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Poetry Pick One for Eunice

India, Dec. 13 -- As are we, ready to grow in lieu, wherever the grafts we brew. I remember the transplants I knew, the rooted uprooted, the damned-if-we-do, the sailor exiled to shore. I return the ... Read More


Bill proposing 100% FDI in insurance gets Centre's nod

New Delhi, Dec. 13 -- The Union Cabinet on Friday approved a bill that allows 100% foreign direct investment in the insurance sector, up from the current 74%, provided the entire premium collected is ... Read More


Komal JB Singh: "The Sikh presence in Kashmir has a long history"

India, Dec. 13 -- Why has there been no scholarly research on the history and politics of Sikhs in Kashmir, especially in comparison to other minorities? The very title of the book, Invisible Minorit... Read More


KMC steps in to upgrade services at Capital's three major public hospitals

Kathmandu, Dec. 13 -- The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) is investing Rs90 million to upgrade services at three major public hospitals in Kathmandu. Officials at the Health Department under the ci... Read More


Review: The Oracle of Hate by Hamza Jalil Albasit

India, Dec. 13 -- Fouzia and Qazi-ud-din Ahmed started hating their son Waleed when he turned 13. His descent from being their precious firstborn, and a boy at that, to a fat, ugly school dropout was ... Read More


10 hectares of Gaurighat forest cleared within hours. Land mafia suspected

Kanchanpur, Dec. 13 -- In what locals describe as a 'film-style' operation, scores of trees in Gaurighat Community Forest of Kaluwapur in ward 7 of Krishnapur Municipality were felled within little mo... Read More


Cabinet nod to set up single regulator for higher education

India, Dec. 13 -- The Union Cabinet on Friday approved a bill to create a single regulator for higher education, replacing the University Grants Commission (UGC), the All India Council for Technical E... Read More


RPP shifts, calls for monarchy restoration by consensus

Kathmandu, Dec. 13 -- The Rastriya Prajatantra Party has reiterated that any initiative for restoring the monarchy should come only through a broad national consensus, not a referendum. Releasing the... Read More


Pathologist-signed diagnostic reports issued despite tests not being carried out; 17 booked

India, Dec. 13 -- The Karad city police have filed a case against 17 individuals, including two doctors from Pune, associated with a private laboratory for issuing diagnostic reports signed by a patho... Read More


40% subsidy to eligible youth on purchase of buses, travellers: Himachal CM Sukhu

Shimla, Dec. 13 -- Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday said the state government, with an aim of creating employment and self-employment opportunities to the youth, would ... Read More