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World's Ridiculous Laws that Will Definitely make you Laugh

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There are many people in the world, who may feel dissatisfied about the existence of laws. However, few of them dare to challenge the consistency of laws, their relevance and need to restore justice, punish evil, or prevent crime. However, in some countries there are legal provisions that are difficult to explain from the standpoint of common sense. In Europe, there are a lot of ridiculous laws. For... 

Study lists 20 cities most threatened by flood

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A new study carried out by the researchers in England has released the name of 20 cities which are at the highest risk of damaging floods. Scientists at the University of Southampton listed the cities that face the worst damage from floods and giant storms. The report illustrates that nearly all of them are in Asia and North America, five of them are in the United States, according to Live Science. The... 

India launches first home-built aircraft carrier

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India’s indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant is docked at the Cochin Shipyard Limited in Kerala, August 11, 2013. India has launched its first domestically built aircraft carrier on Monday, joining the world’s military elite. It comes two days after the activation of India’s first nuclear submarine, a move hailed as a “giant stride in technological capabilities.” The INS Vikrant will... 

Countdown to extinction of Pink Dolphin

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The Chinese Indo-Pacific pink dolphins are rare, are getting rarer and are in line for extinction, thanks to Humankind. Welcome to the twenty-first century. These beautiful sea creatures start their lives grey, and gradually turn pink. Soon, this will not matter, will it? The pink dolphin is native to the coasts off Taiwan and Hong Kong. Industrial expansion and sea pollution are creating the conditions... 

Italy to Ban Monsanto GMO Corn with 80% Public Support

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First India gives Monsanto a run for their ill-gotten money by refusing their patent applications, and now Italy, with the help of three Italian ministries, will try to undo Monsanto. A decree has been signed which will ban Monsanto’s MON810 maize, one of the two genetically modified crops currently legally grown in Europe and sold commercially. The decree is not yet binding as it has to be published... 

India court to issue first verdict in gang-rape case

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An Indian schoolgirl holds a lighted candle and placard as she takes part in a rally in Ahmedabad, after the death of a gang-rape victim from the Indian capital New Delhi A court in India will deliver the first verdict on one of the five suspects on trial for participating in the fatal gang-rape of a 23-year-old medical student in the capital, New Delhi. The juveniles’ court in the capital finished... 

Indian children Forced to eat Poisoned school meal

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After 23 Indian children died from consuming poisoned school meals, it has emerged that victims refused the food before being made to eat it, according to the Times of India. Preliminary investigations indicate the cooking medium was laced with pesticide. Police say that the latest case of poisoning, which claimed the lives of 23 children, was most probably caused by storing cooking oil in a used... 

Death toll in North Indian floods hits almost 6000

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Indian military personnel throw a rock with a rope attached across a river to help rescue pilgrims in Uttarakhand State, on June 22, 2013. The government in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand says nearly 6,000 people who went missing in last month’s flash floods north of the country are presumed dead. Tourists, pilgrims and local residents were swept away when floods caused by torrential monsoon... 

Apocalyptic Floods Hit India, Over 1000 Dead

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Early monsoon rains have swept northern India, causing floods and landslides, killing at least 600 and leaving tens of thousands missing, officials report. About 100 towns and villages remain cut off since Sunday, and the death toll is expected to rise. Many of the missing are pilgrims and tourists that were at the foothills of the Himalayas at the Ganges river, which is sacred to Hindus, at the time... 

Why does USA need panic on gold market?

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Why investors are sometimes misled? Perhaps, the goal is to further scare and disorient the investment funds and individuals so that they quickly get rid of their gold (and earlier – silver) because the gold has allegedly lost its former appeal and reliability, and stock quotes have sharply declined. Likely, someone needed them to fall. Where else if not at the George Soros exchange various... 

Russian Report Warns Of Grave Monsanto Threat To World

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A chilling new report prepared for President Putin by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MINPRIRODY) is warning today that the entire world is faced with a “grave and dangerously extreme threat” from what it calls “genetically modified mutant plants” created by the American multinational agricultural biotechnology giant Monsanto that are now threatening our planets entire food... 

American tourist gang-raped in northern India

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An Indian woman walks past graffiti against rape written on a wall in New Delhi on April 22, 2013. An American female tourist has been gang-raped by a group of truckers in India’s northern state of Himachal Pradesh, police say. The 30-year-old woman was picked up by three men in a truck late on Monday while hitchhiking to her hotel in Manali town, a tourist resort in the foothills of the Himalayas. The... 

Investigators probe deadly Maoist ambush in central India

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Maoist rebels at a training camp in eastern India A team of India’s top anti-terrorism investigators and security experts has launched an investigation into a recent deadly ambush by Maoist rebels in the central state of Chhattisgarh, officials say. Indian officials say six-member National investigation Agency team held several meetings with the police and senior administration officials in the troubled... 

Russia Issues “Extreme Danger” Warning As Alabama Death Toll Rises

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The Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) today has issued an “Extreme Danger” warning for all vessels entering or nearing the United States Port of Mobile, located in the State of Alabama, as the death toll rises from what this report claims is an environmental disaster related to the flowering of genetically modified cotton crops located in this region. The RS is tasked with providing the... 

India and China to dominate world savings and investment by 2030

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Countries classified today as developing will dominate global savings and investment in less than a generation, according to the World Bank. India and China are forecast to provide 38% of the total investment by 2030. In 17 years time developing countries will provide for more than 50% of the total global stock of capital, up from about 33% they do today, the World Bank said in its Global Development... 
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