G-7 nations to accelerate efforts to slow global warming
London, May 22 (AP) Environment ministers from seven leading industrialised nations agreed Friday to accelerate efforts to slow global warming, including a commitment to end government support for new coal-fired power plants by the end of this year. The pledges were part of a wide-ranging communique issued by Group of Seven environment ministers after a […]
IMF proposes USD 50 billion global vaccination plan
Washington, May 22 (PTI) The International Monetary Fund has proposed a USD 50 billion global vaccination plan that would cover at least 40 per cent of the global population by the end of 2021 and at least 60 per cent by the first half of 2022. With strong and coordinated action now and with little […]
Preparing for a challenge
Just when the positive covid-19 cases have started to shown some decline another issue has got the medicos as well as the people worrisome. This issue that has surfaced during these covid times is the emergence of ‘black fungus’ among COVID-19 patients. As of now the number of black fungus cases in the country has […]
Reinventing radical politics, by looking left
Kanchan Basu In recent years, radical politics has faced a number of new challenges, not least of which has been the re-emergence of the aggressive, authoritarian state. Hyper-masculine nationalism and a systemic assault of racist and religious politics on the marginalized are the latest rationale for the aggressive assertion of indiscriminate control of all democratic […]
Letter to the editor
Relief on financial compliances The Centre Government’s decision to extend certain financial timelines in light of this severe pandemic is a welcome move. The timelines of different fourteen compliances under the Income-tax Act 1961 have been extended till 30th June, and further. The Statement of Financial Transactions for the Financial Year 2020-21, Statement of Reportable […]
Is Feminism surpassing Masculinism?
Sofi Nasir This article has no intentions to criticize feminism/women empowerment or insult women values. This article is based on pure facts and sources. We are all familiar with the term “women empowerment”. Empowering women is simply embracing women’s perspectives and giving them the opportunity to choose the way of life they want to live. […]
Don’t be mean, stay clean
Dar Shahid Hussain We’ve always heard the old adage “Health is Wealth,” which Ralph Waldo Emerson, a great American philosopher, rephrased as “The First Wealth Is Health.” Health and hygiene are essential aspects of a good life that is because one cannot enjoy a wholesome life without good health. The status of mental, physical, and […]
Children should listen to their parents
Vijay Garg All children have gone through the phase where they feel that their parents cannot understand what they are going through and they feel as though they are being held captive because their parents do not give them the freedom that they long for. So there are a few responses that children do when […]
6 killed, 14 injured as bomb explodes during pro-Palestine rally in Pakistan
Islamabad, May 21 (PTI) At least six people were killed and 14 others injured when a bomb exploded during a pro-Palestine rally in south-western Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Friday, officials said. The rally was taken out to express solidarity with the people of Palestine, which over the last 11 days has been involved in a […]
JK reports 3848 fresh Covid-19 cases, 43 deaths
Srinagar, May 21: Jammu and Kashmir reported 3848 fresh covid-19 cases while 43 persons succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Friday. They said that 1442 cases were confirmed in Jammu division and 2406 in Kashmir Valley, taking the overall case tally to 263905. Providing district wise details of the […]