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Trump to visit Pakistan in September, TV channels report

ISLAMABAD, July 17 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to visit Pakistan in September, two local television news channels reported on Thursday, citing sources familiar with the matter. If confirmed, the visit would be the first by a U.S. president since nearly two decades ago, when President George W. Bush visited Pakistan in 2006. Pakistan’s foreign office spokesperson said he was not aware of Trump’s expected visit. The two TV news channels said that Trump would also visit India after arriving in Islamabad in September. U.S.-Pakistan relations saw a major boost when Trump hosted Pakistan’s army chief Field

Humans aren’t built to remember everything, five tips to remember the important stuff

Most of us are familiar with the frustration of forgetting — whether it’s struggling with a word on the tip of the tongue, misplacing important items such as keys or glasses, or even disremembering why you came into a room. How can we do anything but forget — especially in a time in which we are subjected to a firehose of information every waking minute, between our life in the physical world and what comes at us electronically via smartphones, TVs, computers and more? Dr. Charan Ranganath wrote in his most recent book, “Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory’s Power to

India confident of meeting oil needs despite potential sanctions on Russian imports, minister says

NEW DELHI, July 17 (Reuters) – India is confident of meeting its oil needs from alternative sources if Russian supplies are hit by secondary sanctions, Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Thursday. Earlier this week, U.S. President Donald Trump warned that countries purchasing Russian exports could face sanctions if Moscow fails to reach a peace agreement with Ukraine within 50 days. India should be able to deal with any problems with Russian imports by seeking supplies from other countries, Puri said. He noted there are many new suppliers coming onto the market such as Guyana and supply from existing

Nitish announces 125 units of free power to all households ahead of Bihar assembly polls

Patna, Jul 17 (PTI) In a major populist move ahead of the upcoming assembly polls, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday announced free power up to 125 units to all domestic consumers in the state. Kumar came up with the announcement on social media, stating that the benefit will reach 1.67 crore households. He also said the free power benefit will be effective from August 1. “This means that no charges will be levied for 125 units in the bills for July itself,” said Kumar, who also claimed “we have already been providing cheap electricity to all consumers”. Notably,

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