I Was Banned From Entering CPAC Hungary’s ‘Woke Free Zone’

I Was Banned From Entering CPAC Hungary’s ‘Woke Free Zone’

[ad_1] In fact, the MAGA faithful flocked to the event to profess their admiration for the Hungarian miracle. Former Arizona candidate for governor Kari Lake recently declared on Steve Bannon’s show that “Hungary is doing things right.” One thing Orbán is apparently doing right is cozying up to Russian President Vladimir Putin. On Friday morning, … Read more

‘Are You There, God?’ Reminds Us Why Books Are Still Banned, Even in the Digital Age

‘Are You There, God?’ Reminds Us Why Books Are Still Banned, Even in the Digital Age

[ad_1] At the time the book came out, some critics seemed surprised at how deeply it drilled into the anxious self-centeredness of a growing child. “The world may be in serious trouble, but for Margaret Simon and her friends, the real crises have to do with breast‐growth and the competition to see who menstruates first,” … Read more

China banned most Uyghurs praying in mosques, homes during Eid

China banned most Uyghurs praying in mosques, homes during Eid

[ad_1] New Delhi: Chinese authorities banned most Uyghurs praying in mosques — and even in their homes — during the Eid al-Fitr holiday, marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, in many parts of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, residents and police said, the media reported. People aged 60 and older were … Read more

EU firms accused of ‘abhorrent’ export of banned pesticides to Brazil

EU firms accused of ‘abhorrent’ export of banned pesticides to Brazil

[ad_1] Pesticides banned in the EU because of their links to human health risks are being exported and used on farms in Brazil supplying Nestlé, an investigation has revealed. Europe is home to some of the world’s biggest and most profitable chemical companies, including the Swiss-based Syngenta and the German multinationals BASF and Bayer. But … Read more

NIA raids underway at 17 locations of banned PFI

NIA raids underway at 17 locations of banned PFI

[ad_1] New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday conducted raids at 17 locations across the country of the banned organisation Popular Front of India (PFI) in connection with a terror case. According to sources, the searches that began early this morning were on in the states of Bihar, UP, Punjab and Goa. An … Read more

Screening banned BBC documentary amounted to ‘gross indiscipline’, DU tells Delhi HC

Screening banned BBC documentary amounted to ‘gross indiscipline’, DU tells Delhi HC

[ad_1] New Delhi: The Delhi University (DU) told the High Court on Monday that the action of students screening the banned BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi without permission, and organising protests, despite imposition of prohibitory orders, amounts to “gross indiscipline”. A bench of Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav was hearing a plea by the … Read more

Hyderabad: Man held for selling banned E-Cigarettes worth Rs 4 lakhs in Begumpet

Hyderabad: Man held for selling banned E-Cigarettes worth Rs 4 lakhs in Begumpet

[ad_1] Representative Image Hyderabad: The commissioner’s Task Force and Panajgutta police arrested a person who was involved in the illegal procurement and selling of banned E-Cigarettes that contain nicotine. A total of 103 E-Cigarettes were seized from the possession of the accused, all worth Rs 4,00,000. The accused, 34-year-old Satish is a Maharashtra native, who … Read more

Opinion | Can the 19th Century Law That Banned Walt Whitman Also Ban Abortion by Mail?

Opinion | Can the 19th Century Law That Banned Walt Whitman Also Ban Abortion by Mail?

[ad_1] While a federal circuit court panel issued a partial stay until the ruling can be fully appealed, the reasoning on which both the plaintiff and Kacsmaryk partially based their arguments is arguably more eye-popping than the decision itself. Citing the Comstock Act, a sweeping anti-obscenity measure passed by Congress in 1873, Kacsmaryk found that … Read more

Banned TTP still using Afghan soil to attack Pakistan: Defence Minister Asif

Banned TTP still using Afghan soil to attack Pakistan: Defence Minister Asif

[ad_1] Islamabad: Amid a surge in attacks by the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that the banned militant group was still using Afghan soil to carry out attacks inside the country, a media report said on Tuesday. Asif expressed his concern at the TTP using neighbouring Afghanistan for terrorism in … Read more