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badiyan (dried spiced dumplings). A not quite relationship builds, broken off when she gets married. Years later, as a soldier, Lahna Singh, he meets her as his officer’s wife. She begs him to safeguard her husband and son in the great war they are all being sent to fight in Europe. This is from Chandradhar Sharma Guleri’s 'Usne Kaha Tha' (She Has Said), one of the first Hindi short stories. It has descriptions of battlefield life, a ribald song with innuendos about cloves and pumpkins, unexpected action in the form of an Urdu-speaking German spy and a moving climax where Lahna fulfils the request, sacrificing his own life. He dies dreaming of mangoes he will never eat. Guleri wrote this just months after World War I started in August 1914. It was a sign of how confident the British were that colonial troops could give them swift victory that they were immediately moved to Europe, in September 1914. The special arrangements made for these troops were a sign of how they were valued — or of the fear that news of problems might cause unrest in India, which was being emptied of its army, guarantor of the British Raj’s stability.

Early in Donald Trump's first term in the White House, America's tech giants loudly protested his temporary ban on travel from seven predominantly Muslim countries. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's CEO, posted that his great-grandparents were immigrants and that his in-laws were refugees. Sergey Brin, a cofounder of Google who immigrated from the Soviet Union as a child, rushed to San Francisco International Airport to protest.

This initiative comes as Russian authorities are looking for ways to address Putin's call to reverse the country's demographic decline, which has been worsened by the ongoing war in Ukraine. The war, now nearing its third year, has resulted in a significant loss of lives.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India’s infrastructure planning is set to get more extensive with the government preparing to include the military’s requirement to ensure civilian projects can also be made available to the armed forces if necessary. The initiative—planned under Prime Minister Gati Shakti, also known as the National Master Plan for Multi-modal Connectivity—will focus on building dual-use projects across all segments of infrastructure such as roads, ports, power and airports, two officials told Mint.

Israeli strikes on two houses in the north of the Palestinian territory. The first strike early Sunday hit a house in Jabalia, northern Gaza, killing «at least 25» people, including 13 children, and injuring more than 30, civil defence said. Since October 6, the Israeli military has been engaged in a withering air and ground assault on areas of northern Gaza, including Jabalia, saying they are seeking to stop Hamas militants from regrouping there.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Ryu Seong-hyeon doesn’t need to imagine what the thousands of North Korean soldiers deployed to the Russian front lines might now be thinking. Not long ago, he was one of them.

Russia in an overnight attack, a source in Ukraine’s SBU Security Service told Reuters on Saturday.The attack on the Aleksinsky chemical plant, which produces gunpowder, ammunition and weapons in the Tula region about 200 km (120 miles) south of Moscow, was part of a strategy to target factories that support Moscow’s war against Ukraine, the source said.As the war against Russia approaches its 1,000-day mark, Ukraine is on the back foot on the battlefield against its larger and better-equipped foe.Russian troops are steadily advancing in the eastern Donetsk region, slicing through Ukrainian defence lines and wiping out towns and villages there with guided air bombs and artillery.The Ukrainian General Staff said on Saturday that the frontline situation was complicated, reporting more than 170 combat clashes in the past 24 hours, the majority in the east.Ukrainian officials say strikes against military facilities, warehouses, and airfields in Russia would disrupt Moscow troops’ logistics and supplies and help turn the war in Ukraine’s favour.Since September, Ukraine has struck several ammunition warehouses in Russia with Ukrainian-produced long-range drones, according to Ukrainian security officials.President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has repeatedly urged Kyiv’s Western partners to supply more long-range missiles and lift restrictions on using them to hit targets deep inside Russia.

Queen Camilla will miss Britain's annual remembrance weekend events to honor fallen service personnel while she recovers from a chest infection, Buckingham Palace said Saturday.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON : A Biden administration push to send billions of dollars of military equipment to Ukraine before it leaves office is facing major logistical hurdles and is raising concern that the transfers will deplete already-stretched U.S. stockpiles, officials said.

The foreign ministers of Greece and Turkey say that recent efforts to smooth the frequently volatile ties between the neighboring countries and regional rivals are bearing fruit, although significant differences remain, notably over maritime boundaries...

Donald Trump will inherit a raft of national security challenges, including major wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.

Jim Rogers, the investing legend, has issued a dire warning on US President-elect Donald Trump's 'America First' policy. The veteran market analyst is advising people to have a cautious outlook on stock markets, especially those in the United States, and opt to invest in safe-haven assets like gold and silver. Both gold and silver are considered popular hedges against inflation.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. TEL AVIV—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies celebrated Donald Trump’s win, assuming the former president’s return to the White House will bring it with the kind of support for Netanyahu’s policies that characterized Trump’s first term in office. But this time around, things are different.

Veterans’ Day in the US is observed in the month November. The red-letter days is a designated Federal Holiday. Veterans’ Day is on November 11. This year November 11 is on Monday. This means there will be long weekend.

The collapse of Germany’s governing coalition and President-elect Donald Trump’s imminent return to the White House are creating new risks for the European Union's biggest economy

Donald Trump's next presidency will bring: Some foresee an all-out war between Tehran and Washington, particularly as other conflicts rage in the region. Others hold out hope that America's 47th president might engage in unexpected diplomacy as he did with North Korea. But nearly all believe something will change in the US-Iran relationship.

Ukraine amidst its ongoing conflict with Russia, reported CNN. Throughout their whole Presidential campaign, Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance expressed severe skepticism regarding the matter of consistent US commitment to Kyiv while suggesting a potential shift towards pressuring Ukraine into an eventual truce with Russia.

Vladimir Putin and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump before the latter's inauguration in January, Reuters reported quoting Interfax news agency.

Around 50 European leaders will be reassessing their trans-Atlantic relations in the hope that Donald Trump's second U.S. presidency will avoid the strife and political pitfalls of his first administration