Author: DA Correspondent

Russian man drops lawsuit claiming Apple turned him gay

7:47 pm October 17, 2019

Moscow: A Russian man who filed a lawsuit against Apple after claiming an iPhone app turned him gay has withdrawn his complaint due to privacy fears, his lawyer said Thursday. “Today we abandoned the legal demands,” his attorney Sapizhat Gusnieva said after a first hearing behind closed doors in a Moscow court. Her client, identified […]

120 Pakistani Hindu families living on Yamuna floodplains, NGT orders action

7:40 pm October 17, 2019

New Delhi: Over 100 Pakistani Hindu families came to the national capital a few years ago on pilgrimage visa, but instead of returning they started living in jhuggis and semi-permanent structures on the Yamuna floodplains south of Gurudwara Majnu Ka Tila. Many of them obtained Aadhaar cards, PAN cards and bank accounts based on the […]

Plan prepared to vaccinate all adults in 3 months: CM Kejriwal

Increasing parking fee during odd-even implementation may create chaos: Kejriwal

7:34 pm October 17, 2019

New Delhi: Hiking parking fees during implementation of the odd-even road rationing scheme might lead to a chaos, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday. Last week, the Supreme Court-mandated Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) chairman Bhure Lal had asked the Delhi government to fix the parking charges as per the new parking […]

Miss & Mrs India Asia Pacific Pageant auditions receive overwhelming response

9:33 pm October 16, 2019

New Delhi: The Delhi auditions for Miss & Mrs India Asia Pacific Pageant 2019-2020, jointly organized by ‘Miss & Mrs India Asia Pacific Organization’, received an overwhelming response from Delhiites as married & unmarried women from various walks of life took part in the event with great zeal and enthusiasm. The auditions were organized between 9.30 a.m. to […]

Trump says US troops ‘largely out’ of Syria region

9:19 pm October 16, 2019

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump says U.S. troops are “largely out” of a region of Syria where Turkish forces are attacking Kurdish fighters. Turkey launched a military operation against Kurdish fighters allied with the U.S. after Trump pulled troops from the region this month. As he met Wednesday with Italy’s president, Trump said: “If Syria wants […]