Speaking to reporters in Jamui on Saturday, Deepak Prakash backed sub-classification within reserved categories and argued that social equality cannot depend on reservation alone
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Babu currently serves as Deputy Secretary in the East Asia Division of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), making his expertise in China and the Chinese language particularly relevant to his role
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New Delhi avoided naming countries or assigning blame on the most divisive issues, using carefully negotiated language to secure consensus among Iran, UAE, Russia, China and other members.
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The incident took place on Sunday when a speeding white sedan allegedly followed and struck a woman biker identified as Sia
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Miki Zohar has slammed the Gaza genocide documentary as vile, shortly after its Venice Film Festival Special Jury Prize win.
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During the performance, Dosanjh announced the next stop of his Aura World Tour at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
International
US economist Jeffrey Sachs has backed India's bid for a permanent UN Security Council seat, saying the country has the strongest claim, days after BRICS expressed support for its greater role in the UN
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The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards will be held on Monday night. Here are the details of the venue, time, nominations and host.
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Bihar’s flood situation remains critical despite receding water levels, with relief operations underway across 15 districts and Tejashwi Yadav seeking a national disaster declaration.
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Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh condemned the killings, calling the attacks on civilians unacceptable
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During the performance, Dosanjh announced the next stop of his Aura World Tour at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
International
US economist Jeffrey Sachs has backed India's bid for a permanent UN Security Council seat, saying the country has the strongest claim, days after BRICS expressed support for its greater role in the UN
Hollywood
The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards will be held on Monday night. Here are the details of the venue, time, nominations and host.
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SubscribeClimate change is making the Himalayas even more vulnerable. Glaciers are melting twice as quickly as in 2000.Rising temperatures are accelerating glacier retreat and altering snow and ice conditions, increasing the potential for landslides, avalanches and glacial floods. But there is another reason for the degradation of the Himalayas. China. Our northern neighbour's insatiable hunger to build humongous infrastructure on ecologically fragile systems has caused harm to the subcontinent as well as the larger Southeast Asia region. The calamity in Nepal offers a stark warning of the risks of China's large, opaque projects, delayed information and environmental disruption. The country is putting millions of lives and billions of dollars of economic activity in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar at stake.
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SubscribeMore than five crore Indians use cannabis and opioids—roughly the population of Spain. Drugs are no longer confined to the margins of society. They are moving from affluent neighbourhoods to small towns and villages, feeding a rapidly expanding illicit market that is becoming more organised, more sophisticated and harder for law enforcement to contain. India’s geography makes the crisis even more dangerous. Wedged between the Golden Crescent in the west and the Golden Triangle in the east, the country sits between two of the world’s major narcotics hubs. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent Independence Day speech underlined the urgency of the challenge.The stakes could hardly be higher. Nearly one crore young Indians are estimated to be addicted to synthetic drugs, at a time when 27 per cent of the country’s population is aged 15-29. Every addiction carries a cost, not just to families, but to productivity, healthcare, the criminal-justice system and national security. India’s drug problem is a crisis capable of eating into the country’s demographic dividend and undermining its economic ambitions. In this issue of Outlook, we travelled to Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana to understand how deep the crisis runs, and to tell the stories of people whose lives have been shattered by drugs.
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SubscribeIs India an ancient civilisation or a modern nation-state? Does it share a collective history, or has a collective identity been imposed upon a country of many histories, faiths and cultures? Does India need a Uniform Civil Code, or is its pursuit an ideological project? These are not merely arguments about India’s past. They are choices about its future. India has been shaped by competing ideas—civilisation and constitutionalism, faith and secularism, individual liberty and collective identity, revolution and reform. At every turn, different choices have offered different destinations. In this Independence Day Special, Outlook brings together India’s leading thinkers, politicians, economists and bureaucrats to confront the fundamental questions before the republic: What is India? Who defines it? And what should it become? Many ideas made India. Many paths lie ahead. The choice belongs to its people.
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Amol Muzumdar backs the BCCI stance after India skipped the Women’s Asia Cup trophy presentation with Mohsin Naqvi, insisting the champions have moved on and turned towards Asian Games
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