US Generals are spilling it against their military establishment on the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. And the testimonies are unedifying – everyone is blaming everyone else.
Tavleen Singh writes: No political party is in greater danger of being destroyed by its ‘high command’ than the Congress, but it seems unable to save itself.
It came as a shock to other BJP-ruled states that Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, along with his entire Cabinet, was replaced a fortnight ago with a first-time MLA, Bhupendra Patel.
In today’s world, all these collaborative practices may seem all too usual but Ahmed was most certainly the first from Bangladesh and one of the first in South Asia to have started these practices, way before all the fancy multinational enterprises set up their shops in India.
Rajan was also critical of the government for not focusing enough on healthcare and education, and cutting down on expenditure
Ganesha, the elephant-headed god, is worshipped as the supreme lord of wisdom, prosperity and good fortune. Ganesh Chaturthi, which has been an individual, home function for a long time, is now a social event as well.
Jonathan, the tortoise's age was estimated so because records say he was 'fully mature' when brought to Saint Helena in 1882.
Try as they might, substitutes to Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi have not really emerged in the Grand Old Party. This despite the poor electoral and organisational record of the Gandhis.
With Afghanistan under the total control of the Taliban, the future looks bleak
Mr. Gandhi had tweeted an image of him meeting the parents of a nine-year-old child who was allegedly raped before being killed in Delhi. The tweet was first withheld and then, Mr Gandhi's account was locked. This was followed by the locking of the accounts of 23 senior party leaders and 7 official handles along with that of over 5,000 Congress supporters (as per the party).
Spokesman Mohammad Naeem said in interviews with Al Jazeera TV the Taliban did not want to live in isolation and the type of rule and the form of regime would be clear soon.
Irwin Allan Sealy’s Asoca tells the story of an emperor from the subcontinent in third century BCE, a man we know as Ashoka the Great. Sealy has a delightful play on his name—ashoka and ashocha mean the same thing, effectively, but he attributes his preferred softer “ch” sound to the prince’s mother and her “socially” lower dialect. This gentle linguistic shift immediately places us in a position of intimacy with our hero, a man not as good-looking as his more appropriately birthed royal stepbrothers but with a far more glorious destiny.
At the beginning of Ayurveda, during Saraswathi Civilization (8000 BCE) various methodologies were developed to prevent the occurrence and spread of infectious diseases. They were aware of “shookshmannu (Viruses), krimi (Bacteria)†is the cause of some of the diseases. These diseases spread among the population by drinking contaminated water, breathing air, eating food, and in contact with diseased persons.
China’s ability to nibble away at the LAC in Ladakh will only grow as the military balance continues to shift in the PLA’s favour. While India’s significant current military deployment to counter Chinese mobilisation may yet help persuade Beijing to step back, there is no escaping the longer-term trend. If Delhi can’t redress the growing military imbalance and as Islamabad becomes even more dependent on Beijing, China will loom larger than ever on the entire Kashmir region. That is the real message from the new Chinese affirmation that it is now part of the Kashmir question.