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Kulbhushan Yadhav (Indian Navy Officer Aressted by Pakistan)

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  Kulbhushan Yadhav   (Indian Navy Officer   Aressted by Pakistan)                                  Kulbhushan Jadhav is an Indian national who is on the death row in Pakistan. He is accused of carrying out espionage and sabotage activities against Pakistan at the behest of India's intelligence agency. India has denied the allegations. Pakistan claims the former Indian Navy officer was arrested on March 3, 2016 in Balochistan. The Indian side, however, maintains that he was kidnapped from Iran, where he was running a business in the port city of Chabahar after a “premature retirement” from the Navy .        Kulbhushan Yadav was born on 16 April 1970 and he is a retired Indian national who had served Indian navy between 1987 to 2001. K...

Dara Shikoh - The unlucky one

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                    Dara Shikoh -The unlucky one                                 Dara Shikoh     Dara Shikoh also known as  Dara Shukoh , (20 March 1615 – 30 August 1659)  was the eldest son and  heir-apparent  of the Mughal emperor  Shah Jahan . Muhammad Dara Shukoh was born on 20 March 1615 in Ajmer, Rajasthan. He was the first son and third child of Prince Shahab-ud-din Muhammad Khurram and his second wife, Mumtaz Mahal . The prince was named by his father. ‘Dara’ means owner of wealth or star in Persian while the second part of the prince’s name is commonly spelled in two ways: Shikoh (terror) or Shukoh (majesty or grandeur) .        Dara Shikoh had thirteen siblings of whom six surviv...

Red Cross

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                                                 RED CROSS          The Red Cross came into being at the initiative of a man named Henry Dunant, who helped wounded soldiers at the battle of Solferino in 1859 and then lobbied political leaders to take more action to protect war victims. His two main ideas were for a treaty that would oblige armies to care of all wounded soldiers and for the creation of national societies that would help the military medical services .                                                            ...