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India-Central Asia NSA Meet: In today’s meeting, India will be represented by NSA Ajit Doval, along with four of the five central Asian countries at NSA level or Secretary of security council.
Afghanistan, counter-terror, connectivity will be the key focus at the first ever India-Central Asia National Security Advisors (NSAs) meet that will take place on Tuesday in Delhi. The meeting is one of the key outcomes of the India-Central Asia virtual summit that took place in January and envisages meetings at foreign and defense ministers' level as well.
Mirza Ghalib | Manisha Yadav
The journey to Calcutta began from Banda, as Ghalib made his way from there to Allahabad and onwards. The details of the first leg are narrated in Ghalib’s letters to Muhammad Ali Khan. it was slow going because the mule that drew the baggage cart (chikra) was scrawny and sluggish, and could not travel more than 25 miles a day.
After spending a night in an obscure village, the party reached Chilla Tara on the banks of the Jumna (Yamuna). They decided to abandon travel by land and take a boat instead. it turned out that the boat was just as slow. After a week or so, they arrived in Allahabad, on 27 November 1826.