Author: Toydemir Sasooli

Tharangambadi, India — In the long history of colonial rule in Asia, the shadow of Denmark does not loom large. It would be fair to say that few Indians and even fewer Danes are aware that this northern European nation had a foothold in India from 1620 to 1845. That foothold was Tranquebar, a small trading outpost far down eastern India’s Coromandel Coast. Though it’s now a nondescript town in Tamil Nadu state called Tharangambadi, just 120 kilometers (72 miles) south of famed French outpost Puducherry, traces of Danish rule remain tantalizingly evident. A prime example is the Bungalow on the Beach, a beautifully restored old colonial building on the Bay…

Four Indians stranded in Libya have been evacuated by the Indian Embassy in Tripoli. The four Indians from Punjab, Haryana, were on Thursday seen off at the Benina Airport by the embassy’s local representative Tabassum Mansoor. “Four stranded Indians from Punjab and Haryana being seen off by embassy’s local representative Tabassum Mansoor at Benina Airport on September 14,” the Indian embassy in Tunisia and Libya wrote on ‘X’ formerly Twitter on Thursday. More than 6000 people have lost their lives due to heavy flooding that caused massive devastation across Libya, CNN reported on Wednesday. The death toll was revised on Wednesday morning…

WASHINGTON — Millions of people in Afghanistan are likely to have no food, healthcare or shelter this winter because of critical funding gaps, according to various experts who spoke with VOA. “What is at stake in Afghanistan this winter is the lives of millions of starving women and children,” Jan Egeland, Secretary-General of the Norwegian Refugee Council, told VOA by email August 9. Of Afghanistan’s estimated 38 million people, at least 15 million are in dire need of food assistance. But the World Food Program is able to assist only 5 million people in August with the possibility the food-aid lifeline…

Pakistan has an important opportunity to support Palestinian rights at the World Court and in doing so to advance key principles of international law that protect human rights globally. In December 2022, the United Nations General Assembly requested an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the legal consequences of Israel’s prolonged occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. Though this is the second time the General Assembly has asked the ICJ for an advisory opinion related to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the December request is wider in scope. In 2004, the ICJ in an advisory opinion…

Meteorological department has forecast more rain-wind/thundershowers across Pakistan during the next couple of days. According to the synoptic situation, monsoon incursions from Bay of Bengal are penetrating most parts of the country. A westerly wave is also affecting upper and central parts of the country. Under the influence of the prevailing weather conditions, rain-wind/thundershower is expected in Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Islamabad, Potohar region, North East Punjab, North East Balochistan and Sindh on Saturday evening /night. Isolated heavy falls are also expected in Northeast Punjab, Potohar region, Kashmir and Central/Lower Sindh during the period. On Sunday, more rain-wind/thundershower is…

The Russian army massively shelled populated settlements of three districts of Kharkiv region. Residential buildings and civilian infrastructure objects were damaged by enemy fire. As Head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleh Syniehubov posted on Telegram, Kharkiv, Kupyansk, and Chuhuiv districts were under the attack of Russian troops. In the town of Vovchansk, Chuhuiv district, enemy shelling damaged a private house, the premises of an oil production enterprise, and the building of the fire and rescue station. In Kupyansk district, private houses, outbuildings and shop premises were damaged in the villages of Ustymivka, Vilkhuvatka, and Petropavlivka. At least three private…

Russia’s hailed T-14 Armata main battle tanks have arrived in Ukraine, Russian state media reported on Tuesday, with Kyiv set to receive the promised U.S. M1 Abrams tanks. Moscow has begun using the latest Armata tanks to fire on Ukrainian positions, Russian state-run news agency, Ria Novosti, reported. Citing a source close to the matter, the agency added the T-14s had not yet participated in direct combat but had been fitted with enhanced anti-tank ammunition protection. Russian state media has long praised the “breakthrough” T-14, though some Western intelligence assessments have poured cold water on the possible capabilities of the new…

They came to our country from Albania , loaded their car with oil, fodder and even…cows and returned again to the neighboring country wherever they sold! An incredible case was revealed by the successive thefts from businesses in Messolonghi as well, with the police officers of the security department handcuffing three people aged 35, 44 and 52, all citizens and residents of Albania. The imported thieves were spotted inside a Mercedes Vito while moving on the 33rd kilometer of Antirio-Ioannina, at 23:30 on Friday night (24/3). A little while earlier they had tried to steal animals from a stable at Bizani in…

Karachi Municipal Corporation invites vets to visit, treat Noor Jehan Islamabad: One of the two female African elephants, Noor Jehan, at the Karachi Zoo is facing a precarious situation with her health deteriorating every day. The 17-year old pachyderm can scarcely walk due to enlarged genitals and swelling in her left leg. However, a recent development has led to the hope that she might get some relief in the coming days. The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) which is responsible for the health and welfare of the zoo animals has written to the international animal rights group, Four Paws, to send…

Lahore, Pakistan: A delegation of professors and lawyers from Chandigarh India visited Government Islamia College Civil Lines Lahore on February 18, 2023. The delegation was received by Principal Professor Dr. Akhtar Sandhu. Advocate Sardar Gurvinder Singh Sidhu, Advocate Ali Changezi Sandhu, Sami Ullah Gondal, Mushtaq Gondal, Advocate Sardar Gurshminder Singh, Dr. Mahboob Hussain, Prof Haneef Abbasi, Prof Iqbal Haider Bhatti, Dr. Nadeem Chuhan, Principal Dr. Tehseen Razzaq, prof. Tahir Mahmood, Dr. Asim Nadeem, Dr. Ahmed Shahzad, Prof Haroon, Prof Hameed, Prof Rashid, Prof Ilyas, and other colleagues visited the campus and met with players of the College. It is pertinent…