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The Nobel laureate and celebrated iconic leader of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi has been found guilty on some 18 counts by the military styled government that has been running the show. Out of these 18 counts, there are some 11 offences of corruption. If proven guilty, she would have to serve a lifetime in prison where the cumulative sentence comes to 190 years. After having defeated her efforts to create a stable government and democracy through a military coup, she was kept in house arrest and later in jail since February of last year. Pre her detention, Ms. Suu Kyi had held the country’s affairs for a span of 5 years but was later overthrown from her position of state counselor and de facto leader of the country . Obviously, there are reasons for her to deny these allegations, which she has termed as ‘absurd.’ It was not immediately clear if Suu Kyi would be transferred to a prison. She has been held in an undisclosed location, where junta leader Min Aung Hlaing said she coul...

Stretched over two three-day weekends, the Coachella Valley Music and Art Festival returned to epic styles after a literally two year break. Blame it all on the pandemic. Hundred and thousands of music fans could be seen flocking the Californian desert and no one was complaining about the heat. Those who were worth mentioning at the electric place included Billie Elish, Harry Styles, The Weekend and of course the EDM stars Swedish House Mafia. Concerts and performances have not been the same since the pandemic stopped gatherings due to evident fear of mass transmissions. Style quotients were high and there is undeniable excitement around what celebrity artists are honing on the stage these days. For starters was Harry Styles : The former One Direction star made his Coachella debut in oh-so-glamorous fashion, rocking a black fur coat on stage, which he removed during his opening number, As It Was, to reveal a low-cut, silver sequined catsuit. He was joined on stage by country l...

He might have started as a butcher but today is known as a respected hotelier and restaurant owner in Dubai. His father as a native Lebanon passed on the trade of butchery to the young Fadi Al Safadi at the age of 13 years. But Safadi had other plans for himself and today at the age of 59 years, he is the proud founder and CEO of Al Safadi restaurant. The trade of butchery was considered respectable. His father was renowned at the trade and supplied to the best restaurants in Beirut in the 1970s. A success story of the economically downtrodden Lebanon can be this. Speaking to the local media that has now been writing about him due to the growing reputation of his restaurants, he said, “My time working for my father laid the foundation for something big to come in my life. He taught me to be prepared for everything. For one year, I worked as a cleaner in my father’s shop before he taught me the skill of butchery. My father was my best teacher. From treating customers well, to develo...

 It’s a ‘zero work-life balance’ scenario in the power couple Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh’s life. But the latter is more to be blamed for this than the former. So, who takes the reigns of the horse? Ofcourse its the lady luck who swept Ranveer off his feet in the many encounters they had with each other onscreen and offscreen. Deepika, who fought depression for a long time, understands the value of balancing the facets of life which tend to overtake us, more than once in a while. Come pandemic, and the lines between work and personal life have diminished to a large extend. In an interview with the media recently, Mr. Singh was candid about his inability to balance things in his life. The reason he says is because of extreme amounts of energy and his obsession for acting, his profession, and how he has been so much into it that at one time, he would wish to work for 18 hours a day.  In his making of the Padmavat, he had mentioned how he closed himself in a room to ...

Once the most poached, these are big 5 and the awe-inspiring creatures to see in the wilds of Africa. We are talking about the most beautiful creatures like lions, leopards, elephants, African buffalo and the rhinoceroses. Still hunted today, the increasing interest in safaris has somehow been a saving grace for them. That’s especially true because all of these species are decreasing in population—lions in particular are struggling, having lost 94 percent of their original habitat. Only about 20,000 of the big cats remain in the wild. Leopards : are solitary cats and sometimes known as the ninja cat as they sneaky in nature and hard to spot. These cats can carry preys as large as an antelope or a zebra and believe in having a meal in silence and alone. They are not pack animals. African Lion: They are pack animals but yet don’t have a permanent social hierarchy. Men only sire babies while women run the packs. In many cases they are also the hunters who teach the y...

  A pro-Russian politician fugitive Viktor Medvedchuk, who is deemed to be the closest ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the country, has been captured by Ukrainian forces. The media themselves are now admitting of skewed and manipulative news doing rounds. New agencies are however claiming that this 67-year-old business tycoon, apparently was residing in Ukraine and is considered one of the richest. His arrest comes over his alleged connections and probably of espionage against Ukraine. If reports are to be believed, Medvedchuk counts Putin among his personal friends and says the Kremlin leader is godfather to his youngest daughter Darya.  Undated and unlocated images of Medvedchuk were released by Ukraine's security service SBU that purportedly show the business tycoon in handcuffs and wearing a Ukrainian military uniform.  The lawmaker that is considered Russia friendly, was captured through setting off a trap for him. Once in custody, his arrest was de...

Picture for representative purpose only The movie Kashmir Files seemed to have rekindled some unhappy memories and violence in Srinagar. A controversy is said to have erupted after protests broke out at the city’s Jamia Masjid. Apparently, some men were witnessed allegedly shouting moving phrases of the movie like the “azadi” slogans. This was the first congregational prayer held in the grand mosque in the month of Ramzan. It is heartwarming that the mosque has only opened up after a period of two years, when Covid-19 seemed to have brought back everyone on the same plane, irrespective of any religious differences. A string of attacks has been on the rise in the valley off late. These have been targeting migrant workers and security personnel in particular. The offensive between Army personnel and Kashmiri turned militants continues to rock the valley of love and knowledge. Recent reports have confirmed that the Srinagar police have gunned down two top Lashkar-e-Taiba militants –...