Link
https://theprint.in/diplomacy/india-open-to-sending-flood-aid-to-pakistan-but-normal-trade-wont-resume-anytime-soon/1107762/
A day after Pakistan expressed its willingness to resume bilateral trade with India, which was suspended by the former Imran Khan government in August 2019, New...
Smart of China. Sell your fighter aircraft to a country which has lost every war it has ever fought. That way, can't fault the engineering capabilities when they lose their next war.
The missile was fired accidentally from the Indian side into an area in Pakistan earlier in March, in an incident the Defence Ministry had called "deeply regrettable" and blamed on "technical malfunction...
I've read some of his stuff. He used to write a partition column for a Pak newspapers in the naughties.
Anyway, Jinnah was a SoBo boy thru and thru. He married a Parsi. Even after Partition, he requested Nehru to let his bungalow in Malabar Hill remain so that he could retire there.
When...
1/3rd of the territory that became Republic of India was princely states like Kashmir with their own sets of laws. They all signed the Treaty of Accession - voluntarily or under duress.
Imagine if different rights existed everywhere from Hyderabad to Bhopal.
I don't see the fuss. If a person moves from New York to California and takes California residence, pays state taxes in California then he is allowed to vote there.
Link
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/jammu-and-kashmir-elections-jammu-and-kashmir-polls-news-non-locals-allowed-to-vote-in-jammu-and-kashmir-parties-protest-3264670
Srinagar:
Jammu and Kashmir is likely to have 25 lakh new voters in the next election, with non-locals registering to vote for...
EV space is on fire. Spoke to an incubator based in Pune and lots of work happening in that field. You already see a sizeable number of Tata Nexon EVs on the road. I hope in 3-4 years time, our import bill drastically comes down with the EVs being the norm.
He is on ventilator.
Shame. I grew up reading his books. My fave was the underrated Haroun & the Sea of Stories and definitely enjoyed Midnight's Children.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/12/salman-rushdie-attacked-onstage-new-york
It's also tradition. States like Maharashtra and Karnataka produce more cricketers. States like Tamil Nadu produce the best tennis players. Haryana has a strong weight lifting and wrestling tradition. Easier to build on a tradition.
