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What is the Hatch Act?

Kellyanne Conway violated a federal law prohibiting government employees from engaging in political activity in their official capacity, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel announced on Tuesday. The 1939 law, called the Hatch Act, prohibits federal employees from using their official authority to try to interfere or influence an election or to impact the outcome of the election while in duty.

Mar 7, 2018

Who is Periyar EV Ramasamy? Dravidian movement stalwart led anti-Hindi agitation after quitting Congress

EV Ramasamy, aka Periyar, was a respected Tamil political and social leader who fought for equality for lower castes and rejected religious oppression.

Mar 7, 2018

What is the Alt-Right? The Alternative Right movement is slowly declining

The Alt-Right movement has been around since 2010, with a steady number of people identifying themselves with its ideology. However, one year after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, the anti-immigrant and anti-Semitic movement is floundering.

Mar 7, 2018

Mukesh Ambani is richest Indian, 118 others in Forbes' billionaires' list of 2018

Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, who has a net worth of $40.1 billion, is ranked 19 in Forbes' list of richest people in the world.

Mar 7, 2018

Karnataka Lokayukta Vishwanath Shetty stabbed inside his office, accused nabbed

The incident took place in the Lokayukta office when Justice Shetty exposed a major loophole in the case he was hearing.

Mar 7, 2018

CBSE board exams: Class 10 girl arrives in school on a stretcher to write Hindi exam

Khushi, the 15-year-old girl, successfully managed to write her Hindi exam, despite suffering multiple injuries after she fell down from the fourth floor.

Mar 7, 2018

Pakistan barbers ban western hairstyles as it's 'un-Islamic,' say move won't impact foreigners

Barbers in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province will not make French and English beards and hairstyles anymore as it's against Islamic values.

Mar 7, 2018

Oldest-known message in a bottle found

The world and amp;#39;s oldest known message in a bottle has been found washed up on a remote beach in Western Australia.Perth resident Tonya Illman stumbled upon the bottle half-buried on a beach near Wedge Island in January while picking up rubbish.

Mar 7, 2018

Happy Women's Day 2018: Motivational quotes by powerful women around the world

To celebrate global activism on women's equality, the theme for this year's International Women's Day is #PressforProgress.

Mar 7, 2018

Diver captures underwater landscape filled with plastic, says 'The ocean currents brought us in a lovely gift!' [Video]

Rich Horner, the diver, found the sea filled with plastic baskets, bags, straws, bottles and cups while swimming in Manta Point in Bali, Indonesia.

Mar 7, 2018

Shinmoedake volcano that appeared in James Bond film erupts, grounding flights in Japan

This is the biggest explosion on Japan's Shinmoedake volcano since 2011 and the mountain has been shooting columns of smoke and ash into the atmosphere.

Mar 7, 2018

BR Ambedkar joins SP Mukherjee, Lenin and Periyar as statues vandalized, pulled down across India [Video]

Seven people were arrested in Kolkata for vandalizing a statue of Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder SP Mukherjee after a Periyar statue was attacked in Vellore.

Mar 7, 2018

Container ship on fire off Lakshadweep coast, search on for 4 missing crew

The Singapore-flagged container ship named Maersk Honam had 27 people on board.

Mar 7, 2018

Indian techie Srinivas Kuchibhotla's killer Adam Purinton gets 50 years in jail for first-degree murder

The accused Adam Purinton, who fired at Srinivas Kuchibhotla after a racially-charged tirade in 2017, pleaded guilty to premeditated first-degree murder.

Mar 7, 2018

Mother banned by court from taking toddler to India for 'utterly unacceptable' female genital mutilation

A Manchester County and Family Court judge said the girl was at risk of undergoing the procedure because her mother had earlier ignored her maternal instinct.

Mar 7, 2018