Author: News Desk

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said there was no need to “worry” too much beyond a point about what people will say on Kashmir, asserting that India’s position on its internal issues has prevailed and will prevail. Addressing a press conference on the first 100 days of the Modi 2.0 government, the minister also asserted that there is complete predictability of India’s position since 1972. “Beyond a point, don’t worry too much about what people will say on Kashmir. There is complete predictability about my position. My position has been clear since 1972 and my position is not…

China on Tuesday condemned an attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities, in a toughening of its language from the previous day, but again without saying who it believed was behind it. US President Donald Trump said on Monday it looked like Iran was behind attacks on oil plants operated by Saudi Aramco on Saturday but stressed he did not want to go to war, as the attacks sent oil prices soaring and raised fears of a new Middle ast conflict. Iran has rejected the US accusations it was behind the strikes that damaged the world’s biggest crude-processing plant and triggered the…

A rare train derailment disrupted services in Hong Kong on Tuesday, the rail operator said, threatening commuter chaos during rush hour. The disruption to a usually seamless network used by nearly 6 million people every weekday happened after a train derailed while leaving a station in the Kowloon area, rail operator MTR Corp said. The government’s information department said eight people were injured and five had been taken to hospital. Rex Auyeung Pak-Kuen, chairman of MTR Corp, told reporters that a derailment had not happened in many years and the cause was not immediately clear. Hong Kong’s rail system has…

HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Representative of His Majesty the King for Charity Works and Youth Affairs and President of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports underscored that Bahrain’s resounding victories in the horse racings in Europe confirm the tangible development of this sport in the Kingdom of Bahrain.   HH Shaikh Nasser’s remarks came during his attendance at Moyglare Stud Stakes race which was held at a football track in Ireland, where His Highness-owned Daahyeh came second by three-quarters of a length behind love who finished first. HH Shaikh Nasser hailed this achievement, pointing out that this inspirational result is a source of…

Kaun Banega Crorepati, which is in its eleventh season, found it’s first crorepati of this season on Friday. Sanoj Raj, a man from Bihar, played brilliantly to reach the 1 crore mark thus becoming the first contestant to attempt the 7 crore question. Unfortunately, Sanoj didn’t know the answer to the 7 crore question and decided to quit the game and take home 1 crore. The question was from cricket – “Who was the Indian bowler off whom Australian legend Don Bradman got a single to reach his 100th first-class century?” Baqa Jilani, Commander Rangachari, Gogumal Kishenchand, and Kanwar Rai…

Days after his Special Protection Group (SPG) cover was withdrawn, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday got protective cover from CRPF commandos in the downgraded Z+ category. Singh, along with with his wife Gursharan Kaur, will have 35 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) security cover round-the-clock at his 3, Motilal Nehru Road residence and during their movement across the country. Altogether, over 50 armed commandos will be available for their security and they will be deployed in shifts. An anti-sabotage team, including a dog squad, will be the part of the Z+ cover, an official in the know of…

The Ozone layer is healing! It has been 32 years since the famous Montreal Protocol that pointed out the culprit behind the depletion of the Ozone layer. On World Ozone Day, the United Nations is letting everyone know that the precautions are paying off. What was the Montreal Protocol? It is nothing but an international treaty made in 1987 wherein nations came together to slash the usage of Ozone-depleting chemicals. Most of these chemicals formed a part of the cooling industry. In a statement, the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, said in regards to the healing Ozone layer, ‘The Montreal Protocol has been…

Pakistan plans to send its first astronaut to space by 2022 with the help of its close ally China, Minister for Science and Technology has said. The selection process for the astronaut would start in 2020, Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Sunday. China would collaborate with Pakistan in its space mission, Mr. Fawad was quoted as saying by the News International reported. He said that initially 50 individuals would be selected after which the list will be shortened to 25 in 2022. And out of them only one would be sent to space. The…

Pakistani singer Rabi Pirzada’s move to threaten Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Kashmir issue with snakes and crocodiles has backfired as she has been fined by the authorities for posing with reptiles. According to reports in Pakistani media, the singer has been asked to pay fines by the wildlife department for illegal captivity of the reptiles. In a video posted earlier this month on her YouTube channel, Pirzada, raising the Kashmir issue, can be seen holding a snake, saying: “All these are gifts for PM Modi. My friends will feast on you.” She began the video by saying…

U.S. stocks fell and haven assets like gold and the Japanese yen gained after a weekend attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities sent crude prices surging. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 86 points or 0.3%. The S&P 500 lost 0.4% and the Nasdaq Composite shed 0.6%. Ten of the 11 sectors in the S&P 500 fell except for energy shares, which climbed 2.3%. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, rose 10% to $66.37 a barrel. It had earlier jumped as much as 19.5% to $71.95 a barrel but retraced some of those gains after initial concerns over how badly oil output would…