Earlier too a Pakistani news channel was lauded by many after it cast a transgender person as their news anchor. The name Maavia Malik created quite a buzz on social media videos of her went viral on various social networking websites.
An top Indian-origin intellectual property litigator in Singapore has been appointed as a judicial commissioner of the country's Supreme Court by President Halimah Yacob, according to an official statement.
Money parked by Indians in Swiss banks rose over 50 per cent to CHF 1.01 billion (Rs 7,000 crore) in 2017, reversing a three-year downward trend amid India’s clampdown on suspected black money stashed there.
Amul Thapar, an Indian-American appeals court judge from the US state of Kentucky is on President Donald Trump's short list of potential nominees to replace Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, who announced his retirement a day before.
US envoy to the UN Nikki Haley on Thursday said Washington will not tolerate governments giving safe haven to terrorists and will communicate this message more strongly to Islamabad than it used to do in the past.
The loans were given to its founders without board approval and enough collaterals, it added.