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Is Mirwaiz Umar Farooq’s Delhi Visit a Turning Point for Kashmir’s Separatist Politics?

Is Mirwaiz Umar Farooq’s Delhi Visit a Turning Point for Kashmir’s Separatist Politics?

Every Friday since 2019, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Kashmir’s top cleric and separatist, has been unsure if he will be allowed to visit Jamia Masjid—Kashmir’s grandest and most influential mosque—where he delivers sermons. Since the BJP-led Union government erased Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood, he has had to seek court intervention twice just to travel barely 5

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Premiumization and new categories to drive growth for US Polo Assn in India

Premiumization and new categories to drive growth for US Polo Assn in India

“When I think about India in particular, it’s been our fastest growing market, and I believe it has the most long-term potential than any market in the world. India is the third-largest market for the brand apart from America (US) and Turkey,” said J. Michael Prince, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of United States

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Mohalla clinics without toilets, hospitals without ICUs: Key highlights of CAG report on Delhi healthcare

Mohalla clinics without toilets, hospitals without ICUs: Key highlights of CAG report on Delhi healthcare

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Friday tabled the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on ‘Public Health Infrastructure and Management of Health Services’ in the Delhi Assembly. The report reveals ‘underutilisation of funds,’ ‘delays in project execution,’ and ‘shortage of staff and drugs’ under the previous Aam Aadmi Party government. According to the 208-page

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Trump’s world vision would reshape the global economy. Ukraine is his first step.

Trump’s world vision would reshape the global economy. Ukraine is his first step.

In the short run, Trump’s shake-up of U.S. alliances and his effort to end the war in Ukraine are likely to stimulate the global economy through greater fiscal spending and cheaper energy. But the longer-run effects of his quasi-imperial ambitions are more complicated and potentially less beneficial. They could make it more difficult for U.S.

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India needs to grow at average 7.8% to become high-income country by 2047: World Bank

India needs to grow at average 7.8% to become high-income country by 2047: World Bank

“India will need to grow at an average of 7.8% to become a high-income country by 2047,” a World Bank report said on Friday (February 28, 2025.) To achieve this goal, India would require reforms in the financial sector as well as in land and labour market, the World Bank said in its India Country

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Delimitation Debate: Why Siddaramaiah, MK Stalin fear losing political clout in South – ‘like a knife hanging on’

Delimitation Debate: Why Siddaramaiah, MK Stalin fear losing political clout in South – ‘like a knife hanging on’

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah joined the chorus against delimitation on Thursday and described Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on the contentious issue as “not trustworthy.” Siddaramaiah accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of using delimitation as a weapon to “silence” the southern states. Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin has also opposed delimitation, urging a

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Want a payhike? Clear an exam first, LTI Mindtree tells staff

Want a payhike? Clear an exam first, LTI Mindtree tells staff

For project leads, managers and lead architects, half the weight in appraisals depends on project completion, and the rest on a competency exam with multiple-choice questions on coding and mathematics. According to four LTIMindtree employees, this is under a new framework called My Career My Growth, introduced last year for senior executives, and expanded to

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Deportation of illegal immigrants to India | Waiting for life to happen

Deportation of illegal immigrants to India | Waiting for life to happen

Gursharan Singh, 22, a resident of Mehoka village in Amritsar district, was deported in 2023.  | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Balwinder Singh, 55, a resident of Manawala village in Amritsar district, who received a call from an unknown number informing him that his younger brother, Sukhdev Singh, 35, was in a detention camp in

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