India ranks 66th in food security index

India ranks 66th in food security index Based on a survey of 105 countries, Index ranks India much lower than China, which stood at 39, although higher than its other neighbours Bangladesh (81) and Pakistan (75). India ranked 66th in the 2012 Global Food Security Index, released by American chemical company DuPont on Wednesday."India is ranked 66 in the list of 105 countries, scoring slightly higher in the category of 'availability' than in other two categories of 'affordability' and 'quality and safety'," DuPont executive vice president James C Borel said. ...

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The disputed islands - called Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese

Rival claims to a group of tiny islands are the focus of talks Tuesday between Chinese and Japanese officials, testing whether the countries can summon the political will to put the rancor behind them. The disputed islands - called Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese. Pic: AP. The Japanese government’s purchase of some of the East China Sea islands known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China from private owners this month has sparked sometimes violent protests in China and informal boycotts of Japanese products. The meeting between Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun and Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Chikao Kawai will...

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मोहम्मद पर फिल्म बनाना

मोहम्मद पर फिल्म बनाना और कार्टून बनाना वास्तव में आस्था पर चोट है|पर क्या?रामजन्मभूमि पर बाबरी मस्जिद की बोल बोलना आस्थ को लौलुहन करना नहीं ह...

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China donates $50,000 for flood victims

China donates $50,000 for flood victims Chinese Ambassador Liu Jian handed over a cheque of $50,000 to State Minister for Foreign Affairs Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan for the flood-affected people. Jian called on the minister on Wednesday and sympathised on the recent devastation caused by the tragic floods in the country. Foreign Office stated that $50,000 were donated by the Red Crescent Society of China. The state minister also appreciated the friendly gesture of Red Crescent Society of China and thanked the ambassador for the donation. ...

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China to enhance strategic coordination with Pakistan: Hina

China to enhance strategic coordination with Pakistan: Hina Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has said China is willing to enhance its strategic coordination with Pakistan to safeguard their common interests and promote regional peace and development. Yang made these remarks at a meeting with President Asif Ali Zardari on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly moot, reported Xinhua.Yang talked of the bilateral ties, noting that China will work with Pakistan to implement agreements reached by the leaders of the two countries, improve pragmatic cooperation in various areas and advance the strategic partnership.For his part, Zardari...

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Afghan president Karzai blasts anti-Islam film

Afghan president Karzai blasts anti-Islam film Afghan President Hamid Karzai said the production of an anti-Islam film and publication of cartoons perceived as insulting to Muslims cannot be justified as freedom of speech or expression, but that they also must not be used as an excuse for violence. “The world is shaken by the depravity of fanatics who have committed acts of insult against the faith of over 1.5 billion Muslims,” Mr. Karzai told the U.N. General Assembly.“We strongly condemn these offensive acts, whether it involves the production of a film, the publication of cartoons, or indeed any other acts of insult and provocation,”...

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First Dhamma School in Jaffna to foster harmony

First Dhamma School in Jaffna to foster harmony The first Dhamma School in Jaffna will be opened on September 30 to revive Buddhism in the North which suffered neglect under three decades of LTTE terrorism. The Tamil Buddhist Association will conduct the Dhamma School programme in Jaffna. It is hoped the move will lay the foundation to promote religious harmony between all ethnic groups in the Northern Province, Tamil Buddhist Association president A Ravi Kumar said.Jaffna Mayor Logeshwari Pathgunaraja and Divisional Secretary Sundaram Arumageinayagam will open the school. Ven Meegahajandure Siri Wimala Thera of the Jaffna Naga Vihara...

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Tibetans to discuss 'burning' issues today

The meeting would be jointly convened by the Kashag (cabinet) and the Tibetan parliament-in-exile. Tibetans to discuss 'burning' issues today Deeply concerned over the growing self-immolations in Lhasa and other parts of Tibet, the Tibetan leadership at Dharamshala has called a four-day "special general meeting of Tibetans" to discuss the issue. Around 400 Tibetans from different parts of Asia, Europe, America and Australia are gathering here to attend the high-level conference which begins on Tuesday.This is the second such conclave being held by the Tibetans in the last nearly 53 years here - ever since they took refuge in India....

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BSF detains Bangladeshi police officer

Bangladesh is the protector of criminals. and  Bangladeshi police is host of criminals. BSF detains Bangladeshi police officer The Indian Border Security Force on Tuesday detained a Bangladeshi police officer from Sankuchail border of Buriachang upazila in Comilla. The incident took place on the eve of a director general level conference between the Border Guard Bangladesh and the BSF to be held at the Peelkhana headquarters.Assistant subinspector Nurunnani of Buriachang police station was caught by Indian nationals while he went to the bordering area between 8:00pm and 8:30pm to ‘arrest criminal’ following a court warrant,...

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Hasina says she would expose people behind it

Hasina says she would expose people behind it PM has expressed her resolve to investigate into the alleged corruption in awarding the contract for supervising of Padma project as well as find out the ‘real culprits’ who had influenced the WB to cancel its credit for the infrastructure project. ‘We would not spare those behind the cancelling the WB fund...we are determined to find out the real culprits,’ Hasina said while speaking at the council session of the US chapter of Bangladesh Awami Swechhasebak League at Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York Monday night.Referring to her meeting with the new president of the World Bank at a programme...

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100m will die by 2030 if world fails to act on climate: report

100m will die by 2030 if world fails to act on climate: report More than 100 million people will die and global economic growth will be cut by 3.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2030 if the world fails to tackle climate change, a report commissioned by 20 governments says. As global average temperatures rise due to greenhouse gas emissions, the effects on the planet, such as melting ice caps, extreme weather, drought and rising sea levels, will threaten populations and livelihoods, said the report conducted by humanitarian organization DARA.It calculated that five million deaths occur each year from air pollution, hunger...

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The brains came whereabout and hideout some Chinese, Japanese officials meet amid dispute Japanese coast guard ships fired water cannon to push back Taiwanese vessels Tuesday in the latest confrontation over tiny islands in the East China Sea, as the main contenders, China and Japan, met in an effort to tamp down tensions. Several dozen fishing boats flying Taiwanese national flags set out from the Suao harbor, northeastern Taiwan, to the disputed islands in the East China Sea, Monday. Pic: AP. About 40 Taiwanese fishing boats and 12 patrol boats entered waters near the islands on Tuesday morning, briefly triggering an exchange of water...

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Chinese, Japanese officials meet amid dispute Rival claims to a group of tiny islands are the focus of talks Tuesday between Chinese and Japanese officials, testing whether the countries can summon the political will to put the rancor behind them. The disputed islands - called Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese. Pic: AP. The Japanese government’s purchase of some of the East China Sea islands known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China from private owners this month has sparked sometimes violent protests in China and informal boycotts of Japanese products. The meeting between Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun and...

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August 29, 2012 Diplomacy, or a pack of lies ------ Does lie in Dariya-e- Jmjm ISI supports Indo-Pak peace process: Gilani Days ahead of a likely meeting in Tehran between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, former Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told the Hindustan Times that the ISI is on board and supports the dialogue between the two countries.          "The days of fighting wars are over. The ISI and the army are part of the government and they are regularly consulted on the India-Pakistan dialogue. Everyone is on board, including the opposition," Gilani...

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with collaboration of Huji..... It is a bodes ill to Hsina & India and Pakistan and China grin Khaleda embarks on mass contact tour Several thousand leaders, activists and supporters of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party greeted the party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, when she arrived in Bogra on Saturday on her way to Dinajpur. She will address a public meeting at Gora Shaheed ground in Dinajpur town this afternoon to kick off her mass contact tour. The local unit of the BNP-led ‘18-party’ alliance has organised the rally. Khaleda embarked on the mass contact tour to mobilise the people for holding of the next general elections...

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Sri Lanka is no stage for India-China rivalry: Envoy

China's growing clout in the Indian Ocean, a new alliance of China Sri Lanka is no stage for India-China rivalry: Envoy Amid New Delhi's concerns over growing military ties between Beijing and Colombo, Sri Lanka's envoy Prasad Kariyawasam has said there is no zero-sum game between India and China. He said his country will not be reduced to a stage for the two rising Asian powers to play out their "rivalry"."We are not in the habit of looking at our relations with India and China as a zero-sum game," the envoy told IANS in an interview"We will not allow our land or sea to be used for any inimical purpose by one country against the other,"...

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Top Chinese official makes landmark Afghan visit

A clever fox plays wisely game Top Chinese official makes landmark Afghan visit China’s top security official has made the first high-level trip to Afghanistan by a senior Chinese leader in nearly half a century, meeting President Hamid Karzai in Kabul, state media said Sunday. Zhou Yongkang made the four-hour visit on Saturday, in a secretive trip aimed at shoring up ties between the neighbours, Xinhua news agency reported.The visit was not previously announced due to security concerns, the report said. Late president Liu Shaoqi, the last senior Chinese official to visit Afghanistan, visited in 1966, Xinhua said.Beijing has stepped...

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Give priority to Balochistan communication projects, PM tells NHA

Balochistan has been liberated by Pak Army from terrorists. Undoubtedly under heavy security any army chief tour after long times. After then...... Give priority to Balochistan communication projects, PM tells NHA Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf urged the NHA on Saturday to accord priority to completing communication projects in Balochistan to integrate the province with the rest of the country and accelerate economic activity there. Ashraf made these remarks while chairing a meeting to review the progress of NHA’s mega projects at the prime minister house.He said that projects, which are near completion, should be completed on a fast...

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Nepal's deal with China may hit India

Nepal's deal with China may hit India China is trying to extract significant concessions from Nepal in a bilateral investment protection agreement, which is being negotiated. If it goes through, sources said, it would put a similar agreement signed between India and Nepal in the shade. The India-Nepal BIPPA was signed almost a year ago.For instance, the Chinese agreement seeks to protect government bonds and debt, by designating them as "investment". Investments by Chinese companies in Nepal or other Nepalese companies, even third country companies owned or controlled by Chinese are sought to be similarly covered. Nepal has objected...

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At least 3 killed, 2 injured in US drone strike

डालर में बिकी संप्रभुता ---- At least 3 killed, 2 injured in US drone strike A US drone strike on Saturday killed at least three persons in Pakistan's restive tribal region near the Afghan border, security officials said. The drone targeted a moving vehicle and fired two missiles, they said. "The identity of the victims was immediately unclear but this area is mostly occupied by members of the militant commander Gul Bahadur's group," a security official in Peshawar told AFP. Another official on the ground in Miranshah said that the vehicle had been driving through a village 35 kilometers (around 20 miles) west of Miranshah, the headquarters...

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At least 23 die, over 200 injured on Yaum-i-Ishq-i-Rasool’

मोहम्मद पर फिल्म बनाना और कार्टून बनाना वास्तव में आस्था पर चोट है|पर क्या?रामजन्मभूमि पर बाबरी मस्जिद की बोल बोलना आस्थ को लहूलुहान करना नहीं है? At least 23 die, over 200 injured on Yaum-i-Ishq-i-Rasool’ At least 23 people were killed and over 200 injured and violence in some places continued till late in the night. Friday which was designated by govt to demonstrate love of Holy Prophet (PBUH) and condemn the anti-Islam film produced in US by some extremists was hijacked by our home-grown extremists who turned it into a day of unbridled violence, killings, arson and robbery. The internal security system virtually collapsed,...

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