Day: November 11, 2018

C’garh polls: Amid Maoist threat, 1 lakh security men deployed for first phase

open view web desk Raipur, Nov 11: Nearly one lakh security personnel have been deployed in the Naxal-affected districts going to polls in the first phase in Chhattisgarh on Monday, amid the threat from Maoists who have called for a boycott of the elections. On the eve of the […]

PM pays tributes to Acharya JB Kripalani and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad on their birth anniversaries

open view web desk The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has paid tributes to Acharya JB Kripalani and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad on their birth anniversaries. “Remembering Acharya JB Kripalani and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad on their birth anniversaries. Two exemplary personalities, their notable role during the freedom struggle and emphasis on […]

PM pays tributes to Indian soldiers who fought in First World War

open view web desk The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has paid tributes to the Indian soldiers who fought in the First World War.  “Today, as we mark one hundred years since the end of the horrific First World War, we reiterate our commitment towards world peace and pledge […]

Alibaba Singles’ Day sales hit $10 billion in first hour

SHANGHAI – Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd settled roughly 69 billion yuan ($9.92 billion) in the first hour of its annual Singles’ Day on Sunday, up roughly 21 percent from last year’s early haul of 57 billion yuan. Singles’ Day is the world’s biggest online sales […]

Pressure on girls for perfect body ‘worse than ever’, says Orbach

Girls and young women are under more pressure than ever to achieve the perfect body in an oppressive social media-driven world that could never have been imagined by 1970s feminists, says psychoanalyst and bestselling author Susie Orbach. Forty years after the publication of her seminal book “Fat is […]

Sombre ceremonies from Wellington to New Delhi mark WWI armistice centenary

India, Australia and New Zealand paused Sunday on the centenary of the end of World War I to remember the more than 150,000 of their countrymen who died fighting on the other side of the world. In sombre ceremonies from Wellington to New Delhi, huge crowds paid tribute […]

Trump discussed Khashoggi response with Turkey’s Erdogan – White House official

PARIS – U.S. President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan discussed how to respond to the killing last month of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi, a White House official said on Sunday. The conversation took place during a Saturday dinner with heads of state gathered in Paris […]

Explainer: Why are Iraq’s Kirkuk oilfields so important?

BAGHDAD/ABU DHABI – Iraq’s oilfields in the disputed Kirkuk region have taken on new significance after the United States restored oil sanctions against neighbouring Iran. Washington is pressuring Baghdad to resume exports that stopped last year. Iraq aims to raise its export capacity to 8.5 million barrels per […]

Behind Sri Lanka’s turmoil, a China-India struggle for investments and influence

COLOMBO- Gleaming cranes stretch out on the waterfront in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo as Chinese companies construct a $1.5 billion new commercial district, including hotels, marinas and a motor racing track. They have already built a giant container terminal nearby and a huge port in the south. […]

Jitendra Singh calls on J&K guv

Jammu, Nov 11: Union minister Jitendra Singh Sunday met Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik at Raj Bhavan here on Sunday and discussed internal and external security issues, an official spokesman said. Besides security, the two spoke on development related matters, the spokesman added. PTI

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