Srinagar/Jammu, September 7 (Scoop News) –While underscoring the dire need to provide shelter and housing facilities to the common people, the Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah said that housing department should gear up its activities and take immediate steps to acquire and development the land at different identified locations so that large plots are developed and […]
Poetic License: the American Soldier at War
A long-distance friend of mine, Dr. Sonnet Mondal — who Wikipedia labels “…an eminent Indian poet … writer (and) Poet Laureate" — asked me to write an essay on poetry. I had no idea what to write — I’m a ba-ad poet — when an old junior high and high school friend, and a Vietnam […]
Brain Injuries Remain Undiagnosed in Thousands of Soldiers
William Fraas during occupational therapy at Mentis Neuro Rehabilitation Center in El Paso, Texas. Fraas survived several roadside blasts in Iraq, but suffered brain damage. (Blake Gordon/Aurora Photos) WASHINGTON, D.C.–The military medical system is failing to diagnose brain injuries in troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, many of whom receive little or no […]
India’s MTNL Scraps Deal To Outsource 3G Operations To Virgin Mobile, Spice Group
According to published reports, India’s MTNL has scrapped its plans to transfer its 3G network to Spice Group and Virgin Mobile. The units are located in Mumbai and Delhi. There have been mixed reports in the media concerning the cancellation of the outsourcing deal with some reports citing political pressure from the government and others […]
6467 militancy victims provided pension in J&K: Sakina
Jammu, March 27(Scoop News) – J&K Lone woman Minister for Social Welfare,Sakina Itoo today said that the State Government intends to launch an Integrated Child Protection Services Scheme (ICPS) in J&K for the protection and well being of children in distress. She said, 3094 Anganwari Centres will be set up in the State, […]
Vedanta Zambia mine workers win 11 pct pay hike
Wage increase above 9.6 pct January inflation rate Vedanta Resources Plc’s (VED.L) Zambian copper mining unit Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) awarded its workers an 11 percent pay rise, after unions vowed to strike if they failed to win above-inflation pay increases. The inflation rate in Zambia, Africa‘s leading copper producer, stood at 9.6 percent year-on-year […]
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