Tag: failures

This time of year is always difficult for those who have lost a loved one, but for Melissa Mead and her husband Paul it is agonisingly so.For it was in December 2014, with Christmas just days away, that their one-year-old son William – their firstborn and longed-for baby – ...

The question of Palestine is of immense significance in the Middle East – settling the issue would contribute a foundational element of peace in the region. The recent escalation, triggered by Hamas’ Operation Al-Aqsa Flood and Israel’s response, also has significant geopolitical and economic ramifications for the rest of ...

BRS Lok Sabha floor leader indicated that during the Parliament sessions, they plan to push for discussions on a range of other critical matters affecting the country Published Date - 07:27 PM, Wed - 26 July 23 File Photo: Nama Nageshwar Rao Hyderabad: ...

Published By: Debalina DeyLast Updated: March 13, 2023, 18:16 ISTThe report also said India desires normal neighbourly relations with Pakistan and New Delhi's consistent position has been that issues, if any, should be resolved bilaterally and peacefully. (File photo: AFP) In its annual report for 2022, the MEA also ...

The mass exodus sparked by the Taliban takeover compelled Afghanistan’s new rulers to issue a call for Afghans to stay and help rebuild the country. But after a year of Taliban rule, the economy is in tatters, confidence has been shattered, and Afghanistan’s best and brightest are not returning – ...

As the Taliban imposes its barbaric rule over the Afghan people and al-Qaeda regains a countrywide haven, it's clear America has failed miserably in Afghanistan. We lost the war, plain and simple—ultimately surrendering in humiliating fashion.The debacle in Afghanistan should cause the U.S. government to examine two crucial questions: ...

Harsha KakkarFor years, the army had been demanding the raising of a Mountain Strike Corps (MSC), funds for modernization and making up deficiencies in war wastage reserves (WWR). All this was based on increased Chinese threats and possibilities of a two-front war. Governments at the centre, on the contrary, ...

In a parking lot in Delhi, dozens of shrouded corpses lay in rest in the open. Workers have piled wood into pyres, and relatives in white protective suits stand next to the dead. They wait until they are allowed to light the wood for their deceased, a Hindu ritual ...

These mixed messages about racial difference rippled unevenly through Carter’s early career. At the Naval Academy, cadets mocked the earnest, toothy lad for sticking up for Wesley Brown, their one Black classmate; later, Carter faced down the local White Citizens’ Council in his hometown of Plains, Ga. But he ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The coronavirus that has claimed nearly 1 million lives has underscored the failure of the United Nations to bring countries together to defeat it, prompting renewed calls to reform the world body so that it can meet challenges far different — and more daunting — ...