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Wani was killed in an encounter with Indian security forces in Jammu and Kashmir on July 8, 2016 The Birmingham City Council has been forced to withdraw permission granted to the organisers of a rally titled " Burhan Wani   Day" to mark the first death anniversary of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militant/terrorist Burhan Wani here after India lodged a strong protest over the same. Current Affairs   : Burhan Wani was killed in an encounter with Indian security forces in the Tral region of Jammu and Kashmir on July 8, 2016. The United Kingdom has a long memory of terror attacks. For more than 30 years from the early 1970s, the Irish Republican Army (IRA), a paramilitary group, carried out multiple attacks across the UK. The deadliest were the Birmingham pub bombings of 1974, when 21 were killed. In 1996, the IRA detonated a massive 1500-kilogram (3300-pound) bomb in a Manchester shopping center that injured more than 200 and was not far from this year's terror a...

The blasts reportedly went off at the end of the concert near the box office area of the venue At least 19 people have been killed and 50 injured in an explosion which is treated as a "terrorist incident", at a pop concert by US star Ariana Grande in the Manchester city in the   UK Attack   , police said today. "Police were called to reports of an explosion at Manchester Arena. So far 19 people have been confirmed dead with around 50 others injured," Greater Manchester Police said in a statement. "This is currently being treated as a terrorist incident until police know otherwise," the statement said. Eyewitnesses reported hearing a loud "bang" from inside the venue, which was playing host to a concert by American pop star Ariana Grande. Video footage from the scene showed bloodied victims being helped by emergency services. Also Read :   Manchester blast: Singer Ariana Grande tweets she is 'broken' and sorry Grande is s...

Leaders of the five economies agree to work on credit rating agency, trade in local currency and cooperation on tax evasion While a key agreement on setting up a   BRICS   credit rating agency eluded them, leaders of the five emerging large economies ended their eighth summit with a commitment to strive for greater synergy and higher economic growth. With Indian and Chinese exports to the West shrinking, Prime Minister   Narendra Modi called for doubling of intra-BRICS trade to $500 billion by 2020. This was seen as a key to spur growth in BRICS economies, two of which have recorded negative growth. Chinese President Xi Jinping drew attention to “some countries getting more inward looking in their policies… Protectionism is rising and the forces against globalisation are an emerging risk,” he said. The ‘Goa Declaration’, issued at the end of the summit, welcomed “experts exploring the possibility of setting up an independent BRICS Rating Agency based on market...

UK government needs stronger response to VW emissions scandal: Committee The British government should take a tougher stance against   Volkswagen   (VW) after its emissions fraud, as well as increase the use of electric cars and reduce air pollution from transport, a parliamentary environment committee said on Thursday. Almost a year after US regulators found that VW had cheated in diesel emissions tests, the British government has yet to decide what action to take against Europe's largest automaker, even though it faces criminal investigations in the United States, South Korea and elsewhere. The worldwide scandal, dubbed "Dieselgate", has hurt VW's reputation and business, and already cost it billions of dollars. VW last September admitted to using a sophisticated secret software in cars to cheat on exhaust emissions tests. The Environmental Audit Committee, whose conclusions are not binding on the government, said VW had only just started to recall cars ...

David Cameron to resign today, Theresa May to become UK PM David Cameron   will resign today and Britain will get its first female prime minister since Margaret Thatcher, as British Home Secretary   Theresa May   will take over the post. After failing to convince UK to remain in the European Union in a shocking referendum, Cameron had announced in June that he would step down by October, May's only remaining rival to replace Cameron -- Energy Minister   Andrea Leadsom   -- pulled out of the race following controversy over comments she made about motherhood and leadership. "Obviously, with these changes, we now don't need to have a prolonged period of transition. And so tomorrow I will chair my last cabinet meeting. On Wednesday I will attend the House of Commons for prime minister's questions. And then after that I expect to go to the palace and offer my resignation. So we will have a new prime minister in that building behind me by Wednesday evening...

Brexit: EU referendum voting gets undeway in UK Polling stations across the United Kingdom opened on Thursday morning to decide the historic   referendum   on whether the country should remain a member of the European Union   or leave the politico-economic union of 28 member states. The   voting   will take place between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. local time. The national referendum is the third in UK history and comes four months after battle for votes between the 'Leave' and 'Remain' campaigns. Prime Minister David Cameron criss-crossed the country in a final effort to warn Britain's voters against rejecting the   EU   in the historic poll yesterday. This decision will also read as a referendum on his premiership. Last night, he was joined by former prime ministers Gordon Brown and Sir John Major, the Liberal Democrat leader, Tim Farron, and the Green MP Caroline Lucas, at events in Bristol and Birmingham, reports the   Guardian . The ...

Islamic State (ISIS) technicians are working to develop a   Google-style driverless car   that could navigate itself into a crowded area before detonating an explosive device, aNATO security expert has warned. ISIS' research and development department in the terror group's de facto Syrian capital, Raqqa, is believed to be producing the vehicles at the same time as US Internet giant Google attempts to perfect the same technology. If successful, the invention could prove to be a major headache for security services in Britain and throughoutEurope and North America, where self-driving cars are expected to become commonplace, Daily Express reported. Thousands of driverless cars are expected to be on Britain's roads within the next few years and there is a very real prospect jihadis could prey on the new technology to launch attacks in the UK. Jamie Shea, NATO's deputy assistant secretary general for emerging security threats, said the Islamic extremists were u...

For the fourth quarter in a row, India has topped global  consumer confidence index  as measured by research agency Nielsen in 2015. But the catch is that it continues to show signs of a recessionary sentiment for the third straight quarter. Nielsen’s just released report shows India’s consumer confidence index for the fourth quarter of 2015 was 131, ahead of the Philippines (117), Indonesia (115) and Thailand (114). But 50% of people polled feel India is still in economic recession, implying recessionary sentiment is strong.  Read Full Article Over Here :  Business Standard News  

Contagious cancers  may not be as rare as thought, say scientists who have discovered a second transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils - small dog-sized ferocious carnivores found in the Australian island state of Tasmania. Transmissible cancers - cancers which can spread between individuals by the transfer of living cancer cells - are believed to arise extremely rarely in nature. One of the few known transmissible cancers causes facial tumours in Tasmanian devils, and is threatening this species with extinction. The discovery by researchers from the University of Tasmania in Australia, and the University of Cambridge in UK, calls into question our current understanding of the processes that drive cancers to become transmissible. Tasmanian devils are iconic marsupial carnivores that are only found in the wild in Tasmania. The size of a small dog, the animals have a reputation for ferocity as they frequently bite each other during mating and feeding interactions.  ...

Tata Steel UK has signed a letter of intent with Greybull Capital, an investment company, to enter exclusive negotiations for a potential sale of its long products Europe business. This development was revealed by  Tata Steel , the largest steel producer in the country, on Tuesday. Tata Steel UK is an indirect subsidiary of Tata Steel Europe. The memorandum covers several UK-based assets such as the Scunthorpe Steelworks, mills in Teesside and north France, an engineering workshop in Workington, a design consultancy in York, and associated distribution facilities. It also includes Scottish mills in Dalzell and Clydebridge, which are currently being “mothballed”, said Tata Steel in its notification to the exchanges. “This is an extremely critical time for the whole industry, and we have been working hard to explore all options that could provide a future for the long products Europe business,” the notification said, quoting Karl Koehler, the chief executive of Tata Steel’s Eur...