Indian Americans, though just comprising about 1 per cent of the US population, are flying high
Sweet sorghum is also an excellent fodder crop, and we feel that leafy and high-sugar yielding varieties like Madhura-2 can be very suitable for this purpose. India has a serious green fodder production deficit. What is needed is good R&D to evaluate and market sweet sorghum in this segment. This may help position sweet sorghum as an industrial crop and may provide the necessary incentive to grow it. The Indian government has to make a policy decision on promoting sweet sorghum as an excellent food and fodder source. It is already promoting millet as a healthy food and with better support price, sweet sorghum can flourish.
Afghanistan had become an example of what an ever-increasing number of Americans were referring to as endless wars. The Taliban - not the US and NATO - would come to represent the strongest military might in Afghanistan, Stoltenberg said in a candid admission. In a phone conversation with Stoltenberg after the withdrawal announcement then Afghan President Asraf Ghani expressed his disappointment and gave the phone to his vice-president Amrullah Saleh who thundered that “We have been abandoned. Jihad has defeated NATO.”
In Bhagwad Gita also the primacy of time is shown when Lord Kishna shows Arjun his Virat form and utters the famous words “I have become the Mighty Time - the creator and destroyer of the worlds”. Interestingly, this shloka was misinterpreted by Robert Oppenheimer after the atomic bomb blast in 1945 when he quoted Gita stating “I have become Death”, instead of "I have become the Mighty Time".
The evolution of this grassroots initiative in Bangladesh offers a model for other nations seeking to better address the crisis of road traffic injuries. It also provides insights into the vital importance of the collaborative process in creating broad support for the development and sustenance of such national programmes. While technology is often seen as the remedy for all our problems, the success of such community-based programmes is an important reminder to focus first on people, using technology as a tool, not as an end in itself.
Indian Americans, though just comprising about 1 per cent of the US population, are flying high
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday confirmed that the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 will be staged in the UAE and Oman due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation in India
The BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) on Monday confirmed that the 2021 T20 World Cup, scheduled to be held in India, is being shifted to the UAE owing to the health safety concerns and travel restrictions posed by COVID-19
For the first time, a Grammy award winner and other acclaimed global artists came together with leading Indian musicians to create a song to celebrate International Yoga Day on June 21
Writer Taslima Nasreen on Tuesday slammed Pakistan PM Imran Khan over his recent remark on women's clothes which has triggered a controversy
Rising from the pall of COVID-19 restrictions, New York City has celebrated International Yoga Day at the landmark Times Square with daylong performances of various yogic asanas
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the launch of M-Yoga app which will provide many videos of yoga training based on common yoga protocol in many languages
The Indian embassy in Nepal has organized the seventh International Day of Yoga on Sunday virtually. The theme this year is "Be With Yoga, Be At Home" (Ghar Ghar ma Yog) in line with the Covid-19 restrictions, encouraging people to practice "Yoga for Wellness"
A web series on the love affair between a Hindu boy and a Muslim girl divided by the India-Pakistan border but united by the grief of losing their fathers in the conflict over Kashmir has generated a fierce public debate on Twitter in Pakistan
A Pakistani woman, Mariam Nusrat, has made it to the Forbes Next 1000 List, which celebrates start-ups and businesses with fewer than USD 10 million in revenue and unlimited potential to inspire
Indian actor Farhan Akhtar, who had played Milkha Singh on the big screen, mourned his demise and said he is still unable to accept that the athlete passed away on Friday
The Indian cricket team on Saturday wore black armbands on the second day of the World Test Championship final against New Zealand as a mark of respect to track legend Milkha Singh, who passed away due to COVID-19 related complications
Pakistani actress Meera, who has also dabbled in Indian films, alleged she was receiving death threats from goons who attacked her house in Lahore and were threatening to take over her family properties
Pakistani actress and morning show host Nida Yasir has revealed that she was robbed while on vacation in Turkey with her family. Nida shared details of the robbery on her morning show, explaining that her valuables were stolen in Istanbul
Shatranji, a traditional fabric of Rangpur district use for rugs and carpets, has been recognized as a Geographical Indication (GI) product of Bangladesh