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Veteran Indian singer Bhupinder Singh, best known for his songs such as ‘Do Deewane Shaher Mein’ and ‘Hoke Majboor Mujhe Usne Bulaya Hoga’, died on Monday at the age of
Continue readingVeteran Singer Who Sang ‘Dil Dhoondta Hai’ Dies Aged 82
Kaptaan’s (Imran Khan’s) stunning inswinger, reports The Express Tribune: “Defying all odds, PTI sweeps high-stakes Punjab by-polls; wins 15 seats; PML-N trails with 4,” concedes defeat. According to some independent
A SYMPOSIUM OF VIEWS: To what extent will the war in Ukraine, and the overwhelming global support for debilitating economic sanctions against Russia, lead to, first, a further decline in
In a new book, Walter Russell Mead looks at all the ways Americans’ understanding of Israel has been refracted through their own internal conflicts and aspirations Matti Friedman in The Atlantic:
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Since ancient times, mathematicians have known that other types of numbers also exist. Now physicists are proving that they describe the hidden (fundamental) shape of nature. Karmela Padavic-Callaghani in Aeon:
Thomas Blanchet, Emmanuel Saez, Gabriel Zucman of the Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley shares real-time data with graphs to show income & wealth inequality in the U.S. Income
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Roger Draper at McKinsey Classics: A decade ago, a McKinsey study of R&D laboratories found that many of them didn’t really know if their productivity was good, bad, or indifferent,
By Pierre AYAD at AFP: The Iraqi political scene has been ablaze for the past 72 hours due to the emergence of recordings attributed to Nuri al-Maliki, the ex-Iraqi PM,
“We may be small but we still need stabilizers specially in two areas: Protecting our reserves and safeguarding the integrity of our public service…these are two critical elements that give
“Sanctions imposed by Europe and the US on Russia had made cooperation between Russia and Iran more imperative” By Tridivesh Singh Maini: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s upcoming visit to Iran
IMAGINEERING Home & Abroad: Rolls-Royce is a true household name in engineering. A Rolls-Royce is one of the most successful luxury cars that money can buy. And with over 130
“The word Malaysia may as well be replaced with Pakistan in this letter from Singapore’s statesman LKY to Malaysian leaders“, the WhatsApp share says. Lee Kuan Yew was often referred
Continue readingLee Kuan Yew’s Letter From the Grave To Malaysian Leaders Plus a LKY Video