New Delhi, India – Vinod Prasad Jaiswal had lost all hope of recovery after he was diagnosed with oesophagal stricture, a condition in which the oesophagus gets narrow and makes swallowing food difficult. The 57-year-old scrap dealer needed immediate surgery but didn’t have the money. It was then that somebody suggested he made use of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana… Read more »
VIENNA (AUSTRIA): The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) has invited India to become an “Observer” with access to International Monitoring System data, so it can take an informed decision on ratifying a much-debated nuclear disarmament treaty. The CTBT is a global treaty that aims to ban all nuclear explosions across the world. In 1996, it was adopted by the United… Read more »
Corruption scandals surrounding the Congress Party-led government, promises of inclusive growth and job creation, and calibrated anti-Muslim dog whistles helped Narendra Modi rise to power and become the prime minister of India in 2014. And there was another factor: The Dalits, India’s most oppressed community, whom the Hindu caste system relegates to the lowest rung, doubled their votes for his… Read more »
LAHORE: Pakistan on Wednesday decided not to lift its airspace ban for Indian flights till May 30, as Islamabad is awaiting the outcome of the Lok Sabha polls in India. Pakistan fully closed its airspace after an Indian Air Force strike on a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror camp in Balakot on February 26. However, Pakistan opened its airspace for all flights… Read more »
With an increase in hate crimes against Muslims in India in recent years, some fear the world’s largest democracy is becoming dangerously intolerant under the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The BBC’s Rajini Vaidyanathan reports. It happened just days before the first phase of voting in the Indian elections. A Muslim trader in the north-eastern state of Assam was… Read more »
In the refugee simulation, my role was writing notes on possible solutions to the problem at hand, negotiating and listening to other groups and organizations in regards to their goals and possible solutions to satisfy everyone’s goals. I also discussed these possible solutions with my fellow group members and why or why not they would fit with our goals given… Read more »
Washington’s decision not to extend sanctions waiver to countries importing Iranian oil puts New Delhi in a tough spot. The move forces India to either cut its oil imports from Iran or risk exposure to US sanctions. The United States on Monday said it will not extend sanctions exemptions to countries importing oil from Iran when they expire in early May. It… Read more »
Walmart Inc. is making friends in India with the kind of competitors that it spent decades putting out of business in the U.S. — mom and pop stores. These unlikely allies are part of the latest attempt by the Bentonville, Arkansas-based behemoth to crack the country’s giant consumer market, taking on e-commerce arch-rival Amazon.com Inc. and Asia’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani. Years of… Read more »
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani arrived Monday in Iraq for his first official visit, as Baghdad comes under pressure from Washington to limit political and trade ties with its neighbour.ADVERTISING Since Rouhani‘s election in 2013, Iraq has relied on Iranian support in its fight against the Islamic State (IS) group, following the militant group’s capture of the Iraqi city of Mosul and other territory in… Read more »
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appointed longtime ally Mohammad Shtayyeh as prime minister on Sunday, officials said, in a move seen as part of efforts to further isolate rival Islamist group Hamas.ADVERTISING Abbas asked Shtayyeh, a member of the central committee of the Palestinian president’s Fatah party, to form a new government, Fatah vice president Mahmoud al-Aloul told AFP. Official Palestinian news agency WAFA… Read more »