The biggest victims of heavy snowfall are often invisible in public conversations.They are the daily wage workers. laborers, construction workers, street vendors, load carriers, and small service providers who depend on daily earnings to feed their families.When snow blocks roads and markets shut down, their income stops immediately. There is no work from home for a daily wager. No paid leave. No savings cushion for many. Each snowbound day means an empty kitchen, anxious parents, and children who may go to bed hungry. Winter for them is not scenic; it is a season of survival.
Breaking from the tradition of only marching columns, the Indian Army showcased a "phased battle array" for the first time, mirroring real combat-zone deployment. This included a sequence of new military, technological, and specialized units, highlighting the country's defence self-reliance and modernization.
In a world that often tries to simplify what’s complicated, Mother Mary Comes to Me captures the South Asian reality where a woman’s power is often carved out of the very detachment that causes pain. Arundhati Roy’s latest work maps a difficult legacy where a mother’s refusal to be a vessel for others, however costly to those around her, unwittingly clears the path for a daughter to reclaim herself.
The story of Arun’s role in the Battle of Basantar did not end on that day, or even after the cease fire of this two weeks war, resulting in the demise of East Pakistan and the announcement of the newly liberated Bangladesh. Major Khwaja Mohammad Nasir, then a Squadron Commander of 13th Lancers, the regiment pitched against Poona Horse, who came bandaged the next day to collect the dead bodies of his fallen comrades, wanted to know more about “ the officer, who stood like an insurmountable rock” and whose troop of three British World War II vintage Centurion tanks was responsible for decimation of his entire squadron of fourteen American Patton tanks.
The welcome news of ancestral homes in Peshawar belonging to Bollywood legends Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor being restored to eventually become tourist attractions in Pakistan seems to have helped in the yearend realisation of the common cultural heritage of both countries, despite their perennial political antagonisms and military rivalies
Minaret of Jam, located in western Ghor province, becomes the first site inside Afghanistan to be listed among the Islamic World Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ICESCO) heritage sites, TOLOnews reported
Afghan cricketer Rashid Khan brought rare joy to the faces of not only Afghan cricket fans but for the entire nation caught in a vortex of war and violence
While the streets of Kathmandu reverberate with slogans against Nepal PM Oli government’s decision to dissolve the House of Representatives, a road section in the heart of the city echoes with laughter and chatter
Born to a farmer who tilled the land at night and worked at his shoe shop in the day, three sisters from a Rajasthan village scripted history as they were awarded Ph.D. degrees together from a university situated in Jhunjhunu district in India's desert state
Discarded domestic items need not always be thrown away; these can also be utilized to build animal shelter homes
Youth Opportunities co-founder Osama Bin Noor has been recognized as one of Asia's Top Outstanding Youth Marketer of the Year 2020
Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram K Doraiswami today laid emphasis on an increased collaboration between Bangladeshi and Indian young artists to put together new ideas of art and reach out to more people through art
Christians in Pakistan celebrated Christmas on Friday, with special prayers held across the country
Movie theaters across Sri Lanka will be reopened from January 1, 2021 with limited seating capacity, the National Film Corporation said
“Let us sweat in peace, not bleed in war,” the famous words of Indian Ambassador Vijayalakshmi Pandit before the United Nations has been the motto of The South Asia Symphony Foundation, a Bengaluru-based foundation that works toward building peace and mutual understanding in the disunited South Asian region through the medium of music
Bollywood veteran Dharmendra was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the State of New Jersey in the United States by a Joint Legislative Resolution passed by the Senate and the General Assembly
In the 'Tent City' near the Singhu border of Delhi, the 'ground zero' of the weeks' long Indian farmers' swelling protests, Kanu Priya, 24, is giving instructions
A cricket ground to host international matches will soon come up in Kabul, as Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Monday approved a two-acre land for the ground in the capital, TOLOnews reported
Proving the adage age no bar, Renu Singhi, a Jaipur-based sportswoman, chose cycling as her career when she was 51 years old
