Eight tug boats were attempting to free a 400m long container ship that ran aground in the Suez Canal, blocking vessels passing through one of the world’s most important waterways, the authority that runs the canal said.
A photo posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 showed the Taiwan-owned MV Ever Given, a 400-metre- (1,300-foot-)long and 59-metre wide vessel, lodged sideways and impeding all traffic across the waterway as excavation trucks struggled to dig it out.
अगर कोई मनुष्य (धर्म, अर्थ, काम व मोक्ष) चार पदार्थों का अभिलाशी हो, (तो उसे चाहिए कि) गुरमुखों की सेवा में लगे।अगर कोई मनुष्य अपना दुख मिटाना चाहे तो प्रभू का नाम सदा हृदय में सिमरे।अगर कोई मनुष्य अपनी शोभा चाहता हो तो सत्संगि में (रह के) इस अहंकार का त्याग करे।अगर कोई मनुष्य जनम मरन के चक्कर से डरता हो, तो वह संतों की चरणीं लगे।हे नानक! (कह कि) जिस मनुष्य को प्रभू के दीदार की चाहत है, मैं उससे सदा सदके जाऊँ।
Guru Granth Sahib is the central religious scripture of Sikhism, regarded by Sikhs as the final, sovereign and eternal living Guru following the lineage of the ten human gurus of the religion. The Adi Granth, its first rendition, was compiled by the fifth Guru, Guru Arjan Dev (1563–1606). Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru, did not add any of his own hymns; however, he added all 115 hymns of Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Sikh Guru, to the Adi Granth and affirmed the text as his successor. This second rendition became known as Guru Granth Sahib and is sometimes also referred to as Adi Granth.
The United Forum of Bank Union (UFBU), an umbrella body of nine bank unions, called for a two-day nationwide strike on March 15 and 16 against the privatisation of public sector banks and retrograde banking reforms. Over 10 lakh bank employees and officers participated in the strike. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has assured that not all banks will be privatised and wherever it happens, the interest of the employees will be protected. Addressing the media amid a two-day nationwide bank strike called by nine unions against the proposed privatisation, she said, "The decision of privatization is a well thought out decision. We want banks to get more equity... We want banks to meet the aspirations of the country". She added, "Those banks which are likely to get privatised, the interest of every staff member will be protected. Interest of existing employees will be protected at all cost.” Watch the full episode of Prime Time with Ravish Kumar for more.
We have a small story to share with you from Kolkata, West Bengal, India. A few weeks ago, the BJP central government published an advertisement with an image of a lady next to PM #NarendraModi. The lady is quoted to say that she has benefitted from #PradhanMantriAwasYojana. When the anchor met her she had a different story to tell. She does not have her own house yet and, in fact, rents a room for Rs 500 a month. “This advertisement is wrong,” she says.
What probably gave them away was the 'clinking' noise from the bottles when the truck moved. They should've used a damping material like straws or sponges between bottles while stacking the load. Amateurs 😏
Diabolically clever. Gives a whole new meaning to the word ‘Payload!’ But I assure you this kind of innovation was not part of the design brief for the pickup truck Product Development team at our research centre, nor will it EVER be! 😊 pic.twitter.com/JMqZN0VDAx
Nothing much clever. The transporters are regularly doing such modifications to their vehicles to carry extra load or even contraband. Some are even strengthening their suspension springs. What will happen to the engine and the road is another story.
Midlands filmmaker Billy Dosanjh celebrates 50 years of the Sikhs in his hometown of Smethwick, from their arrival in the late 1950s and early 60s to the present day. Using rare archive and the frank personal testimony of different generations of Smethwick's Sikhs, he explores the experiences of the changing traditions and the challenges to centuries old traditions - especially in love and marriage - that life in modern Britain brings.
Using rare and unseen archive Billy goes on a moving journey through space and time - from farm life in northern India to the searing heat of work in the steel factories of Britain's Black Country; from extreme rural poverty to the have-it-all consumer culture of today; from strict traditions to a world of tolerance and the modern permissive society.
Billy tells of the hostility and tough working conditions the first Sikhs experienced when they arrived in Smethwick. He shows the old customs that they tried to keep from their impoverished villages in the Punjab. Examining the challenges of the modern world and how their traditions have evolved, especially when it comes to love and marriage, Billy gives a personal insight to the world of his community, and the way its culture has adapted across the generations to the challenges of life in modern Britain.
