Four US lawmakers step into Indian political turd | ummid.com.
Thanks to professional colleagues Hemant Bhrambhatt and Ashok Easwaran, publisher and editor respectively of Hi India, a Chicago-based South Asian weekly newspaper, an ongoing India visit of the four Republican lawmakers and businesspeople has been somewhat upended.
2013 King Faisal International Prize announced | ummid.com.
The Prize for Service to Islam was presented to Sheikh Rai’d Salah Mahagna for his leadership and humanitarian work in the occupied Palestinian territories as chairman of the Islamic Movement in Palestine between 1996 and 2001.
JIH denies allegations against its girls’ wing | ummid.com.
Intelligence agencies in Maharashtra have sent letters to all police stations in Mumbai asking them to monitor the activities of the Girls Islamic Organization (GIO). The organization is trying to “motivate girls towards Islam”, the letter warned, a media report said. GIO is girls’ wing of Jamaat-e-Islami in India and denies the allegations.
Expatriate exposes pathetic condition of Indian Muslims living in Middle East | ummid.com.
They are no better than their counterparts back home, he says, wants from the govt. to rip off their NRI status
He also exposes with the help of various survey reports and research studies a seemingly unconvincing fact that the Muslim expatriates are actually poorer than the expatriates of other religions, and are living literally under inhuman condition to save a miniscule amount which can be sent back home for the education, marriage and medical aid of their near and dear ones.
NIA to establish Liyaqat’s credentials, says top cop | ummid.com.
Talking to media persons on the sidelines of a police function here, the DGP said: “The NIA is probing the arrest of Liyaqat Shah by Delhi Police. It will establish if he is a terrorist or innocent.”
Roof over roads to tap solar power? | ummid.com.
“Our proposal overcomes this obstacle by using the space over the highways for placing the PV panels,” Harinarayana told IANS. “This space can contribute to energy generation without extra land costs.”
Boston students become Muslim for a day | ummid.com.
Signing up at their dorms or at the George Sherman Union Link, the students were given links to instructional videos and pink buttons that read “BU Hijab Day Challenge—Ask Me About My Hijab.”
Why Spamhaus Internet attack was good | ummid.com.
Yet much has changed from that early vision of that robust, adaptive network. In the early Internet, most traffic was text, and it wasn’t sensitive to “latency” – small delays. It didn’t matter if that text was delayed a few moments or even minutes.
Brain imaging can help predict criminal’s behaviour | ummid.com.
The paper, which is to be published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, studied impulsive and anti-social behaviour and focused on the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), a portion of the brain that deals with regulating behaviour and impulsivity.
In US, nothing comes for free: BJP on ‘sponsored’ business delegation | ummid.com.
“In US, nothing comes for free. Even dinners hosted by President Obama are charged at $60,000- 70,000 per plate. Arranging business delegations and hosting dinners is an acceptable part of fund raising in US,” Jolly said.
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