By KS Tomar It was on Feb 22, 2022 when Nepal’s parliament debated the pros and cons of the $500 million grant from the United States to fund a 187 mile long electricity transmission line and a road improvement project in Nepal through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a U.S. government aid agency. The then a...
New York: Rahul Gandhi addressed a gathering of around 4000 people at the Javits Center in New York on June 3. He has been on a six-day tour of the United States, having visited San Francisco, Washington D.C, he attended this grand finale by meeting an enthusiastic crowd who received him with thunderous applause....
The author Malcolm Gladwell popularized the 10,000-hour rule, which states that it takes 10,000 hours of intensive practice to master a complex skill. If you practice the guitar for 10,000 hours, you’ll be ready to join a band. If you practice writing for 10,000 hours, you’ll be ready to publish a novel. And if...
Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman and terror suspect Tahawwur Rana has filed a plea challenging a recent US court order that approved his extradition to India where he is facing trial for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that led to the killing of 166 people, including six Americans. Filing the writ of habeas corpus through his lawyer, Rana, 62,...
Odisha Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena stated on Sunday that the death toll in the tragedy has been updated to 275 after accounting for certain “double countings” following the catastrophic railway accident in Balasore on Friday evening. Out of the 275, 88 bodies, according to the Chief Secretary, have been identified. “The Railways on Saturday said that the number of deaths is 288...
By Air Vice Marshal Rajeev Hora January 26 is normally a day of celebrations all over India. However, for a great number of Kutch inhabitants in 2001, it turned out to be their worst nightmare. Yes, I am talking about the massive intraplate earthquake which hit the region at that time. So sudden it was,...
London: In a grand gathering of Indians from 15 countries, the "Bharat Gaurav" award ceremony took place at the iconic British Parliament in London. This prestigious event, organized by the Sanskriti Yuva Sanstha, paid tribute to remarkable individuals who have brought immense pride to India on the global stage. The dining hall of the...
New Delhi: The periodic table, democracy, and sources of energy -- Class 10 students will no longer learn about these from their government-issue textbooks. Complete chapters on the subjects now stand deleted as a part of a "rationalization" meant to reduce the "burden on students". The removal of the theory of evolution from the Class 10...
Capetown: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the BRICS Ministerial in Cape Town, South Africa. The meeting comes when the West is constantly trying to make India pick sides in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Earlier on May 21, PM Narendra Modi met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the...
