New Delhi: According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), India will fall below Bangladesh in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) per capita this year, due to the national lockdown imposed to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the IMF-World Economic Outlook (WEO), Bangladesh’s GDP per capita …
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New Delhi: Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Rouse Avenue Court, Delhi, Vishal Pahuja made a shocking announcement on Tuesday before proceedings began in Mobashar Jawed Akbar v Priya Ramani – that your court is not competent to hear the case in view of the order of the Supreme Court in Ashwani …
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Bhopal: Although the by-elections in Madhya Pradesh have not received as much attention as the assembly elections in Bihar, they are equally important. There are 28 constituencies heading for early elections on November 3, the largest in the state, which will decide whether Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who came to power …
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When The wire I used the word ‘war’ for its headline in the story about Andhra Pradesh Prime Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s unprecedented letter to Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, initially wondering about its suitability. But after talking to my sources, I am now convinced that ‘war’ is …
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New Delhi: The Constitutional Conduct Group (CCG), a collective of former officials who worked with the central government, as well as with different state governments, has formed a committee of six high-level former public officials to create a “contemporary registry of acts of omission and commission ”surrounding the February 2020 …
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Chandigarh: Rival armies of India and China locked in an intractable standoff along the disputed Royal Line of Control (LAC) since May, are now positioning themselves for their harsh winter deployment at forbidden altitudes in the desolate Himalayan region of Ladakh, the tallest and fiercest in the world. a bit …
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“No, it’s not possible,” were my first thoughts when I heard that Father Stan Swamy, an 83-year-old Jesuit priest and activist, had been arrested a second time. His crime? He defended the rights of the Adivasis exploited in his homeland, Jharkhand. Father Swamy has been accused of having links to …
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Even before Ram Vilas Paswan’s disappearance added another layer of uncertainty about Bihar’s electoral landscape, it was by no means certain that Nitish Kumar’s levy on the Patna Secretariat had been renewed. The unpredictability has as much to do with the open defiance of the Lok Janshakti Party to the …
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Mumbai: The three doctors, Hema Ahuja, Bhakti Mehare and Ankita Khandelwal, who allegedly tormented and discriminated against doctor Payal Tadvi, pushing her to end her life, will now return to the same BYL Nair Hospital in South Mumbai to complete their pending education. On Thursday, October 8, the Supreme Court …
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New Delhi: The Defense Ministry has removed all monthly reports from its official website since 2017 after removing a monthly report that referred to China’s “unilateral aggression” in Ladakh, according to a report in the Indian express. The monthly reports that have been removed include those related to the 2017 …
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