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Delimitation Debate: South Indian States Demand Fair Representation in Fight for Parliamentary Equity

Delimitation Debate: South Indian States Demand Fair Representation in Fight for Parliamentary Equity

The BJP and the Congress have taken distinct approaches to the contentious issue of the delimitation of Lok Sabha seats, even as the Tamil Nadu government has raised the ante sharply, with Chief Minister M.K. Stalin drawing other opposition-ruled States as well into the debate. While the BJP’s Tamil Nadu unit president dismissed the controversy

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Culture is the most important aspect of how you run a GCC: Tesco’s Sumit Mitra

Culture is the most important aspect of how you run a GCC: Tesco’s Sumit Mitra

Enter Sumit Mitra. The former BT Group managing director was brought in by the British retailer in 2017 to head Tesco Business Solutions, the technology centre arm. His sole mandate was to drive change. Today, the company has one of its oldest running global capability centres (GCC) in India and employs about 5,500 people at

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Waqf Bill tabled in Lok Sabha: 5 KEY changes in revised version amid opposition by INDIA bloc, Muslim groups

Waqf Bill tabled in Lok Sabha: 5 KEY changes in revised version amid opposition by INDIA bloc, Muslim groups

Waqf Bill tabled in Lok Sabha: Union minister of Parliamentary affairs Kiren Rijiju re-introduced the controversial Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, in the Lok Sabha today, April 2. The Bill amends the Waqf Act,1995 which governs the management of Waqf properties in India. “We have accepted several recommendations made by the JPC in the bill and

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TMC leaders question party’s ‘silence’ on SFI’s protests against Mamata at Oxford

TMC leaders question party’s ‘silence’ on SFI’s protests against Mamata at Oxford

A section of Trinamool leaders has expressed dissatisfaction over the party’s rank and file “staying silent” after activists of the Left-wing Students’ Federation of India (SFI) raised slogans against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and disrupted her lecture at Oxford University’s Kellogg College last week. | Photo Credit: – A section of Trinamool leaders

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‘Need of the hour’ is to raise OBC creamy layer income limit, House panel tells govt.

‘Need of the hour’ is to raise OBC creamy layer income limit, House panel tells govt.

The recommendation to raise the income limit for determining the creamy layer among OBCs was driven home by the Parliamentary Committee on the Welfare of OBCs in multiple reports it had tabled in the Lok Sabha on April 1, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI A parliamentary committee looking into the welfare of Other Backward Classes

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Waqf Bill Controversy: NDA Allies Struggle to Balance Politics with BJP’s Hardline Agenda

Waqf Bill Controversy: NDA Allies Struggle to Balance Politics with BJP’s Hardline Agenda

Facing mounting criticism from minority communities over the controversial Waqf (Amendment) Bill being pushed by the Centre, the National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) partners in Bihar and Andhra Pradesh now find themselves entangled in yet another controversy—this time over the Uttar Pradesh administration’s order prohibiting namaz on roads and rooftops. The pressure is palpable. In Bihar,

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Ola does not disclose March sales figures, says backlog will be cleared in April

Ola does not disclose March sales figures, says backlog will be cleared in April

New Delhi: Ola Electric Mobility Ltd did not disclose its monthly sales figures for the first time, following a month-long lull in registering new vehicles. The Bengaluru-based electric scooter maker quoted data on the government’s Vahan portal to report 23,450 new vehicle registrations in March. The portal records registrations instead of company despatches. A month

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India-Bangladesh Relations at a Crossroads: The Fallout of Sheikh Hasina’s Exile and China’s Growing Influence

India-Bangladesh Relations at a Crossroads: The Fallout of Sheikh Hasina’s Exile and China’s Growing Influence

Since August 2024, India-Bangladesh relations have undergone a seismic shift. Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was seen as a reliable and trusted friend of India, but strong opposition to her within Bangladesh, along with her close ties to New Delhi, appear to have worked against both her and India. Now believed to be living in

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