KABUL: Leading Afghan women’s rights champion, author, lawmaker Fawzia Koofi is a presidential hopeful in what is a man’s land. Named this year as one of the world’s “150 Fearless Women” by US website The Daily Beast, Koofi, 36, is a widow with two young girls. Talking about the opposition she faces in Afghanistan she [...]
France’s future first lady took to the web to tweet her joy at the election of her partner, Francois Hollande, as France’s first Socialist president in nearly two decades. “Simply proud to accompany the new president of the republic and still just as happy to share Francois’ life,” Valerie Trierweiler announced on the social network. [...]
Francois Hollande was elected France’s first Socialist president in nearly two decades on Sunday, dealing a humiliating defeat to incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy and vowing change in Europe Ursula Hyzy PARIS: One of Francois Hollande’s first challenges as France’s president will be reassuring European partners and the markets of his commitment to reducing the budget deficit [...]
Kolkata: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Monday lauded the “incredible contribution” of Indian Americans in her country and said the people to people relationship was at the heart of the ties between the two countries. She also lauded India’s Look East policy as essential for the integration of the Asia Pacific region. Clinton, who [...]
Art exists in a rose and thorn imbalance of aesthetics and obscurity today. But in our materialistic world are art courses a viable option? Faustina Johnson feedback@postnoon.com Ingeniously fashioned to resemble an archaic fortress, the Department of Fine Arts, Hyderabad Central University is a cultural collision from the outside. Enter, and you will not be [...]
Madhulika Sonkar New Delhi: From being a centre-point of village gatherings to gracing plush joints in metros, the hookah has made a comeback in social space. But its return has sparked concern among cancer experts who say Indian youth are getting addicted to the hubble-bubble in the mistaken belief that it is a healthy alternative [...]
Dr Diana Monteiro My child frequently has night terrors. She often wakes up in a cold sweat, utterly terrorised and finds it hard to go back to sleep. This is beginning to affect her performance in school and her social interactions. What could be the reason for this and how can we help her? Night [...]
Binoo Joshi Jammu: He was driving a taxi in Jammu when a passenger offered him a chance to “spy for the nation” and earn big bucks. As a 24-year-old, he grabbed the opportunity. But now, after more than three decades and a 10-year jail stint in Pakistan, a frail and hapless Vinod Sawhney struggles for [...]
A major study finds that Indian immigrants could be taking steps to avoid birthing girls. Sandro Contenta TORONTO: A new study is fueling debate on whether Indian immigrants in Canada are practicing sex selection by aborting female foetuses. The peer-reviewed study found that Indian-born women in Ontario were significantly more likely than Canadian-born women to [...]
New Delhi: India’s National Solar Mission may be offering huge opportunities to global players but the domestic solar industry is bleeding owing to poor policy and stiff competition from foreign companies, especially the Chinese. The NSM, launched in 2010, it sets a target of 1,100 MW during the phase I by 2013 and 20,000 MW [...]
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Humorist Jaspal Bhatti, had he been alive, would have found stunning material for a flop show in the BJP’s behaviour of late. How the ‘national opposition party’ turned into a ‘notional’ party is a story worth caricaturing with potential for record viewing-rate.
Chinese president Xi Jinping is a chemical engineer. No wonder he knows the chemical formula to pursue his country’s global ambitions. If anybody in India believed Xi would extend a warm friendship to this country, he should be naive. He has been on a global Sino initiative to widen the Chinese visions of the century. [...]
“India is China’s important neighbour. (The purpose of) my current visit to India is three-fold — to increase mutual interest, intensify cooperation and to face the future,” said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during his visit to India. To this the Indian prime minister’s response could n0t have been more fitting that “the rest of the [...]
Adopt and restore a lake is new mantra
It’s interesting that the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has invited interested individuals, voluntary and corporate organisations to adopt lakes in and around the city in order to protect and preserve water bodies. Last week, HMDA Commissioner Neerabh Kumar Prasad said 176 lakes in the jurisdiction of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and another [...]
About Traditional Russian values
Russia has decided to review its adoption pact that it has with France after the latter legalised gay marriage. This is in the wake of the statement of the Russian president Vladmir Putin which he made last month that Russia could change its adoption agreements with the countries which allowed gay marriage that goes against [...]
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