News Of Asia

‘Do whatever you can’: In Gujarat, PM says he called Pakistan’s Nuclear-attack bluff

17 Apr, 2019 68 views

Addressing the crowd, Modi added, “Today is Mahavir Jayanti. Today we should celebrate peace. But when can we have peace? You need to show your power to maintain peace in the world. If you …

Modi says India undermined Pakistan nuclear threat

15 Apr, 2019 80 views

By Jalees Andrabi Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Sunday that India had called Pakistan’s nuclear bluff in recent cross-border air strikes that almost triggered a new war between the nuclear-armed rivals. Modi and his …

US Air Base – Diego Garcia: The ‘Unsinkable Carrier’ Springs a Leak

13 Apr, 2019 54 views

by Conn Hallinkan 04/13/2019 The recent decision by the Hague-based International Court of Justice that the Chagos Islands – with its huge U.S. military base at Diego Garcia – are being illegally occupied by …

100’s year of British colonial brutality is remembered in Punjab: Britain’s shame, and still not sorry: The 1919 Amritsar massacre

13 Apr, 2019 81 views

The Amritsar massacre, 100 years ago this Saturday in which British troops opened fire on thousands of unarmed protestors, remains one of the darkest hours of British colonial rule in India. Known in India …

How Safe Is Huge Mountain Water Dams: EARTHQUAKES AND DAM SAFETY

12 Apr, 2019 61 views

Until March 11, 2011 no people died from the failure or damage of a large water storage dam due to an earthquake. However, during the magnitude 9.0 Tohoku earthquake in Japan in 2011, an …

After 17 years in and $1.1 trillion spent, US not in Afghanistan to rebuild the nation, says Pompeo.

12 Apr, 2019 7 views

By Anwar Iqbal, Dawn, 04/12/2019 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has made it clear that the United States is not in Afghanistan to rebuild the nation or teach Afghans how to deal with …

The Tashkent Files: An Indian Movie about sudden death of PM Lal Bahadur Shastri in Uzbek capital in 1965

12 Apr, 2019 101 views

By Sharma Bawa. Hindustan Times, 04/12/2019   The Tashkent Files Cast: Shweta Basu Prasad, Naseeruddin Shah, Mithun Chakraborty Director: Vivek Agnihotri Rating: 1/5 ‘Truth is a luxury’ 12 angry men — correction, 6 men and 3 women …

Sri Lanka’s wartime defence chief sued in U.S. over alleged torture and murder

11 Apr, 2019 46 views

Sri Lanka’s former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who oversaw the crushing of Tamil Tiger rebels under his brother Mahinda Rajapaksa’s rule a decade ago, is being sued in two cases in the United States …

India highest recipient of remittances at $79 billion in 2018: World Bank

10 Apr, 2019 5 views

India was followed by China (USD 67 billion), Mexico (USD 36 billion), the Philippines (USD 34 billion), and Egypt (USD 29 billion), the global lender said. India retained its position as the world’s top …