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Rising crude oil prices to subdue rupee
Mumbai: Rising crude oil prices along with foreign fund outflows are likely to weaken the Indian rupee against the US dollar in the near term. Besides, the Reserve Bank of India’s upcoming…
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Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, the forgotten freedom fighter of India
Frontier Gandhi, Bacha Khan, or Badshah Khan are a few of the many names of the freedom warrior Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan who was born to Behram Khan on February 6, 1890.…
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Lata Mangeshkar Unbeaten, because she was Unbeatable
“This girl brought tears in my eyes,” was the instant reaction of Free India’s First Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to a private song, penned by poet-lyricist Pradeep, Aie mere watan ke…
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Nightingale Lata Mangeshkar’s voice will linger on for ages
The Nightingale of India has flown away forever. The voice that soothed and enthralled millions of people all over the planet will never be heard anymore. Countless fans are in tears today…
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Explainer: All you need to know about the new UAE labour law
Abu Dhabi: The new labour law – Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021 of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has come into effect from February 2, 2022, replacing Federal Law No. 8…
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Beyond the language of hate and revenge
M. Shafey Kidwai Seldom could any Indian city vie with Bhagalpur as far as the use of multifarious adjectives is concerned. It is the city where the chopped off organ of Kamdev…
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Udupi Hijab Row: Hopefully, sanity will prevail
Dr. Javed Jamil Thanks for the designs of the communal forces; the Hijab issue of Udupi (Karnatka) schools has become an international issue now. The welcome part is that most of the…
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Is The Hindu changing its policy towards minorities?
On Friday (February 4, 2022) when I searched for the story of gun shots that were fired at the vehicle of Asaduddin Owaisi in the poll-bound Uttar Pradesh I did not find…
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Pakeezah, a classic that fascinated movie goers 50 years ago, is still loved by people
Every once in a while the Bollywood film industry produces a movie that grips the imagination of film lovers and stays in their minds for decades. One such film was Pakeezah which was…
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The optimistic oracle
Fakir Syed Aijazuddin Alexander the Great was fortunate: he spliced the Gordian knot only once. Dr. Ishrat Husain, swordless, has had to unravel knots every day. Dr. Ishrat Husain’s career is described…
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J&K coming to terms with reality – economic self-sufficiency is the only way out
Arun Joshi A new thought process is gaining traction in Jammu and Kashmir, shift from being the basket case to taking baby steps towards economic self-sufficiency. This is both a wish and…
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Telangana: Suicides by unemployed youth
M. Kodanda Ram By M. Kodanda Ram Mohammed Shabbir a 26-year-old graduate from Jammikunta town, Karimnagar district has committed suicide on 1st August 2021, leaving behind his wife and a child. In…
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World Hijab Day: JIH distributes headscarves to women in Telangana, AP
J.S. Ifthekhar Hyderabad: Even as the controversy over the wearing of headscarves by students in the classroom remains unresolved in Udupi district of Karnataka, a school in Hyderabad has readily accepted ‘hijab’…
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A lazy budget – cobbled together with an eye on shifting attention from the future to the past
Amir Ullah Khan The Union Government presented this year’s budget on February 1 where the government will spend 40 lakh crores rupees while it will earn 23 lakh crores, which means that…
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Dr Kafeel Khan: Braveheart Viking in the making
Syed Qamar Hasan By Syed Qamar Hasan It is said the North Sea made the Vikings. The metaphor aptly fits doctor Kafeel Khan, scandalized in the Gorakhpur Hospital tragedy, incarcerated for months…
