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  • Posts Tagged ‘wins’

    Obama re-elected as U.S. president

    Obama

    WASHINGTON, Nov 7: President Barack Obama won re-election to a second term in the White House on Tuesday, television networks projected, beating Republican challenger Mitt Romney after a long and bitter campaign. Obama defeated Romney in a series of key swing states despite a weak economic recovery and persistent high unemployment as U.S. voters decided between two starkly different visions for the country. Obama's victory in the hotly contested swing state of Ohio - as projected by TV networks - put him over the top...

    Posted 197 days ago.

    Kashmir's own Florence Nightingale

    nurse

    Rakib Altaf SRINAGAR, May 24: In a materialistic world, her emotions drove her work. And in her quest to lend a hand, she patiently faced the ridicule of her seniors and their indifference. That is why Rehana Akhter of Srinagar was conferred with the National Florence Nightingale award by the President of India this month. That is also perhaps why she chose to be nurse in the first place in 1997, when she was just 18. Perhaps it was her passion which drove her towards nursing, unknowingly....

    Posted 364 days ago.