Guns and tourists: Aboard the unlikely India-Pakistan 'friendship bus'

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Guns and tourists: Aboard the unlikely India-Pakistan 'friendship bus' Also known as the 'dosti (friendship) bus', that runs daily except Sundays between Delhi and the Pakistani city of Lahore is a powerful symbol of hope for better relations between the rivals. India bursts with color in celebration of Holi 2019 Hindus across India this week celebrate the two-day festival of Holi, which marks the beginning of spring, with an explosion of colors, chanting of devotional songs and prayer. Mystics, selfie-seekers celebrate spring at Mexico pyramids Thousands of people dressed in white flocked to Mexico's ancient pyramids Thursday, seeking to soak up the rays of the spring equinox sun in body and spirit. New Zealand is broken-hearted but not broken after the mosque shooting In a day without precedent, people across New Zealand observed the Muslim call to prayer Friday as the nation reflected on the moment one week ago when 50 people were slaughtered at two mosques. Facebook left millions of passwords readable by employees By storing passwords in readable plain text, Facebook violated fundamental computer-security practices. Those call for organisations and websites to save passwords in a scrambled form that makes it almost impossible to recover the original text. At Kenyan orphanage, baby elephants find a new life, and love Each calf at the nursery has a tragic story: orphaned by poachers, drought, or in conflict with humans encroaching ever further into the few wild places left. Muslim nations call for measures against Islamophobia after New Zealand attack Violence driven by Islamophobia requires "genuine, comprehensive and systematic measures to address this affliction," ministers from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation said in a statement after a meeting in Istanbul. 9 steps to spring clean your finances every March We celebrate so many annual events like birthdays, anniversaries. Celebrate your wealth and do the rituals that keep it going, at least once a year. What better time than March- the month of money! Is India's growth juggernaut slowing? Mark Fitch's words. The rating agency has just delivered a cut in India's GDP growth rating. While it puts the responsibility mostly at the doorstep of domestic factors, the global headwinds are hard to miss. By any measure, this is a challenging position for the fastest-growing major economy. Will India have an upper hand in the end? The fine print is right here. Events that shaped the world Here is a small list of what all happened during this week in the early years.

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