Third Lok Sabha Biography
Know your Politician Third Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile MURLI MANOHAR, SHRI, B.A., LL.B., Cong., (U.P.–Ballia
Month: August 2014
Jessica Chastain demands a female superhero movie
Los Angeles, Aug 30 (IANS) Actress Jessica Chastain demands a female superhero movie, which should have Scarlett Johansson in the lead role. The acclaimed actress, who starred in the 2013 horror film “Mama”, says Marvel Studios should make a movie in which Johansson and her “Black Widow” character play the central role, reports contactmusic.com. The 37-year-old actress told The Wrap: “Where is the Scarlett Johansson superhero movie? ‘Under the Skin’ is an incredible film, and why are we still waiting for a go-ahead on a superhero movie starring Scarlett Johansson?
CME Group smartphone game lets students “beef up” on ag economics
By Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO (Reuters) – Bovine avatars with funny hats in an app are being corralled into helping to teach young people in the United States about agricultural markets and risk. The CME Group futures exchange launched the app, called “Risk Ranch,” for tablets and smartphones as an electronic version of a board game called “Commodity Carnival” – first bought to state fairs in 2013 by CME and the 4-H youth organization. “We heard from educators who asked us, ‘How can I get this in my classroom?'” said Laurie Bischel, CME’s executive director of corporate marketing and communications.
Obama: GOP captive to ideologically rigid group
PURCHASE, N.Y. (AP) — President Barack Obama blamed dysfunction in Congress on a Republican Party he said is captive to an ideologically rigid, unproductive and cynical faction, as he urged like-minded Democrats on Friday to show up for November’s midterm elections.
Obama faces a tough sell in Congress for Islamic State strategy
President Barack Obama has pledged to consult Congress about any expanded military action against Islamic State militants operating in Iraq and Syria, but support from the divided legislature is unlikely to come quickly – if at all. Republicans are generally reluctant to vote for Obama’s policy initiatives. If Congress were to be asked to approve extended military action or funding, it would probably be at a politically sensitive time just weeks before the Nov. 4 congressional elections in which Republicans hope to gain seats.
Modi government selling off Indian assets: Mamata
Kolkata, Aug 30 (IANS) Accusing the Narendra Modi led BJP government of selling out the country’s assets by embracing FDI across sectors, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday warned that such policies would put Indian economy in grave crisis. I left the United Progressive Alliance as I was opposed to FDI in retail. “Now if you sell off to FDI everything from defence to railways, it will harm the country.” Countering finance minister Arun Jaitley’s accusation that why the chief minister visited Singapore when she was opposed to FDI. I used the amount for subsiding the people.” Lavishing praise on former prime minister Indira Gandhi for taking steps such as bank and coal mine nationalistation, Banerjee said it was due to her policy that india had survived the economic slowdown in the past.
Gunmen kill two officials in Yemen
Sana’a, Aug 30 (IANS) Unidentified gunmen shot dead two officials in Yemen’s southern province of Lahj Friday, a security official said. “An official of the General People Congress party and another official of Lahj local government were gunned down by masked attackers riding a motorbike when they were traveling toward the neighbouring southern province of Aden,” a local security official told Xinhua. Yemeni military officials blamed militants of the Yemen-based Al Qaida offshoot for a series of assassinations and armed attacks, mostly in the country’s southern parts.
India’s rapidly growing GDP start of ‘acche din’: Shrikant Sharma
New Delhi, Aug. 29 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national media convener Shrikanth Sharma today hailed the NDA government for the rapid increase in the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), calling it the start of ‘achhe din’. Speaking to ANI, Sharma said, “The condition the country was in when we took over the government after the UPA II’s rule was pathetic. Sharma also said that the present government wants the country to progress. According to market experts, since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power, investors are looking at India with a lot of confidence, whether domestic or international investors, FIIs or FDI.
Activist lodges complaint against RGV for his controversial tweet on Ganesh Chaturthi
New Delhi, Aug 29 (ANI): Lawyer and political activist Shehzad Poonawalla on Friday lodged a complaint against noted filmmaker Ram Gopal Verma for his atheist tweet on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. “It hurts everyone’s’ sentiments, I have lodged a complaint against Ram Gopal Verma to the Delhi Police and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA),” said Poonawalla. Meanwhile, Congress leader Rashid Alvi condemned the filmmaker’s unwarranted tweet, and said that he has hurt the religious sentiments of many people with this statement.
Hip-hop moves as strong force for Michael Brown
NEW YORK (AP) — Rappers are making their voices heard in song and on the ground in Ferguson, Missouri, in the wake of Michael Brown’s shooting death, channeling hip-hop’s earlier roots when the genre worked as a voice for the oppressed and spoke out against injustice.