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Breaking down Union budget 2024–25: Allocations and implications
The Union budget for 2024–25 is strategically focused on key sectors and initiatives. It prioritises employment, skilling, MSMEs, and the middle class. It presents a comprehensive plan to address nine crucial priorities:…
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Olympic Games: Manu Bhaker displays fierce determination, makes India proud
At last one of India’s most promising young shooters Manu Bhaker has kept her tryst with destiny. She was always destined to bag a medal at the Olympic Games. The cloud of bad luck…
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World Tiger Day: Calculated showcasing of Big Cat will help India conserve wildlife
Photographs and text are by N Shiva Kumar Having visited numerous tiger sanctuaries over the last 40 years starting with Tadoba in Maharashtra, Periyar in Kerala, and Corbett in Uttarakhand in 1984,…
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Kargil War: Remembering the animal-human bond between soldiers and mules
By Rabia Jaffer As we commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Kargil War with Pakistan on July 26, it’s a valid moment to reflect on the unsung heroes who played a pivotal…
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Telangana government should wake up to public grievances; case in point is sub-registrar offices
Hyderabad: How much time should it take to register a rental agreement with the sub-registrar? Thirty minutes; one hour; two hours or even more? As I understand, looking at the Karnataka model,…
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Remembering Nasreen, a little girl blinded by botched surgery in Hyderabad’s Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital
This is the story of an adorable little baby whose dream of a happy life of playfulness, was shattered, rudely and irreparably. The four-year old child was diagnosed with a diseased eye.…
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Indian-origin Kamala Harris has several strengths but will she be able to win the election?
The United States could elect its first female President in 248 years. As America celebrated its birthday on July 4, it’s important to note that the country has never had a woman…
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Kashmir parties at crossroads, but shy of fighting together for statehood
Kashmir politics is losing direction and that too deliberately. Not long ago, Kashmir was all about politics and its place in the Indian union, and how it viewed its relationship with Pakistan.…
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Why Nobel-winning banker faces life imprisonment in Bangladesh
A prominent Bangladeshi economist and Nobel Prize laureate, Professor Muhammad Yunus, is currently facing life imprisonment in his home country over allegations of labour law violations and alleged corruption, Bloomberg reported. Pioneering…
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By-poll results: BJP on backfoot
The “Pappu” has not only become the Leader of Opposition in Parliament, but his India bloc has made the BJP lose many seats in the recently held by-polls. The fact that the…
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Opinion: More soldiers die in J&K challenging ‘all is well narrative’
It’s time to come out of the “All is well” syndrome in Jammu and Kashmir as terrorism is showing lethality of a different kind in 2024 than the territory witnessed ever before.…
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NATO: Not a trusted organisation
Thank God, the July 9-11 North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) conference in Washington declared China and not India as “a decisive enabler of Russia’s war against Ukraine,” and demanded that Beijing halt…
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From stealing Harry Potter book to turning author now, this Kerala boy has come a long way
Kochi: In 2007, a 15-year-old boy with an insatiable curiosity and a love for storytelling found himself unable to resist the allure of J K Rowling’s ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.’…
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Opinion: Moral responsibility of UP CM Yogi for Hathras stampede
Should Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath take moral responsibility for the horrendous incident which took place in Hathras leading to the death of over 120 persons? The horrible tragic event of Hathras speaks…
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Opinion: One month of terror attacks in J&K, Pakistan is in for a big trouble
In the past one month beginning with the June 9 attack on a pilgrims’ bus in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, there have been several such attacks, but mostly on the…
