New Delhi: Union Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari said that dams will be built to divert water from the rivers flowing to Pakistan from India to resolve the daunting problem of water shortage in the states of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi. Three of these dams will be built in the state of Uttarakhand, said […]
Islamabad: – Pakistan has raised objections regarding lower Kalnai and Pakal Dal Hydroelectric projects, being built by India on the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir. Zahid Chaudhri, the Pakistan foreign ministry spokesman, informed that the objections regarding the hydroelectric projects had been conveyed to India. The Permanent Indus Commission (PIC) meeting is scheduled to be held in New […]
Washington: – Between 1964 and 1996, radiation from China’s nuclear tests in Xinjiang killed 194 thousand people. Not only that, about 1.2 million people have been diagnosed with cancer, and women have been diagnosed with deadly diseases of the uterus. A month ago, it was feared that radiation was coming from China’s Taishan nuclear plant. […]
Manila: – The Philippines warned China, ‘Against the background of the tension created in the west Philippines marine region, Philippines can seek help from the United States. This cooperation is binding as per the defence agreement signed between the two countries.’ The Philippines, infuriated due to the intrusion of more than 200 Chinese militia ships […]
Washington: Pentagon informed that a new Nuclear weapon has been deployed in the US defence forces. John Rudd, a senior Pentagon official, claimed that this nuclear weapon would foil the Russian plan to start a limited nuclear war against the United States. Two years ago, Nuclear Posture Review was published under the leadership of US […]
After the end of the Suez Crisis of 1956, Israel’s weight and prominence at the international stage had considerably increased. However, attacks by armed Palestinian Arabs against Israel, rather than abating, were gradually on a rise. As a result, like the earlier decades, the Israeli Defense Forces had to continue with ‘Reprisal operations’ during the […]
Moscow: After exiting from the INF treaty with the United States, Russia seems to have increased its speed towards nuclear readiness. Russia successfully tested a nuclear ballistic missile from a new nuclear submarine. Russia used the Knyaz Vladimir submarine for testing and this submarine is scheduled to be inducted in the Russian navy in the month of December. The Russian defence […]
Canberra: While signs of sparking a war are being seen in the Arctic region near the North Pole, indications of a war of dominance are beginning in the Antarctic region near the South Pole are being seen. Australia claims a natural right over this gigantic continent like region having an area of nearly 15 million […]
Washington: The President of the United States, Donald trump, has indicated possibility of the US participation in the Paris climate deal, he said, “I have no problem with the Paris Agreement. I have my reservations about the agreement signed by the previous administration as they had signed a very bad agreement. The US can think […]
The Jewish religious texts have multiple instances of God testing Abraham. The test in which God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac is believed to be the most challenging of all. But it was Isaac who was to take Abraham’s responsibilities and rewards under God’s covenant further, to truly realize the divine vision that […]