open view web desk JAMMU, MARCH 07: Secretary Education, Farooq Ahmad Shah today paid a surprise visit to Directorate of School Education, Jammu DSE(J) and State Institute of Education, (SIE) Jammu and took stock of the daily working of these offices. During his visit, Secy Education directed the […]
open view web desk The leaders of North and South Korea will hold a historic summit in the Demilitarized Zone next month after Pyongyang expressed willingness to give up its nuclear weapons in exchange for security guarantees, Seoul said Tuesday. The North is open to “frank” talks with […]
open view web desk COLOMBO- Sri Lanka declared a nationwide state of emergency for 10 days on Tuesday to stop the spread of communal violence, a government spokesman said, after clashes erupted between majority Buddhists and members of the minority Muslim community. Tension has been growing between the […]
open view web desk New Delhi, Mar 5: Congress President Rahul Gandhi today accused the BJP of “usurping” power through proxy in Meghalaya and using “big money” to create an “opportunistic alliance” in the state. Gandhi alleged that the BJP is “obsessed” with “grabbing” power and has shown “utter […]
open view web desk The most senior South Koreans to travel to North Korea for more than a decade met leader Kim Jong Un Monday, a Seoul official said, the latest step in an Olympics-driven rapprochement on the divided peninsula. The delegation, representing the South’s President Moon Jae-in, […]
open view web desk China announced on Monday an 8.1 percent defence budget increase for 2018, giving a boost to the modernisation of the world’s largest military after spending slowed in the previous two years. Beijing will splash out 1.11 trillion yuan ($175 billion) on its military, according […]
open view web desk LOS ANGELES – Romantic fantasy “The Shape of Water” won the best picture Oscar on Sunday, the film industry’s most prestigious honor, on a night where themes of female empowerment and activism almost overshadowed the awards. The Fox Searchlight movie’s Mexican filmmaker, Guillermo del Toro, won best director, […]
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI – Gokulnath Shetty, a middle-aged bank manager of middling rank, spent his days in the foreign exchange department on the mezzanine floor of Punjab National Bank’s Brady House branch in Mumbai. It was there, past the loan desk and up a flight of stairs, that the […]
open view web desk Oxfam revealed Tuesday it was investigating 26 new cases of sexual misconduct since the crisis erupted over its handling of a 2011 prostitution scandal in Haiti, which the British charity called a “wake-up call”. Chief executive Mark Goldring told a parliamentary committee in London […]
open view web desk LONDON – An outbreak of typhoid fever in Pakistan is being caused by an extensively drug resistant “superbug” strain, a sign that treatment options for the bacterial disease are running out, scientists said on Tuesday. Researchers from Britain’s Wellcome Sanger Institute who analysed the […]
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