Author: Nectar Gan

Beekeepers of remote village of Rajouri seeks govt help to market honey
9Jun By Nectar GanNo Comments

Beekeepers of remote village of Rajouri seeks govt help to market honey

Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, India: several years ago, villagers of a remote village of Rajouri took up the work of beekeeping to increase their income, but today they are approaching government for the help to market their product.Farmers of the Dandesar village in Rajouri are hoping that the government will assist them in getting access to a suitable platform.The sarpanch of the village, Arshad Mehmood said that villagers have been facing difficulties in selling honey."The villagers have been demanding an increase in markets for selling honey. They work very hard round the year. Some people even produce large quantities of honey but have no place to sell it. Many villagers of Dandesar are poor," Mehmood told ANI.As many as 200 farmers in the village have around 2000 man-made hive boxes, ...
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Biden slammed by Former President Trump for ‘bowing down’ to China
8Jun By Nectar GanNo Comments

Biden slammed by Former President Trump for ‘bowing down’ to China

Washington, US: Trump called slams the current administration of United States and called it 'most radical left-wing administration in history', for bowing down to China.Speaking at the North Carolin Republican convention, Trump said: "Always put America first. We don't put America second. As we gather tonight, our country is being destroyed before our own eyes. Crime is exploding, police departments are being ripped apart and defunded… Is that good politics, defund our police?""Illegal immigration is skyrocketing at a level we haven't seen before. And this is over a period of few months. Gas prices are soaring. Our industries are being pillaged by foreign cyber attacks. That's a lack of respect for our country and for our leaders. And speaking of our leaders, they are bowing down to Chin
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Chinese boats suspected in the act of illegal fishing in Argentinian waters
8Jun By Nectar GanNo Comments

Chinese boats suspected in the act of illegal fishing in Argentinian waters

Beijing, China: In Argentinian water the moments of boats among which most of them are Chinese were hidden over the last three years. Potentially these boats ae involved in illegal fishing in the lucrative area.An analysis by the group Oceana of a maritime tracking system used for safety and traffic monitoring found that more than half of the foreign ships fishing near Argentina had turned off their tracking, hiding their activities, with the Chinese fleet responsible for 66 per cent of those incidents, South China Morning Post reported.Oceana's report, published on Wednesday stated that about 800 vessels, over half of them from China, logged nearly 900,000 hours of visible fishing activity via the Automatic Identification System (AIS) within 20 nautical miles of Argentina's waters betwee...
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US extended the hands for friendship to Europe to side line China
8Jun By Nectar GanNo Comments

US extended the hands for friendship to Europe to side line China

Washington DC. US: US President Joe Biden side-lines China and said Unites States and Europe can closely work together. Let’s not let the China to write the global rules governing trade and technology.In an opinion article for Washington Post on Saturday, Biden said the US must lead the world from a position of strength to address issues like coronavirus, climate crisis, and the challenge posed by "harmful activities of the governments of China and Russia"."While in Brussels, I'll meet with the president of the European Commission and the president of the European Council to discuss how the United States and Europe can work in close coordination on global challenges. We will focus on ensuring that market democracies, not China or anyone else, write the 21st-century rules around trade and
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Woman detained in Xinjiang for ‘religious extremism’
3Jun By Nectar GanNo Comments

Woman detained in Xinjiang for ‘religious extremism’

Beijing, China: An elderly Uyghur woman is confirmed to be detained by the China’s authorities in Xinjiang region. The woman was on suspicions of 'religious extremism' after she intervened in a domestic dispute between her neighbours.According to Radio Free Asia (RFA), a police officer in the prefecture-level city of Turpan said that a village elder named Zaytunhan Ismail had recently been arrested."I believe it was around January … it's been quite a while now," the officer from Turpan's Chatqal township said of the 67-year-old Ismail.According to the official, Ismail was arrested for her involvement in an incident a year ago, where someone's husband 'came back home drunk' and the couple 'exchanged some words'."His wife was pregnant, apparently, and she told him not to [fight with her] wh
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Taiwan’s representative office to be renamed as ‘Taiwan Diplomatic Review Act’ suggested by US Lawmakers.
2Jun By Nectar GanNo Comments

Taiwan’s representative office to be renamed as ‘Taiwan Diplomatic Review Act’ suggested by US Lawmakers.

Washington, US: The Taiwan’s representative office is being rename as 'Taiwan Diplomatic Review Act' in the US. This was introduced by US lawmakers to provide diplomatic visas to Taiwanese diplomats to bolster ties between Washington and Taipei.In a statement on Friday, Democratic Representative Brad Sherman and Republican Representative Steve Chabot from the US House of Representatives said that they had jointly proposed the act, reported Focus Taiwan.Sherman and Chabot said that the US policy refers Taiwan as 'Taiwan' and not 'Taipei' or 'Chinese Taipei', the Coordination Council for North American Affairs (CCNAA) was renamed "Taiwan Council for US Affairs" (TCUSA) in 2019."Following this longstanding policy, the Taiwan Diplomatic Review Act directs the Secretary of State to enter into
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Jaishankar, Blinken met in Washington:Covid-19 relief
2Jun By Nectar GanNo Comments

Jaishankar, Blinken met in Washington:Covid-19 relief

Indian External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington. They discussed about the issues like covid-19 relief and Indo-Pecific cooperation in Quad.Quad is a security alliance between India, the US, Japan and Australia. Jaishankar met US Secretary of State, as part of his five-day US visit, the first official trip since President Joe Biden took office in January."Productive discussion today with @DrSJaishankar on regional security and economic priorities to include US Covid-19 relief efforts, India-China border situation, and our support for Afghanistan. As friends, we will work together to address these areas of shared concern," Blinken tweeted."Secretary of State Antony J Blinken welcomed Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar ...
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IAF chief visits Ladakh to review operational preparedness: Ladakh
1Jun By Nectar GanNo Comments

IAF chief visits Ladakh to review operational preparedness: Ladakh

Leh, Ladakh: Operational preparedness has been reviewed by Indian Air Force chief RKS Bhadauria in his visited Leh.Sources said the chief was briefed on the operational preparedness and the ongoing operations along the China border by the officials at the Leh air base.The chief was also briefed extensively about the air maintenance operations in support of the Indian Army and the paramilitary troops there, they said.The Air Force has two major bases in Leh and Thoise which help it look after both China and Pakistan border. It has also deployed troops at the forward locations all along the eastern Ladakh sector including the Nyoma advanced landing ground and the air field in Daulat Beg Oldi.The Chinese military is holding exercises, which includes its Air Force and Army, close to locations...
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Australian writer pleads not guilty after six hour long trial
1Jun By Nectar GanNo Comments

Australian writer pleads not guilty after six hour long trial

Beijing, China: The lawyer of the former Chinese diplomat and Australian writer Yang Hengjun on Thursday said that they have pleaded not guilty to espionage charges. The trial lasted for more than six hours.Yang, 56, defended himself and remained calm throughout the hearing in the Beijing Second Intermediate People's Court, the lawyer said, reported South China Morning Post (SCMP)."[Yang] spoke throughout the process and gave long responses, sometimes for up to half an hour. He had a calm demeanour," said the lawyer, declining to give details of the case against Yang due to state secrets being involved.Yang has been in detention for more than two years and if he is found guilty, which is likely given China's 99.9 per cent conviction rate, the Australian writer would be facing between 3 ye...
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31May By Nectar GanNo Comments

Jaishankar Praised new agreement of Ceasefire between India and Pakistan

New York, US: Noting that the recent agreement between India and Pakistan on LoC ceasefire is a "good step", External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar praised the new agreement between India and Pakistan LoC. He also added that we have bigger issues to deal without neighbours.Speaking to former US National Security Adviser (NSA) General HR McMaster at an event here, Jaishankar said, "We had an agreement few weeks ago that we would not fire across LoC. That is a good step. But I think there are bigger issues. At the end of the day, the two neighbors have to find ways…Since 1947, part of the problem has been cross-border terrorism.""Look what I can tell you, at this point of time, is that we had agreement some weeks ago between our director generals of military operation that you we would not
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