Girl’s speech goes viral as another black is shot dead
By HTC
PUBLISHED ON SEP 29, 2016 10:44 AM IST
WASHINGTON : As a nine-year-old black girl tearfully pleaded for respect for her community in North Carolina, another black man was killed by police in California on Tuesday.
“It’s a shame that our fathers and brothers are killed and we can’t see them anymore,” Zianna Oliphant told Charlotte city council.
“It’s a shame that we have to go through that graveyard and bury him. We need our fathers and brothers to be by our side. I feel like that we are treated differently than other people. I don’t like how we’re treated. Just because of our colour doesn’t mean anything to me.”
And now in El Cajon, California, Alfred Olango was shot dead for behaving “erratically”.
#MeWho? Global firms lag on sex harassment, women-friendly policy: Report
Posted by Kunal Gaurav | Reuters, London
PUBLISHED ON MAR 04, 2021 04:54 PM IST
The report also highlighted the problems mothers routinely face juggling paid work and a rota of home duties, a struggle exacerbated by the pandemic.
With wish to donate organs, Kyal Sin, 19, dies fighting military rule in Myanmar
AFP
PUBLISHED ON MAR 04, 2021 04:40 PM IST
The young dance enthusiast joined hundreds of thousands across the country calling for the release of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been in detention since the military took over on February 1.
Global reduction to increase 10-fold to meet Paris Agreement goals, study says
PTI, London
PUBLISHED ON MAR 04, 2021 04:18 PM IST
The researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA), UK, Stanford University in the US and the Global Carbon Project examined the progress
'I will shoot whoever I see': Myanmar soldiers use TikTok to threaten protesters
Posted by Kanishka Sarkar | Reuters, Singapore
PUBLISHED ON MAR 04, 2021 04:15 PM IST
Already growing fast in Myanmar, TikTok saw a strong rise in downloads after the military banned Facebook last month. It is in the top 20 most downloaded apps in Myanmar, according to industry data.
Covid cases rising again in Europe, says WHO
Posted by Harshit Sabarwal | AFP
UPDATED ON MAR 04, 2021 04:39 PM IST
"We are seeing a resurgence in central and Eastern Europe. New cases are also on the rise in several western European countries where rates were already high," WHO Europe's regional director Hans Kluge told a news conference.
US bishops discouraging Catholics from getting J&J Covid-19 shot. Here’s why
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Kunal Gaurav
PUBLISHED ON MAR 04, 2021 04:09 PM IST
- Last week, the US FDA issued emergency use authorisation for the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Janssen Pharmaceuticals Companies of Johnson & Johnson.
Iceland records over 18,000 quakes in a week, eruptions could be imminent
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
UPDATED ON MAR 04, 2021 04:01 PM IST
The most powerful earthquake in recent days of magnitude 5.6 struck Iceland's Reykjanes region on February 24. Five more were recorded on the same day.
3 Myanmar police seek refuge in India rather than carry out junta's orders
Posted by Kunal Gaurav | Reuters, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAR 04, 2021 03:57 PM IST
India is already home to thousands of refugees from Myanmar, including ethnic Chin people and Rohingya who fled the southeast Asian country during previous bouts of violence.
Myanmar protesters, undaunted by killings, march again
Posted by Harshit Sabarwal | AP
PUBLISHED ON MAR 04, 2021 03:54 PM IST
New protests were held in at least three areas of Yangon, the country's largest city, that have been scenes of violence for the past few days. Police again used force to try to disperse the crowds, according to social media accounts.
Pramila Jayapal named vice chair of a key congressional subcommittee
Posted by Kunal Gaurav | PTI, Washington
PUBLISHED ON MAR 04, 2021 03:45 PM IST
Chennai-born Jayapal will oversee the subcommittee’s urgent work on antitrust, big tech, reining in anti-competitive behaviour, and helping prevent monopolistic practices.
Britain's Prince Philip has successful heart procedure, says palace
Posted by Kunal Gaurav | Reuters, London
PUBLISHED ON MAR 04, 2021 03:36 PM IST
Philip was admitted to hospital on February 16 after he felt unwell, to receive treatment for an unspecified, but not Covid-19-related, infection.
World food price index rises in February for ninth month running: FAO
Reuters
PUBLISHED ON MAR 04, 2021 03:20 PM IST
- The Food and Agriculture Organization's food price index, which measures monthly changes for a basket of cereals, oilseeds, dairy products, meat and sugar, averaged 116.0 points last month versus a slightly revised 113.2 in January.
Singapore's GIC cashes in on Taiwan stock boom: Sources
Reuters, Taipei
PUBLISHED ON MAR 04, 2021 03:16 PM IST
Last year the index rose almost 23%, outperforming a 16% rise for Japan and nearly 14% gain for China, Taiwan's largest trading partner.
Nepal signs peace agreement with communist rebel group
PTI
PUBLISHED ON MAR 04, 2021 03:11 PM IST
The government agreed to lift a ban on the group, release all their party members and supporters in jail and drop all legal cases against them, while the group agreed to give up all violence and resolve any issues through peaceful dialogue, the government said in a statement after peace talks.
UK, 4 other countries to fast-track modified Covid-19 vaccines
PTI, London
PUBLISHED ON MAR 04, 2021 02:35 PM IST
Previously authorized vaccines that are modified to target new variants “will not need a brand new approval or lengthy' clinical studies,” Britain's Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency said in a statement.