Ayushman Basu

Junior Correspondent
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Covers viral news. A Political Science graduate from Delhi University. Masters in Interactive Journalism from City, University of London.  Apart from US news, likes to write on sports (especially regarding the Premier League and favorite club Chelsea FC) and Indian politics and social issues. 

Ayushman Basu

Philadelphia School Giving Money To Students For Not Fighting

According to reports, the school, Mitchell Elementary, is situated in one of the most violent areas of Philadelphia with 81 percent of the school's students living below the poverty line. Some of them are hungry and homeless while some are growing up on their own.

Pat Torpey Cause Of Death: Mr. Big Drummer Dead At 64

Pat Torpey started drumming at the age of seven after he saw a polka band perform at a picnic. He moved to Cleveland in 1983 where he got the opportunity to perform in television shows like "American Bandstand" and "Solid Gold."

US Open To Diplomatic Talks With North Korea Over Denuclearization

“We want to open dialogue with North Korea, we want to have a credible dialogue, a dialogue that could lead steps towards denuclearization,” U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy Joseph Yuosang Yun said, with regards to North Korea sending their delegation for the winter Olympics and the renewed communication between North and South Korea.

Steve Wynn, Bill Cosby To Lose Honorary Degrees From University Of Pennsylvania

This is the first time in a 100 years that the university will be revoking honorary degrees. The last time the university took a similar decision was in 1918 when the degrees of German Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm II and German Ambassador to U.S. Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff were revoked after U.S. broke diplomatic relations with Germany post First World War.

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