The United Kingdom this week unveiled its own version of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation which the Home Office named the National Crime Agency (NCA). However, when viewing the U.K.’s new agency, it’s more like Her Majesty’s Secret Service Agent James Bond teaming up with Arizona’s controversial Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The NCA will spearhead the U.K.’s fight […]
“Greening” Fisheries Could Calm Troubled Waters
Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet. Fishing is a critical means of providing food, livelihood, trade, and economic growth in many developing countries-as well as the United States. In many small island developing nations and coastal countries – such as Bangladesh, Sierra Leone, and Ghana – fish provide at least 50 percent of […]
J&K Bank which earns a net profit over Rs.512 crores,leading not only in JK,but also in India
Srinagar,May 16 (Scoop News) – Chairman and Chief Executive of J&K Bank ,Dr Haseeb A Drabu,said that the J&K Bank is a leading bank not only in the J&K State, but throughout the country and also have a good net work in the foreign countries also. He said the Bank has won laurels throughout the […]
Justice (Retd.) Syed Bashir-ud-din exhorts role of men in uniform to honour human rights
Jammu,April 16 (Scoop News) –The Chairperson, Jammu and Kashmir State Human Rights Commission, Justice (Retd.) Syed Bashir-ud-din has said that Jammu and Kashmir Police has a great responsibility to honour human rights of the people, being defenders of their rights. He said that JKP has to uphold its record of human rights which they […]
ICIMOD Press release
Too Much or Too Little Water in the Himalayas Adapting to increased risk of severe floods and droughts among new climatic realities for people in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas Copenhagen, Nairobi, Kathmandu, 11 December 2009 – Hundreds of millions of people in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region and in the river basins downstream are being […]
President Obama: Remarks at the Acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release December 10, 2009 Remarks by the President at the Acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize Oslo City Hall Oslo, Norway 1:44 P.M. CET THE PRESIDENT: Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, distinguished members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, citizens of America, and citizens […]