Washington : A Senior United States General John William Nicholson, nominated to head US and NATO troops in Pakistan, has said that it is important to ‘enlist’ Pakistan for defeating terrorists in Afghanistan.Nicholson said that Pakistan’s military operations in Fata were ‘critical to defeat insurgency’, reports Dawn.Nicholson acknowledged that Pakistan’s ongoing counter terrorism operations in […]
London : Campaigners, urging Latin American governments to reconsider their policies on contraception, fear that the spread of Zika virus will lead to rise in women’s deaths from unsafe abortions as well as the predicted surge in brain-damaged babies.According to The Guardian, several governments in the region have advised women to postpone getting pregnant for […]
Kochi : Vice Admiral Girish Luthra, AVSM, VSM, took charge as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Naval Command ( FOC-in-C, South) here on Saturday. Vice Admiral Luthra, who was serving as Deputy Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff (DCIDS – Operations) at the Naval headquarters in Delhi, took over the charge from Vice […]
New Delhi : Celebrated Canadian author Margaret Atwood participated in a reception in her honour at Canada House recently.Beyond her numerous important contributions to literature, Ms. Atwood is also the inventor of the LongPen Printer, a remote signing device she conceived in 2004, and Fanado, a web service that uses the same technology to provide […]
New Delhi : Rebel Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker Shatrughan Sinha on Saturday took a shot at his party once again by questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the ‘hurry’ to impose President’s rule in Arunachal Pradesh.”I have tremendous faith in our dashing dynamic action hero PM. But wonder who the “great” advisors are who […]