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The great king who gave us Nepal My Republica
Nepal, Jan. 11 If Nepal was defeated in the battle of Sindhuli, unification would not have been possible. The British would make Kathmandu Valley their colony, a point to access Tibet and China, which might as well have become the British colony later on.
It s a matter of pride for the patriotic Nepali citizens that the nation is rising up to recognize the great man who gave us the country that we call home, the great man whose legacy in Nepali history is indelible and the great man whose contribution for nation building was eclipsed by the sponsored narrative of hate over the last one decade. It s a matter of joy for me personally that there is a resurgence of voices in favor of marking Poush 27 as the national unity day.
Despite killing the polio vaccine workers, Pakistanis still eagerly await the COVID vaccine!
Prof. Pervez Hoodbhoy, the noted Pakistani physicist and popular writer, in his article “Muslims and technology” in Pakistani daily ‘Dawn’ dated January 2, 2021 discussed the prospects of Muslims adopting technology to innovate.
Muslims have always feared that technology will destroy their faith. Of course, they accepted printing press, loudspeaker, weather forecasts, cameras and television, blood transfusions, organ transplants, and in-vitro fertilisation. Despite killing the polio vaccine workers, Pakistanis still eagerly await the COVID vaccine!
Islamic rituals now use technology. A SalatCard counts rakats in prayers. There is wuzu (ablution) machine. Egypt government airs computer-run standardised azan in 113 mosques of Cairo. All these would have invited multiple fatwas a decade back, not anymore.
PM Modi, Amit Shah Not On Indian Twitter Knockoff Tooter , Says BJP PM Modi, Amit Shah Not On Indian Twitter Knockoff Tooter , Says BJP The interface of Tooter, which was reportedly created last year, is a cross-over between Facebook and Twitter.
PM Modi is not on Tooter, the BJP clarified today. (File)
New Delhi:
Prime Minsiter Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP chief JP Nadda or other party leaders are not on microblogging site Tooter, a knockoff of social media giant Twitter, the party clarified today. Please note that neither the BJP or any of its state units, nor Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP National President JP Nadda have a presence on Tooter, the BJP s Amit Malviya tweeted this afternoon.
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The ‘Tooter’ platform is described as a “Swadeshi social network” and welcomes one to a “Swadeshi Andolan 2.0” on its homepage. It shows Narendra Modi having a ‘verified’ handle on the platform, though the verification process of the platform has been unclear
Reuters
“The Prime Minister has not joined Tooter,” an official said.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not on the new social media platform, Tooter, government officials have said after a ‘verified’ handle of the Prime Minister has featured on that platform. “The Prime Minister has not joined Tooter,” an official said.
The ‘Tooter’ platform is described as a “Swadeshi social network” and welcomes one to a “Swadeshi Andolan 2.0” on its homepage. It shows Narendra Modi having a ‘verified’ handle on the platform, though the verification process of the platform has been unclear. The said handle shows 20,400 followers and about 778 posts, and the posts are mostly the
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When I started reading Razeen Sally’s Return to Sri Lanka: Travels in a Paradoxical Island, I thought I would be reading a travelogue, but soon realised that it does not seem correct to call this book simply a travelogue.
It is certainly much more than that. It is an autobiography, a personal memoir, a socio-cultural history, a political critique and a nostalgic journey into past and present Sri Lanka. You can see the landscapes of the island, the flora and fauna, you learn about its history, you meet people of various ethnicities and religions, and you start understanding the current political issues that Sri Lanka faces. After reading the book, one feels almost as if one has lived on this paradisiacal island oneself for decades.