Pentagon rethinking how to array forces to focus on China
Washington, Feb 17 (AP) The Biden administration faces a conundrum as it rethinks the positioning of military forces around the world: How to focus more on China and Russia without retreating from longstanding Mideast threats and to make this shift with potentially leaner Pentagon budgets. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered a monthslong global posture review […]
Govt being overconfident about COVID, it’s not over yet: Rahul
New Delhi, Feb 17 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday accused the Centre of being “grossly” negligent and overconfident about the handling of the coronavirus situation, saying the pandemic was not over yet. The comments came after South African and Brazilian variants of the pathogen were detected in India. “GOI is being grossly negligent […]
EU envoys in Srinagar to assess situation
Srinagar, Feb 17 (PTI) A delegation of European Union envoys in India arrived here on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday for assessing the situation following the scrapping of its special status in 2019, officials said. The 20-member delegation arrived amid heightened security arrangements. The delegation is scheduled to visit Jammu on […]
Mercury drops, fairly widespread rains forecast on next week
Srinagar, Feb 17: Barring Gulmarg and Kokernag, the minimum temperatures dropped across Kashmir Valley with Srinagar, the summer capital of the J&K, recording a low of minus 1.2°C, the weatherman said on Wednesday. A meteorological department official said that temperature in Srinagar, which had recorded a low of minus 0.9°C on the previous night, was […]
IED found, destroyed in Rajouri
Jammu, Feb 17: An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted on the Jammu-Poonch Highway was recovered and destroyed on Wednesday, officials said. They said the IED was found by an army patrolling party near Mirza Mohre in Manjakote Tehsil of Rajouri district and was subsequently destroyed by the bomb disposal squad, they said. They said that […]
Sharda Peeth is under illegal occupation, India will take it back: J-K BJP President
Jammu, Feb 17 (PTI) Sharda Peeth, situated in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, is under illegal occupation of the neighbouring country and India will take it back, Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina said here on Tuesday. Raina was the addressing a “Yuva Jodo Sankalp Abhiyan”, a youth connect programme, of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) […]
Pak briefs heads diplomatic missions about situation in Kashmir, envoys arriving in JK today
Islamabad, Feb 17 (PTI) Pakistan on Tuesday briefed the heads of diplomatic missions in Islamabad about the latest situation in Kashmir. Foreign Office said in a statement that Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood’s briefing to the envoys was part of Pakistan’s regular diplomatic outreach to keep the international community fully apprised of the developments relating to […]
Can’t act complacent
The daily new covid-19 infections fell below 10,000 for the fourth time this month taking the country’s tally of cases to 1,09,25,710, while fresh fatalities remained below 100 for the tenth time this month. On Tuesday morning India reported 81 new fatalities which include 23 from Maharashtra, 13 from Kerala and 10 from Punjab. Covid-19 […]
Education for sustainable development
Abid Hussain Rather Development is usually stinted only to economic welfare of people but it is a comprehensive term and includes the social weal of the concerned people along with their economic progress. In other words big dams, tall and concrete buildings, macadamized roads, magnificent plazas and fashionable clothes are not the only indicators of […]
Letter to the Editor
Encourage blood donations It is commendable to note that some students of Lucknow University have launched an online blood donor group ‘Mission Zindagi’ to extend a helping hand to people facing a medical emergency. The students are creating an online database of students, teachers, and staff who are regular donors or are keen to donate […]