• Reuters

    India's Congress says facing 'tax terrorism' after second tax notice

    India's main opposition party said on Friday it had been asked to pay an additional 18.2 billion rupees ($218 million) in taxes, which it called an attempt by the tax department to financially cripple it weeks before general elections. Calling the latest notice from the Income Tax Department "tax terrorism", Congress treasurer Ajay Maken told reporters the party would fight the demand in court. India will vote in seven phases between April 19 and June 1 in general elections Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to win and secure a record-equalling third straight term.

  • Storyful

    Baby Gibbon Hangs Out With Mother at Philadelphia Zoo

    A baby white-handed gibbon was seen bonding with his mother shortly after being born at the Philadelphia Zoo on March 14.The zoo said the gibbon was born “just before keepers arrived,” and he was continuing to nurse from his mom.According to the Philadelphia Zoo, white-handed gibbons are considered to be one of the most acrobatic animals “on the planet,” and are listed as an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.Footage by Kory Aversa shows the tiny gibbon, named Eros, bonding with his mother. Aversa told Storyful that the footage was captured “just hours after the birth” of Eros. Credit: Kory Aversa via Storyful

  • The Independent

    Parents outraged as photography firm offers to remove disabled children from school pictures

    Those removed from the pictures included a nine-year-old girl with cerebral palsy in a wheelchair