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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…
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Harindranath is an unmatched gift to Hyderabad from Bengal
Abhijit Sen Gupta In the year 1898, when Hyderabad was ruled by Asaf Jah 6th, there was born in the city, a child who grew up to be a man of exceptional…
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Ukraine-Russia crisis: What to know about rising fear of war
Paris: A series of high level talks are in the works on Tuesday to avert the threat of war as Russian troops mass by the tens of thousands on the borders of…
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Key takeaways from the Union Budget 2022
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget on Monday that focused on four pillars of development inclusive development, productivity enhancement, energy transition, and climate action. Sitharaman had laid down PM Gati…
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Kashmir’s Inshah Bashir is climbing dreams on a wheelchair with basketball
Srinagar: Kashmir’s first wheel-chair basketball player, Inshah Bashir, a native of Budgam district, who represented India in the US in 2019, and participated in the National Championship as the captain of the…
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Watch: Dr Kafeel Khan talks about life behind bars
Dr Kafeel Khan narrates the events that unfolded during the Gorakhpur hospital tragedy in 2017, wherein 63 children died due to an oxygen shortage and Khan was wrongly accused of negligence and…
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UP Polls: Priyanka has appeal and crowd-pulling ability, but will that be enough?
Kalyani Shankar Every leader takes advantage of a crucial moment to settle down. The current UP Assembly elections will be a decisive moment for the political future of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Once…
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BJP weaves cobwebs in Jat minds in hope of stalling SP spread in western UP
Kulsum Mustafa It is another of those queer political ironies that arrest one’s attention. The ‘just one seat’ winner of the 2017 assembly elections of Uttar Pradesh -Rashtriya Lok Dal, is being…
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Dangerous connotations of controversy over Padma award to Ghulam Nabi Azad
Arun Joshi By Arun Joshi A needless controversy over Padma Bhushan award for Ghulam Nabi Azad, a leading national leader with his roots in Jammu and Kashmir where he was born and…
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Mahatma Gandhi lived and died for Hindu-Muslim unity
Martyrdom Day of Mahatma Gandhi on January 30 this year assumes enormous significance, as it happens to be the year of Amrit Mahotsav or 75 years of Indian Independence. Gandhiji articulated the…
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Specially-abled girl to become first doctor from remote TN village
Chennai: Specially-abled Shamsiya Arfin will become the first doctor from the remote Merpanaikkadu village in Tamil Nadu. Shamsiya cleared the counselling on Friday and got admission to MBBS at the prestigious Government…
