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Stanford Business School faces flak after students create 'sexist' song video with nude content

Music video titled "Unfinished Business" by Stanford Business School students created controversy over sexual content.

Mar 21, 2017

Ethiopia welcomes foreign investments as it strives to end poverty and inequality

IBTimes UK interviewed Ethiopian ambassador to the UK – Dr Hailemichael Afework Aberra – on terrorism threat, development, state of emergency and refugee crisis in one of the most stable countries of the Horn of Africa.

Mar 21, 2017

Canadian man aims to fly into space using helium balloons

A Canadian man was fined $20,000 for using more than 100 helium balloons attached to his lawn chair to fly over Calgary in July 2015. 27-year-old Daniel Boria, whose stunt was meant to promote his cleaning company, published a trailer for his proposed next stunt, attempting to break the world record for the highest-altitude free-fall jump from 140,000ft.

Mar 21, 2017

Government to make Aadhaar Card mandatory for filing income tax returns and EPF; so what happens to PAN?

The government is also planning a cap of Rs 2 lakh for cash transactions instead of Rs 3 lakh.

Mar 21, 2017

Is Donald Trump's web of lies and deceit creating the perfect situation for his impeachment? Yes it is!

Comey along with NSA chief James Clapper divulged explosive information about an ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential elections and Trump team's association with it.

Mar 21, 2017

Gwadar Port, CPEC: China cosying up to Pakistan is more about its own security than keeping India at bay

China has always projected itself as Pakistan's all-weather friend; but does Beijing back Islamabad mainly to protect its own borders against a terror threat emanating from Pakistan?

Mar 21, 2017

Knife-wielding man roams Maharani College hostel wearing women's undergarments in Bengaluru [VIDEO]

The Expert Committee on Preventing Sexual Violence against Women and Children had gone to Maharani's Arts, Commerce and Management College for Women to investigate an allegation against a lecturer.

Mar 21, 2017

EVMs cannot be tampered with...period! The Kejriwals, Mayawatis and Mamatas are barking up the wrong tree

After the BJP swept the recent Assembly polls, the Kejriwals, Mayawatis and Mamatas of the nation have put the blame on EVM tampering. But there is every evidence to show that they can't be manipulated easily.

Mar 21, 2017

Former CIA chief: Donald Trump should apologise to Barack Obama for wiretapping claims

Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Leon Panetta says U.S. President Donald Trump should apologise to former President Barack Obama over false allegation of wiretapping. FBI Director James Comey told a congressional hearing on 20 March that he had seen no evidence to support a claim by Trump that Obama had wiretapped his campaign headquarters in Manhattans Trump Tower.

Mar 21, 2017

BJP Yuva Morcha files complaint against activist Prabha Belavangala for morphing obscene pictures of UP CM Yogi Adityanath

In its complaint letter, the BYJM accused Prabha Belavangala as a 'habitual mischief and rumors monger' who had earlier tried to create social disharmony by publishing inflammatory content on Facebook.

Mar 21, 2017

Supreme Court directs Karnataka to release 2,000 cusecs of Cauvery River water daily to Tamil Nadu: How will this affect Karnataka?

The next hearing of the case by the Supreme Court bench led by Justice Dipak Misra will be on July 11.

Mar 21, 2017

Politicians pay their respects to Sein Feins Martin McGuinness

Martin McGuinness, the former Irish Republican Army commander turned peacemaker died aged 66 on 21 March. McGuinness was a young street fighter for the IRA, later becoming a politician and a peacemaker to help end Northern Irelands 30-year conflict. After a decade as deputy first minister of the British province, McGuiness stepped down from his post in January 2017, choosing not to stand for re-election in a snap election.

Mar 21, 2017

Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai and New Delhi make the top 10 list of world's cheapest cities

The survey concluded that some of the cheapest cities to live were in Asia, especially South Asia.

Mar 21, 2017

Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka moves into West Wing of White House, will be privy to confidential information

Reports state that although Ivanka Trump will hold no official title in Trump's administration, she will soon get access to classified information.

Mar 21, 2017

Sydney student accused of raping minor girl at party as his friend filmed the act

A boy from a elite Sydney school sexually assaulted a girl while his friend filmed it; the girl realised it only after her video was circulated online.

Mar 21, 2017