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It rained on Saturday night. Yet, undeterred by the weather, about 500 people turned up in Besant Nagar, for ‘The World’s Big Sleep Out.’Despite a change in venue, from Elliot’s Beach to Arignar Anna Government Higher Secondary School, Besant Nagar, the global event, organised on December 7, to show solidarity and raise funds for the homeless, saw a heart-warming, enthusiastic response from the city. At the venue — an open ground — a few large Arabian tents were erected, to provide some shelter from the rain.Started by Josh Littlejohn MBE, co-founder of the Scotland-based charity Social Bite, ‘The World’s Big Sleep Out’ was run in partnership with the Institute of Global Homelessness (IGH), UNICEF USA, Malala Fund and Social Bite. Over fifty thousand people participated worldwide, gathering in parks and city squares with their sleeping bags. The event included an impressive list of celebrities. In Trafalgar Square, Helen Mirren read … [Read more...] about Why people across the world gathered to spend one night out on the streets

Parliament proceedings live | Lok Sabha discusses Citizenship Amendment BillUnion Home Minister Amit Shah introduced the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in the Lok Sabha on December 9. The Bill seeks to amend the Citizenship Act, 1955 by seeking to grant citizenship to undocumented and illegal non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan who came to India on or before December 31, 2014.Watch: All about the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019Read: Amit Shah introduces Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 in Lok Sabha amid uproarAlso Read: Anti-Citizenship Amendment Bill strike, protests disrupt life in TripuraRussia banned from Olympics, other world championships for doping scandalRussia was banned from the Olympics and world championships in a range of sports on December 9 after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) ruled to punish it for manipulating laboratory data, the TASS news agency reported.Karnataka bypoll results live | Siddaramaiah quits as CLP leaderThe … [Read more...] about Top news of the day: Lok Sabha discusses Citizenship Amendment Bill; Russia banned from Olympics and other major sporting events for four years, and more

Helsinki: Finland's new prime minister - about to become the world's youngest serving premier - will have a finance minister two years her junior in a new women-led coalition cabinet, party officials said on Monday. Sanna Marin, 34, from the dominant Social Democrats, was chosen by her party as the sole candidate for prime minister on Sunday. Centre Party chief Katri Kulmuni, 32, will get the finance post when the new cabinet is officially nominated on Tuesday, party members said. Finland's government resigned last week after the Centre Party said it had lost confidence in Social Democrat Prime Minister Antti Rinne over his handling of a postal strike. The five parties in power - four of them led by women - decided to stay in coalition and continue with the same programmes, but said there would be a reshuffle. Marin will take over in the middle of labour unrest and a wave of strikes which will halt production at some of Finland's largest companies from Monday. The Confederation of … [Read more...] about Finland picks world’s youngest PM to head women-led cabinet

And ahead of the milestone anniversary of the iconic animated sitcom, The Simpsons, we had a chat with Yeardley Smith – aka Lisa Simpson – about the last three decades working on the show. While there’s a lot we want to know from Smith, first thing’s first; how the heck did The Simpsons predict the future and one of the biggest news stories in history? Of course, we’re referring to when they referenced Donald Trump as the US president in the episode ‘Bart to the Future’ in the year 2000 – when Lisa Simpson is president and has to clean up his mess — 15 years before he even announced he was running for office. “They literally thought, ‘What’s the silliest, most outrageous, dumbest idea for a president we can possibly think of?’” Smith tells news.com.au. “He (Donald Trump) was doing The Apprentice at the time. What’s really uncanny though is they animated him coming down the escalator. … [Read more...] about Voice of Lisa Simpson talks to news.com.au about the show’s eerie predictions

LAHORE: Going a step further after claiming that her former boyfriend Mohammad Asif has links with bookies, actress- model Veena Malik on Wednesday said Pakistan Cricket Board all along knew about this and all national cricketers and officials are "involved in match-fixing from head to toe". Malik said she will meet on Thursday ICC's anti-corruption unit official Reza Hasan who arrived in the country on Wednesday regarding her revelations that Asif has links with Indian bookies. "A senior police officer called me on phone today and told me that an ICC anti-corruption unit official will meet me tomorrow to ascertain the veracity of the revelations I made about Asif and his links with Indian bookies," Malik said. "Pakistan Cricket Board had evidence of this but no action was taken against Asif. From head to toe, Pakistani players and officials are involved in match-fixing," Malik claimed. She reiterated that Asif was involved in match fixing and his links with bookies had … [Read more...] about Players, officials all involved in match-fixing from head to toe: Veena Malik