Saudi Arabia retains its seat on OPCW Executive Council    Saudi Transport Authority cracks down on foreign trucks violating rules    Saudi Arabia's R&D expenditure hits SR22.61 billion in 2023    Saudi Arabia, Comoros strengthen economic ties with new MoU    Saudi Arabia receives extradited citizen wanted for corruption crimes from Russia    Ukraine fights to keep the lights on as Russia hammers power plants    Sweden asks China to cooperate over severed cables    Childcare worker who abused more than 60 girls jailed for life    Indian airlines hit by nearly 1,000 hoax bomb threats    K-Pop group NewJeans split from agency in mistreatment row    Defending the Truth: Saudi Arabia and the 2034 World Cup    Culture minister visits Diriyah Art Futures    GCC Preparatory Ministerial Meeting discusses developments in Gaza and Lebanon    RCRC Chief: Riyadh Metro, featuring environmental sustainability, will improve quality of life and revolutionize transportation    Saudi Arabia hosts over 13 million foreign residents from 60 countries, says human rights official    Al Taawoun seals AFC Champions League Two knockout spot with 2-1 win over Al Khaldiya    Al Hilal advances to AFC Champions League knockout stage despite 1-1 draw with Al Sadd    Best-selling novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford dies    Most decorated Australian Olympian McKeon retires    Adele doesn't know when she'll perform again after tearful Vegas goodbye    Order vs. Morality: Lessons from New York's 1977 Blackout    India puts blockbuster Pakistani film on hold    The Vikings and the Islamic world    Filipino pilgrim's incredible evolution from an enemy of Islam to its staunch advocate    Exotic Taif Roses Simulation Performed at Taif Rose Festival    Asian shares mixed Tuesday    Weather Forecast for Tuesday    Saudi Tourism Authority Participates in Arabian Travel Market Exhibition in Dubai    Minister of Industry Announces 50 Investment Opportunities Worth over SAR 96 Billion in Machinery, Equipment Sector    HRH Crown Prince Offers Condolences to Crown Prince of Kuwait on Death of Sheikh Fawaz Salman Abdullah Al-Ali Al-Malek Al-Sabah    HRH Crown Prince Congratulates Santiago Peña on Winning Presidential Election in Paraguay    SDAIA Launches 1st Phase of 'Elevate Program' to Train 1,000 Women on Data, AI    41 Saudi Citizens and 171 Others from Brotherly and Friendly Countries Arrive in Saudi Arabia from Sudan    Saudi Arabia Hosts 1st Meeting of Arab Authorities Controlling Medicines    General Directorate of Narcotics Control Foils Attempt to Smuggle over 5 Million Amphetamine Pills    NAVI Javelins Crowned as Champions of Women's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Competitions    Saudi Karate Team Wins Four Medals in World Youth League Championship    Third Edition of FIFA Forward Program Kicks off in Riyadh    Evacuated from Sudan, 187 Nationals from Several Countries Arrive in Jeddah    SPA Documents Thajjud Prayer at Prophet's Mosque in Madinah    SFDA Recommends to Test Blood Sugar at Home Two or Three Hours after Meals    SFDA Offers Various Recommendations for Safe Food Frying    SFDA Provides Five Tips for Using Home Blood Pressure Monitor    SFDA: Instant Soup Contains Large Amounts of Salt    Mawani: New shipping service to connect Jubail Commercial Port to 11 global ports    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Delivers Speech to Pilgrims, Citizens, Residents and Muslims around the World    Sheikh Al-Issa in Arafah's Sermon: Allaah Blessed You by Making It Easy for You to Carry out This Obligation. Thus, Ensure Following the Guidance of Your Prophet    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques addresses citizens and all Muslims on the occasion of the Holy month of Ramadan    

Articles of the author ASHUTOSH SHARMA
As India votes, parties court farmers with green promises
NEW DELHI - When Ishwar Chand Sharma, a farmer in northern India, committed suicide just days before the start of the country's general elections, police found a note in his pocket with a plea: "Don't vote for the BJP." While police worked to (...)

11 - 05 - 2019
Finding inspiration
WE work best if we are reminded repeatedly about the transience of life. We are at our best if pushed against the wall. In other words, adversity is an opportunity as far as personal growth is concerned. Opportunities are like seeds. They sprout (...)

04 - 11 - 2016
Indian company briefly sells $4 smartphone before website crashes
MUMBAI — Indian phone maker Ringing Bells launched a $4 smartphone on Thursday, with huge customer demand promptly crashing the little-known company's website hours after the phone went on sale. The Freedom 251 was unveiled a day ahead of the launch (...)

18 - 02 - 2016
Facebook fights for free Internet in India, global test-case
MUMBAI — India has become a battleground over the right to unrestricted Internet access, with local tech start-ups joining the front line against Facebook Inc founder Mark Zuckerberg and his plan to roll out free Internet to the country's (...)

31 - 12 - 2015
South Africa edges India in 1st ODI
KANPUR, India — AB de Villiers and Rohit Sharma enhanced personal reputations with scintillating centuries but it was the timely interventions of South African bowlers that secured the visitors' five-run win over India in the first one-dayer (...)

12 - 10 - 2015
India wins T20 on Ntini's farewell
century as India cantered to a 21-run win over South Africa in a one-off Twenty20 International at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban Sunday. After India won the toss and elected to bat, Sharma weighed in with 53 off 34 balls to help India total (...)

10 - 01 - 2011
Cousin shoots boy by accident
A picnic on Sharma beach ended in tragedy when a 10-year-old boy was accidentally shot dead by a cousin with an AK-17 rifle. The bullet went through the head of the boy who was rushed by relatives to a polyclinic where he died. The gun went off (...)

17 - 09 - 2010
Sewage lake
The report “Sewage lake's level drops to new low” (May 16) is finally a good news for Jeddah residents. What should have been done long ago is being done now. Better late than never. I feel the efforts Jeddah municipality is putting in right now (...)

17 - 05 - 2010
Going over the top (of the world)
THREE skydivers made the first ever parachute jump over Mount Everest on Sunday, organizers and participants said, culminating years of preparation. About 32 skydivers from more than 10 countries including Britain, Canada, the United States and New (...)

08 - 10 - 2008
Reliance eyeing petrochem project in Qatar
Reliance Industries of India is keen to set up a petrochem complex in Qatar especially for polymer production. The company is “definitely interested in establishing a world-scale petrochemical complex here with Qatar Petroleum,” R P Sharma, (...)

09 - 03 - 2008
IRAQ IS INDIVISIBLE PART OF THE ARAB NATION, SAYS PRINCE SAUD
AL-SHEIKH, EGYPT, MAY 4, SPA -- PRINCE SAUD AL-FAISAL, THE FOREIGN MINISTER, SAID THE KINGDOM VIEWS IRAQ AS A FRATERNAL COUNTRY AND AS AN INDIVISIBLE PART OF THE ARAB AND MUSLIM NATION. ADDRESSING THE INTERNATIONAL MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE FOR IRAQ'S (...)

04 - 05 - 2007
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