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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 Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

Mulayam-Akhilesh feud a fully fixed affair, claims leaked email

Uttar Pradesh

Just last evening the desi Game of Thrones in the Samajwadi Party’s Yadav family looked like it was culminating with father Mulayam expelling his eldest son and UP CM Akhilesh from the party for the period of 6 years. He also sent his cousin Ram Gopal Yadav who was in the Akhilesh camp, packing. Just when one thought that Mulayam was King of the World after defeating his foes, TV Today’s Rahul Kanwal stepped in with a leaked email. It was also tweeted three days earlier by another account: The alleged email dated 24th July was sent by SP’s political consultant Steve Jarding, who wrote to his alleged friend Adwait Singh, a former student at Harvard stating that and we quote (emphasis ours): “On the media push front, my two cents are to advice Yadav Sr to orchestrate fa...

Dec312016 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

Key Highlights from PM Narendra Modi Speech On New Year Eve

National

Narendra Modi Speech Highlights: Indian Prime Minster Narendra Modi addressed citizens of the nation on New Year’s Eve, 31st December 2016. PM Modi had addressed public after the end of his 50st-day trial period of demonetisation came to an end on December 30. After demonetisation, Modi had said: “Help me for 50 days and I will give you the India you desired.” Here are the top initiatives PM had announced: For rural poor Home loans in villages up to Rs 2 lakh to get 3% interest exemption, available for building a new house or expanding an old one. In this fight against corruption and black money, it is clear that you wish to walk shoulder to shoulder with us 33% more homes to be built in rural areas under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY). 30 million Kis...

Dec272016 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

Maids, brick makers, children: the faces of slavery in 2016 driving change

Story

CHENNAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Housemaids, brick makers, labourers, textile workers, fleeing migrants and children risking their lives in mica mines. These were the faces of modern day slavery in 2016 when the world saw a renewed resolve to combat all forms of human bondage. An estimated 45.8 million people globally live in some form of slavery, either trafficked into forced labour, sold for sex, trapped in debt bondage or born into servitude, according to the 2016 Global Slavery Index by rights group Walk Free Foundation. Most of them are workers looking for a livelihood, better jobs, more income. And most of them are cheated, in debt bondage and trafficked to places far from home, campaigners said. But slowly the scourge of modern slavery is driving action; fr...