India witnessing V-shaped recovery of economy: Fin Min report
New Delhi: The finance ministry on Friday said the country is witnessing a V-shaped economic recovery and attributed the steep 23.9 per cent contraction of the economy in the June quarter to “stringent lockdown” that was put in place to curb spreading of coronavirus infections. Among the major economies, India witnessed the steepest decline in […]
Facing corruption charges Imran’s top aide quits
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s top aide Lt Gen (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa resigned on Friday after allegations that he used his offices to help family set up several off-shore businesses. Former Pakistan Army spokesman Bajwa, who also served as Commander of the Southern Command, rejected the allegations against him and resigned as special […]
Unending violence risks derailing Afghan peace process: UN official
United Nations: Near-record violence in Afghanistan in the last few weeks creates an atmosphere of mistrust and risks derailing the peace negotiations set to begin soon between the Afghan government and the Taliban, according to a top UN official in the war-ravaged country. The planned negotiations stem from a landmark pact the US signed with […]
A new low from US
The world is facing a deadly pandemic right now and in such a situation the bigger nations have a much bigger responsibility of emerging to the needs and requirements of the smaller nations to tide over the crisis situation. The bigger and developed nations have another responsibility which they have to share at this moment […]
Mere celebrating teacher’s day will not do
Rayees Ahmad Kumar During the Second World War when among others, men of intellect too were being killed, Hitler was asked, what to do? He replied ‘By all means protect only the teachers, whole nation will be rebuilt’. Educating people is one of the greatest jobs one can do. The profession of teaching exists since […]
Many reasons to celebrate a teacher’s day
Eijaz Mir A famous quote, “an ordinary teacher tells, a good teacher explains and an extraordinary teacher inspires”. This quotation reminds me of 5th September, a warm welcome to all the teachers living on the blue planet, earth. The world would have been full of wilderness without our teachers. A teacher is a person who […]
Lt Guv reviews Mega Infrastructural Projects of Kashmir Division
SRINAGAR: In order to give a boost to infrastructural development in Kashmir Division, the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Friday took a comprehensive review of various Mega Projects being undertaken under several Central Schemes and other projects in a meeting held at the Civil Secretariat. He also reviewed a host of upcoming developmental projects in the […]
