Recalling that upon taking office he had described a world of new and old conflicts woven in a complex, interconnected web, he said that those conflicts have precipitated gross violations of international humanitarian and human rights law. “As such, while disarmament can play an im...

Jan102017 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

We are going to do ‘Some Great Things,’ Says Trump After Meeting Jack Ma

USA

New York, United States: President-elect Donald Trump and China's billionaire founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba held "great" talks in New York on Monday focused on creating US jobs and enabling trade with Asia. The incoming Republican president, who will be sworn in as commander-in-chief in less than two weeks' time having never previously held elected office, has made job creation a key promise of his incoming administration. His team said the meeting between the 70-year-old real estate tycoon and China' richest man was focused on how Alibaba can create one million US jobs by enabling one million US small businesses to sell goods into China and Asia. "We had a great meeting," Trump told reporters afterward in accompanying Ma back down to the lobby of his Trump Tower headquarte...

Jan62017 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

Pakistan freed 200+ Indian fishermen as a goodwill gesture

Pakistan

In an irony of fate, an Indian fisherman died of heart attack in a Karachi jail, hours before he was to be released, along with 218 others, by Pakistan as a “goodwill gesture”, according to Gujarat Fishermen Association. Jeeva Bhagwan, 37, whose name was on the list of 219 fishermen released on Thursday, hailed from Khan village in Una tehsil of Gir Somnath district of Gujarat, Veljibhai Masani, senior vice president of Gujarat Fishermen Association, said. He died of heart attack yesterday, Masani told PTI. The fishermen were freed from Malir jail on instructions from the Interior Ministry as a goodwill gesture, jail superintendent Hasan Sehto said. With the release of the fishermen on Thursday, the total number of Indian fishermen freed from Pakistani jails as “goodwill gestur...

Jan52017 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

Obama believes India-US relationship worth investing, says White House

USA

President Barack Obama has deeply invested in strengthening Indo-US ties in the eight years of his administration as he believes that there are profound diplomatic and economic benefits in doing so, the White House has said. “Obama has invested deeply in strengthening the relationship between the United States and the world’s largest democracy in India and the President believes that there are profound national security, diplomatic and economic benefits for strengthening those ties,” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters at his daily news conference. Earnest was yesterday responding to questions on what are the things Obama would like President-elect Donald Trump to do when it comes to Indo-US relationship. “So, I have not heard the incoming President articulate ...

Jan22017 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

ISIS claims responsibility for Istanbul nightclub attack

International

Islamic State (IS) on Monday claimed responsibility for the terror attack in Istanbul nighclub attack on Sunday in which 39 people, including 2 Indians, were killed. The IS-linked Aamaq News Agency said the attack was carried by a "heroic soldier of the caliphate who attacked the most famous nightclub where Christians were celebrating their pagan feast." It said the man opened fire from an automatic rifle in "revenge for God's religion and in response to the orders" of IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The group described Turkey as "the servant of the cross." Earlier, Turkish media reports had said that Turkish authorities believed the IS group was behind the attack and that the gunman, who is still at large, comes from a Central Asian nation and is likely to be either from Uzbekist...

Jan12017 by AdminNo Comments

39 killed and 69 injured in Istanbul nightclub terror attack; gunman still at large

International

Thirty-nine people, including many foreigners, were killed when a gunman reportedly dressed as Santa Claus stormed an Istanbul nightclub as revellers were celebrating the New Year, the latest carnage to rock Turkey after a bloody 2016. The assailant shot dead a policeman and a civilian at the entrance to the Reina club, one of the city’s most exclusive nightspots, and then went on a shooting rampage inside, Turkish officials said. Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said the attacker escaped and was now the target of a major manhunt, expressing hope the suspect “would be captured soon”. Soylu said in televised comments that of 21 victims who have been identified so far, 16 are foreigners and five are Turks. Another 69 people are being treated in hospital. “The attacker – in th...

Dec272016 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

China Indicates at questioning India’s Agni-V launch at UN Security Council

International

Beijing: China on Tuesday hoped that India's testing of the nuclear-capable Agni-5 intercontinental ballistic missile complied with UN Security Council rules and safeguarded South Asia's strategic balance even as Beijing maintained that the two nations are "not rivals but partners". Taking exception to reports that the successful test of Agni-V was meant to target China, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said, "On your question on India test firing the Agni-5 ballistic missile, we have noted relevant reports", to a question at a media briefing in Beijing. "On whether India can develop this ballistic missile that can carry nuclear weapons, I think relevant resolutions of the UNSC have clear rules," she said without elaborating. "We have always believed that saf...

Dec182016 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

Donald Trump Thanks Indian and Hindus

International

The event in Florida, which has a sizeable Indian-American population, was attended by a large number of community members. This is for the first time that Trump has acknowledged the contribution of Indian-Americans and Hindus in his historic electoral victory. “Where are they? We have a big group. There they are. I want to thank you. You folks were amazing. They were amazing and voted and they were fantastic,” Trump said, pointing his fingers to the Indian-American community present at the rally. In October, Trump became the first presidential nominee of a major US party to reach out to Indian-Americans, pitching himself to them directly at a rally in Edison, New Jersey. He professed his love for Hindus there, saying, “I love Hindu (in the singular)” and that under his admini...