Nepal aims to export 10,000 MW hydroelectricity to India: President Paudel
Kathmandu: The Nepal government has accorded top priority to the development of the hydropower sector and aims to export 10,000 MW of hydropower to India in the next decade, President Ramchandra Paudel said. Nepal wants […]
Gunmen kill six people in attack on mosque in Afghanistan
Kabul: A gunman attacked a mosque in western Afghanistan and killed six people, a government spokesman said, with local residents claiming the minority Shiite community had been targeted. Interior ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qani said […]
What’s on the voters’ minds
New Delhi: Raj Sud, 94, has voted in almost every election held in independent India, bearing witness to the eventful journey of a diverse, and now the world’s most populous, democracy over the last 76 […]
Ferrying voting machines to mountains and tropical areas, Indian elections is a Herculean task
New Delhi: From the Himalayan mountains to the tropical Andaman Islands, Indian officials are using helicopters, buses, trucks, boats, donkeys, and mules to carry electronic voting machines for India’s gigantic national elections. Election officials are […]