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Prime Minister Theresa May booed and called facist over Donald Trump invitation

Prime Minister Theresa May was booed and shouted at as she departed the Joint Ministerial Committee on Brexit in Cardiff on 30 January. The Prime Minister extended an invitation for a State Visit to Donald Trump when she visited Washington on 27 January, the same day the President of America signed an executive order barring people from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the US for 90 days. A petition requesting the invitation be rescinded has reached over one million signatures.

Jan 30, 2017

Delhi Police Commissioner: Amulya Patnaik replaces Alok Verma; here's all you need to know

Amulya Patnaik is credited with planning and managing security of the lone train journey ever undertaken by an Indian Prime Minister -- Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2003.

Jan 30, 2017

Budget session 2017: List of all 40 Bills to be raised in 31 sittings; PM Modi urges political parties to enable smooth Parliament session

The PM has urged political leaders to rise above party lines to cooperate with the government and hoped that the experience of the last Winter session is not repeated.

Jan 30, 2017

Celebrities react to Donald Trumps ‘Muslim ban’

Celebrities have not taken kindly to the executive order the American president signed on the 27 January 2017.

Jan 30, 2017

7th Pay Commission: Recommendations approved for employees of Bureau of Indian Standards

Money has not been seen as a constraint for the Narendra Modi government given that the tax collections have remained buoyant in this financial year.

Jan 30, 2017

X Factor contestant Lucie Jones named as UK’s Eurovision entry

Jones came eighth on the X-Factor in 2009.

Jan 30, 2017

India Post Payments Bank: The 'game changer' to get 650 branches by September, says Arun Jaitley

Jaitley feels doorstep banking will no longer remain a mere slogan, but will become a reality due to the huge India Post network in the country.

Jan 30, 2017

Belgravia squatters attacked with missiles in luxury building

Anarchist squatters were attacked by a gang of men using missiles in a luxury Belgravia flat – close to chef Nigella Lawsons home – in London, on the 28 January.

Jan 30, 2017

Theresa May will never walk alone...the shade of Neville Chamberlain strides with her

British PM from 1937 to 1940, Chamberlain became known for his policy of appeasing Adolf Hitler and looking for peace, as the drums of war were already playing Deutschlandlied on the borders of Poland

Jan 30, 2017

Search widened after three die in Chinese new year boat sinking off Borneo

Malaysian authorities have expanded the search operation for missing passengers of the boat that sank sailing from Kota Kinabalu to Mengalum. The incident, which occurred on 28 January, has claimed the lives of at least three Chinese tourists. Reports indicate the boat was being used for a tourist cruise for Chinese New Year, and the authorities are investigating whether it should have been used as a tourist vessel. Both the captain who was rescued and the boat owner have been arrested.

Jan 30, 2017

Toeing Trump's campaign rhetoric, new US Defence Secretary orders review of costly F-35 and Air Force One programs

Donald Trump had called for a review over the prices of the F-35 jets and Air Force One programs during his election campaign.

Jan 30, 2017

Indian-American actor Kal Penn raises $500,000 for Syrian refugees after being told 'you don't belong here' in racist tweet

Penn took the racist tweet in stride and replied to the guy saying, "To the dude who said I don't belong in America, I started a fundraising page for Syrian Refugees in your name."

Jan 30, 2017

Five Indian soldiers rescued from J&K avalanche die

Avalanche warning has been issued for high-risk areas in Kupwara, Bandipora, Baramulla, Ganderbal, Kulgam and Budgam and Kargil district of Kashmir division.

Jan 30, 2017

Trump supporter assaulted in Portland Muslim travel ban protest

A supporter of President Donald Trump was assaulted at Portland International Airport on 29 January, during a clash with protesters against Trump’s travel ban, according to local reports.

Jan 30, 2017

#StopPresidentBannon trends on Twitter after Trump assigns Bannon to National Security Council

The NSC is the main group that advises US President Donald Trump on national security and foreign affairs. With his recent appointment, Stephen Bannon will now join 'high-level discussions about national security'

Jan 30, 2017