Malala Yousafzai graduates from Oxford University, shares pictures celebrating graduation
Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai on Friday announced on Twitter that she has completed her degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Britain’s Oxford University. The 22-year-old took to social media sharing pictures of her with family, celebrating her latest achievement. She also revealed her future plans: Netflix, reading and sleeping. “Hard to express my […]
Sacrifice of Galwan Valley braves will never go in vain: IAF chief RKS Bhadauria
Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria said on Sunday the “gallant action” of the 20 Indian Army personnel, who were killed in a violent face-off with Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh’s Galwan Valley, have shown the forces’ resolve to protect “India’s sovereignty at any cost”. The Indian Air Force (IAF) chief’s comments came after he made […]
Build global pressure on China, keep talks going: ex-diplomats
India must build up international pressure on China, both politically and economically, while working towards a resolution of the Galwan valley standoff, former diplomats have said. Calling this standoff one of the biggest challenges faced by the NDA government, K C Singh, a former diplomat, said it calls for a complete rethink of India’s China policy. […]
PHD chamber interacts with Finance Minster, apprises business community’s issues in J&K
Srinagar, 17 June (KNS): The senior leadership of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Friday interacted with Hon’ble Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitaraman through webinar. The meeting was attended by Mr Baldev Singh Raina, Mr Mushtaq Ahmad Chaya, Mr Rahul Sahai and Mr Rakesh Wazir from J&K. The Hon’ble Minister was conveyed in writing […]
GOI excluded Kashmiri businessmen from Economic package: Sheikh Ashiq
Srinagar, June 19 (KNS): Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industries Sheikh Ashiq today asked the state Government to come up with the special economic package for revival of economic activity here which is in doldrums since August last year. Taking to KNS, Ashiq said that GOI has excluded Kashmiri business community from Rs 20,000 crore […]
Country still in dark about crucial aspect of India-China border tension: Sonia Gandhi
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Friday said that the country is “still in dark about many crucial aspects of the India- China border crisis”. In her introductory remarks at an all-party meeting convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), Gandhi posed a set of questions to the government, asking specifics about when Chinese troops […]
Rupee settles 6 paise lower at 76.20 against US dollar
The rupee settled 6 paise lower at 76.20 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday as strengthening of the US currency and rising Covid-19 cases weighed on investor sentiment. Forex traders said factors like strengthening US dollar, rising coronavirus cases and border tension between India and China dragged down the local unit, while positive domestic […]
District hospital Anantnag unequipped to tackle COVID cases: JKAP
SRINAGAR, June 19: Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) leader Nazir Wani Dailgami on Friday demanded upgradation of healthcare infrastructure especially in the district hospital Anantnag in order to make it efficient to tackle COVID-19 cases. In a statement issued to KNS, Dailgami, said that a number of testing equipment in district hospital Anantnag are […]
Sri Lanka ‘sold’ 2011 World Cup final: minister
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka “sold” the 2011 World Cup final to India, the country’s former sports minister said on Thursday, reviving one of cricket’s most explosive match-fixing controversies. Mahindananda Aluthgamage, who was sports minister at the time, is the second senior figure to allege the final was fixed, after 1996 World Cup-winning skipper Arjuna Ranatunga. “I […]
NC welcomes shift from jingoism to peace
Srinagar, June 19 (KNS): Jammu and Kashmir National Conference has welcomed the apparent shift in the BJP’s stand from belligerence to amity and peace, discernible from the recent statements of Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari, two senior Ministers in the Union Cabinet. The NC Members of Parliament Dr Farooq Abdullah, Mohammad Akbar Lone, Hasnain Masoodi […]