Pak opens all educational institutions
Islamabad, Sep 30 (PTI) Pakistan on Wednesday opened all the educational institutions which remained shut for nearly six months due to the coronavirus pandemic that has infected over 3 lakh people in the country. Both private and public schools were opened under strict restriction and were told by the authorities to follow the standard operating […]
Babri case verdict: Delhi Police says keeping tight vigil in national capital
New Delhi, Sep 30 (PTI) The Delhi Police Wednesday said they will keep a strict vigil in the national capital in view of the judgement in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case which is slated to be announced during the day. “We will keep a watch on the security aspect across the city,” a senior […]
Babri masjid demolition not preplanned, all acquitted: CBI court
Lucknow, Sep 30: Ruling that the Babri Masjid demolition was not pre-planned, the special CBI court on Wednesday acquitted all 32 accused in the case. The verdict came 28 years after the structure was razed down by a mob in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya town, sparking communal riots. The accused in the case included BJP leaders […]
Pak Opposition parties to launch first anti-government rally on Oct 11
Islamabad, Sep 30 (PTI) The newly-launched alliance of the major Opposition parties in Pakistan have announced that it will hold its first public rally against the Imran Khan-led government on October 11, according to media reports. The country’s main Opposition parties last week launched the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an alliance to hold a countrywide […]
UN council urges speedy halt to Nagorno-Karabakh fighting
United Nations, Sep 30 (AP) The UN Security Council called on Armenia and Azerbaijan Tuesday to immediately halt fighting over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh and urgently resume talks without preconditions. The UN’s most powerful body strongly condemned the use of force and backed Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ earlier call to immediately stop fighting, deescalate tensions […]
Angry opening: Trump, Biden lash, interrupt each other
Cleveland (US), Sep 30 (AP) President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden began the first presidential debate with heated exchanges over health care, the coronavirus and the future of the Supreme Court. Fitting for an edge in their bitter campaign, the two men frequently interrupted each other with angry interjections, with Biden eventually snapping […]
Going nowhere
Relations between India and Pakistan are going nowhere. Both the countries have got into a virtual conflict mode with the Line of Control in various regions like Poonch, Rajouri, Baramulla and Kupwara being turned into a battle field on daily basis. The situation has gone so bad during the past two months that hardly a […]
Confidence: Way of giving meaning to Life
Simrandeep Kour Confidence means having the courage to express yourself fully; no matter what the other person thinks or feels about you and therefore, not being afraid of other peoples’ judgment. One is not born confident but gains it with the passage of time. Once you acquire confidence, use it; otherwise, you will lose it. […]
Returning to ones roots
K S S Pillai Bernard Heinrich, a German scientist and author, says that home is a place we long for most when we feel we have travelled too far, for too long. He returns every year to a beloved patch of woods in his native western Maine. It is the pull of nostalgia, he says. […]
Foreign Exchange: A trading opportunity
Fahid Fayaz Darangay Foreign Exchange acronymed as Forex or FX is the marketplace where almost all the national currencies are traded. Rather being a physical market or located at a centralized location, it is a virtual electronic network of banks, brokers, institutions, and individual traders which most of the times trade through these brokers or […]