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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday that decision on Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) should have been taken during 1971 war between India and the neighbouring country. The defence minister said this while addressing a function to honour martyrs’ families at Nadaun in Himachal Pradesh’s Hamirpur district. “We have recently marked the Golden Jubilee of victory […]

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By Arun Srivastava The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is not known for evolving the device of communal harmony. An insight into the working of the RSS would unravel the truth that its Maharashtrian Brahmin leadership are known for striving to give a concrete shape to their basic idea of “Hindu Rashtra”. They regularly demonise Muslims, […]

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Gehlot loyalists claim that over 90 MLAs went to Joshi’s home, but the number could not be verified independently. The Congress has 108 MLAs in the House of 200. There was no word from the Speaker’s office on the resignation letters. Late at night, there were efforts by Kharge and Maken to persuade Gehlot loyalists […]

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A war of words erupted Saturday between the TMC and BJP over the credit for UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage (ICH) tag to Durga Puja, Bengal’s biggest festival. Union Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar slammed the TMC-led government for trying to “hijack the credit of the Centre’s hard work in ensuring that Durga Puja […]

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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday welcomed the statement by Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) where he raised the issue of Kashmir. Mufti said that the process of dialogue on the Kashmir issue can be beneficial for India and Pakistan because both countries are suffering […]

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov today backed India for becoming a permanent member of the UN Security Council. While addressing the 77th United Nations General Assembly, Mr Lavrov said, “We see prospective of making Security Council more democratic via representation of countries from Africa, Asia & Latin America. India and Brazil, in particular, are key international […]

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By Subhankar Gupta With less than two months left before the national elections in Nepal, the refusal of the President of Nepal, Vidya Devi Bhandari, to approve the Citizenship Amendment Bill even after the passage of the proposed enactment by both houses of the parliament has thrown the Himalayan state into a vortex of political […]

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By Arjun Paleri and Anshu Singh The Great Resignation has hastened the pace of changes in the area of employment, and employers are taking a number of steps to ensure that their employees are reasonably satisfied with the workplace. The employment benefits package is a way for employers to show their commitment to their employees, […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak “An explosion of food and energy prices for those that are better off in inconvenience – for the poor people, tragedy,” says IMF Chief Kristalina Georgieva while sounding global warning that there would be “people on the street” unless steps are taken to protect the most vulnerable. To prevent such a […]

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By Rahil Nora Chopra A thrilling game of check-and-mate has started within the Congress, with speculations looming large on whether Sachin Pilot would get the throne of Rajasthan in case Ashok Gehlot has to vacate the Chief Minister’s post. Till date, all the questions have remained unanswered in Congress. Meanwhile, Ashok Gehlot called a meeting […]

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Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra would participate in the Karnataka leg of the “Bharat Jodo Yatra” led by Rahul Gandhi that will be entering the state on September 30, state party chief D K Shivakumar said on Friday. Noting that the Karnataka Congress has made preparations for the yatra by giving responsibility […]

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By Sushil Kutty The Thursday morning nationwide crackdown on the Popular Front of India (PFI) begs the question “Why now, why today, why this morning?” It can’t be that the PFI was found engaging in “terror-funding”, and “terror activities”, just the night before? Terrorists and their handlers take time to set up terror factories, so […]

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By Sushil Kutty Iran’s ruling clerics are up to their necks in protests for defending a piece of cloth they insist women should wear to keep their dignities intact. What’s wrong with that? The ‘hijab’ is such an innocuous wraparound. And it isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, not when top justices of the topmost court […]

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Congress leader Gourav Vallabh slammed Shashi Tharoor’s potential AICC president bid on Thursday, saying his “only major contribution” to the party was to send letters to Sonia Gandhi while she was hospitalised. In the first sign of leaders taking sides in the upcoming presidential election, Vallabh also expressed support for another likely contender, Rajasthan Chief […]

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Congress leader Gourav Vallabh on Thursday claimed that the meeting of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat with the All India Imam Organization president is the impact of the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, and asked the RSS chief to join Rahul Gandhi in uniting the country. The RSS chief, who has been meeting Muslim leaders in an […]

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By Sankar Ray Europe’s centre-right political parties were until a decade ago seen as ‘both dependably dull and dependably stable’. But that is now a thing of the past. Now the continent’s Christian democratic, conservative and market liberal parties together constitute the mainstream right. They are now undergoing significant and fascinating transformations, not least as […]

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By Tirthankar Mitra A long term political dividend was in her sights when Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee said that Prime .Minister, Narendra Modi did not goad the central investigation agencies like CBI and ED to swoop in on the homes of her party leaders. While her political opponents ridicule her and […]

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By W. T. Whitney Jr. To extend a population’s life expectancy at birth (LEB) requires capabilities that are scarce in the United States. The U.S. LEB has fallen in the recent period, quite abruptly. Meanwhile, life expectancy in China and Cuba continues its long-term rise. To understand why we should explore nations’ varying capabilities to […]

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