Kathmandu, July 3 (IANS) The Nepal government has for the first time set a minimum limit for the amount under foreign aid, government officials said here Wednesday. Endorsing the new Development Cooperation Policy-2014 this week, the government also has introduced a minimum amount for foreign grants, soft and commercial loans from the country’s development partners, Xinhua […]
The wizard is in his element. Only he doesn’t have a magic wand in his hand. No Abracadabras or if you are a desi no ‘Choo mantars’. No long diversionary talk or showmanship. Just a run up to what is to come. And plain act. Everyone in the small private audience is skeptical. Fingers crossed. […]
Violence against the women and children is an evil of the society that everyone is trying to fight from a long time. The male-dominated world, as they call it has always seen the women being subjugated by the men or the patriarch. Be it any social structure, the women have also been lowered down. The west looks down […]
By Prantick Majumder, Jhadol (Rajasthan) Craving a mobile phone but unable to afford it, a boy, not even in his teens, dropped out of school in his Rajasthan village to join friends working at a cotton plantation in neighbouring Gujarat. What followed was a harrowing two months that not only shows how child labour is flourishing […]
Isha Sahni Poor Shane Warne! The Australian cricketer has suffered his share of angst. There was this time he walked out of a press where he was to unveil a likeness of himself in soap that was to be auctioned for a children’s charity when a reporter remarked: “Hey Shanie, that looks rather lean.” It […]
Violence against the women and children is an evil of the society that everyone is trying to fight from a long time. The male-dominated world, as they call it has always seen the women being subjugated by the men or the patriarch. Be it any social structure, the women have also been lowered down. The west looks down […]
Recently, actress Preity Zinta raised allegations of molestation against her former beau and business partner Ness Wadia. The news spread in the country like fire, with every newspaper, news channels and blogs posting with the answers to the WHY and WHAT of the masses. The news has not got much reaction from the film fraternity, […]
Recently, actress Preity Zinta raised allegations of molestation against her former beau and business partner Ness Wadia. The news spread in the country like fire, with every newspaper, news channels and blogs posting with the answers to the WHY and WHAT of the masses. The news has not got much reaction from the film fraternity, […]
Nairobi, June 20 (IANS) Kenya’s Olympic 800m champion David Rudisha has confirmed he will only compete in two more Diamond League races in Monaco and Glasgow before heading to the Commonwealth Games in Scotland. “It is good to get back in form and win a competition,” said Rudisha here Thursday, reports Xinhua. “As I said, getting […]
A meditative walk by the riverside to dipping your feet into the Ganges to river rafting – enjoy all this and much more at the Ganga Kinare boutique hotel on the banks of the holy river in Rishikesh, internationally popular as a yoga hub, which is now becoming a hot spot for adventure sports. If […]