Deeply shocking to read this official US statement, which contains absolutely no expression of regret or condolence for the loss of innocent Indian lives. How can a тАЬfriendтАЭ and strategic partner be so deeply insensitive?
Why couldnтАЩt a non-compliant commercial vessel have been stopped using other, non-lethal means? Is it not possible to disable a ship's propulsion or steering without firing missiles targeted to kill civilian crew members?
Practically every merchant ship navigating these crucial waters has Indian crew on board. Are they all considered fair game for US missiles now?
This approach is unacceptable and I hope @DrSJaishankar had said so to @marcorubio.
My appeal to PM Modi-
In order to save petrol & diesel, please make it mandatory for bureaucrats, MLAs & MPs to use public buses and metro instead of large convoys.
It will also be a good opportunity for them to experience world-class infrastructure they are building for us.
Madhya Pradesh: 50 IAS officers purchase argicultural land on same day
Approve тВ╣3,200 crore bypass project, reclassify land as тАШresidentialтАЩ and jack up property prices 11 times
https://t.co/TYX25Tmvrl
A journalist came dangerously close to being lynched by supporters of Jharkhand Health Minister and Congress leader Irfan Ansari after he asked probing questions on delays in the promised compensation to crash victims.
Where are all those activists who outrage on Press Freedom?
When most people plan a holiday in India, the usual suspects come up: Goa, Himachal, Rajasthan.
Jharkhand rarely features in that conversation.
I plead guilty of that too.
And then I bumped into these striking photos posted by @IndiaAesthetica about Meghahatuburu, a hill station in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, renowned as the "Hill of Clouds" due to its high altitude.
Sitting 4,300 feet above sea level in the heart of the Saranda forest of 700 hills, it offers a sunset point, forest waterfalls, and a landscape that has remained largely untouched.
Bare-bones tourist infrastructure. Very few resorts, many guesthouses.
I did some more checking about Jharkhand and found it has NetarhatтАЩs famous sunrises, Betla National Park, the sacred Jyotirlinga at Deoghar, the waterfalls around Ranchi, and the ancient Saranda forest itself.
Somehow, it still gets overlooked.
Jharkhand has much to offer the discerning traveller. It simply hasnтАЩt shouted about it.
If someone serves as an MLA for even 1 day and later becomes an MP, they are eligible for 2 pensions for life.
But if you work 40 years and lose your job at 50, you get nothing: No Freebies, No Subsidies.
ThatтАЩs the irony.
Minimum Recharge to talk with someone on Call in 2014
- Rupees 10
Minimum Recharge to talk with someone on Call in 2025
- Rupees 199
No one is speaking about this Open loot.
#Albania has appointed the world's first Artificial Intelligence (#AI-generated) government minister with a goal to make the nation corruption-free.
The digital assistant is named 'Diella', meaning 'Sun' and has been asking people how to navigate government services online since January.