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[ad_1] More than a dozen Chinese military aircraft and four naval vessels were detected around Taiwan on Friday morning, defense officials said.  The incursions by Chinese warplanes have become almost a daily occurrence in recent months, but Friday's show of aggression comes ahead of a visit by Secretary of State Antony Blinken.  FILE PHOTO: Chinese military helicopters fly past Pingtan island, one of mainland China's closest point from Taiwan, in Fujian province. (HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images) A high-altitude Chinese surveillance balloon was also spotted in the skies above Montana on Thursday, prompting some senators to call on Blinken to cancel his trip.  US GOVERNMENT MONITORING SUSPECTED CHINESE SPY BALLOON OVER NORTHERN STATES Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., requested a full security briefing from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin about the balloon, saying that Malmstrom Air Force Base (AFB) and the United States' intercontinental ballistic missi...

[ad_1] The beauty of Hindi poetry is unparalleled. The verses range from profound patriotic feelings to pure love and reminiscence of childhood. These poems have the ability to strike a chord in everybody’s hearts. Here we list 10 famous Hindi poets and their iconic lines. [ad_2] Source link https://worldnews2023.com/life-style/from-dinkar-to-nirala-10-famous-hindi-poets-and-their-iconic-lines/?feed_id=331296&_unique_id=67874242bfbe8

[ad_1] "I had a very lucky life, all the way along," said Rose Styron. "And I think it was because I lived in the present or looked forward." At 95, Styron has finally decided to look back, at her life as a poet; a founding member of Amnesty International; a mother of four; and the wife of the late writer William Styron, author of "The Confessions of Nat Turner" and "Sophie's Choice." Now it's Rose's turn in the spotlight.  She's always looked forward, as a poet, a mother of four, and the wife of "Sophie's Choice" author William Styron. Now, at 95, Rose Styron has decided to look back, both in her new book, and as the subject of a documentary. CBS News She's written a memoir, "Beyond This Harbor: Adventurous Tales of the Heart" (Knopf), and is the subject of a documentary ...

[ad_1] V. Craig Jordan, a pharmacologist whose discovery that a failed contraceptive, tamoxifen, could block the growth of breast cancer cells opened up a whole new class of drugs and helped save the lives of millions of women, died on June 9 at his home in Houston. He was 76. Balkees Abderrahman, a researcher who worked closely with Dr. Jordan and was his caregiver for several years, said the cause was renal cancer. Dr. Jordan was known as a meticulous, even obsessive researcher, a quality demonstrated in his work on tamoxifen. The drug was first synthesized in 1962, though it was discarded after not only failing to prevent conception but, in some cases, promoting it. But Dr. Jordan, then still a doctoral student at the University of Leeds in Britain, saw something that no one else did. It had long been known that estrogen promoted breast cancer growth in postmenopausal women — and he suspected that tamoxifen could help stop it. Cancer of all kinds had long been seen as an unconq...

[ad_1] To ensure easy and adequate credit availability to the MSME sector, the State Bank of India ( SBI ) is planning to enhance the threshold under the instant loan scheme from the existing Rs 5 crore. 'MSME Sahaj - End to End Digital Invoice Financing ', provides solutions ranging from applying for the loan, documentation and disbursement of the sanctioned loan within 15 minutes, without any manual intervention. "We have, last year, introduced a business rule engine based, data based assessment of the credit limits up to Rs 5 core. Anybody walking into our MSME branch has to give only their PAN and approval for sourcing GST data, we can give approval in 15-45 minutes," SBI Chairman C S Setty told PTI in an interview. Simplification of the MSME credit is something that the bank is emphasising on and making lending cash flow based backed by the CGTMSE guarantee, he said. This reduces the need for collateral, which would enable a lot of people to come into th...

[ad_1] A young San Francisco artist's exhibit at the Museum of African Diaspora explores the issues surrounding beauty and skin color within the Black community, and it does so using a medium that was once used as a tool for discrimination. The paper is creased, crinkled and careworn. And despite the life-like and beautiful portraits painted on them, the brown paper bags betray their humble beginnings — collected from groceries, shopping centers and corner stores. "The form of the bag on the canvas is undeniable. It almost screams, 'This is a paper bag. It's a paper bag," said artist Mary Graham. For Graham, the choice was intentional. Her series of portraits is on display at San Francisco's Museum of the African Diaspora. The exhibit is titled, " Value Test: Brown Paper." Collectively, the portraits broadly explore the issue of colorism within the African American community and specifically the painful and complicated history of the so-called ...

[ad_1] Nov 17, 2023, 08:00 PM ET Australia 's players will donate a portion of their match fees from their World Cup qualifying fixture with Palestine on Tuesday towards Oxfam's ongoing humanitarian efforts in Gaza, with midfielder and player's union president Jackson Irvine calling the ongoing conflict in the region "unfathomable." The Socceroos will face Palestine in a FIFA World Cup qualifier at Kuwait's Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium on Tuesday evening after the fixture was relocated following the security situation in the region amid the Israel-Hamas war Football Australia representatives had been on the ground in the West Bank a week before the outbreak of the conflict to scout training and accommodation options for what would have been the first competitive fixture Palestine had hosted since a World Cup qualifier was staged against Saudi Arabia in Al-Ram in 2019. At least 11,470 Palestinians -- two-thirds of them women and minors -- have...