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CPI(M) MP in the Rajya Sabha John Brittas has shared government data revealing cuts in scholarship for students from marginalised social groups. The decline in the number of beneficiaries is also significant, and across categories.
Caste
Iran and affiliated groups have generally avoided targeting ships linked to China, a trade risk analyst AP spoke to said, given China’s relatively neutral stance and stronger economic ties with Iran.
World
If the outdated intel theory – currently a likely one, not confirmed – proves correct, it would confirm the US was behind the strike that killed 165 mostly primary schoolgirls in Minab. It is also the closest asssesement to a confirmation so far.
Culture minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat’s reply in the parliament comes after a protest erupted in Varanasi in January over the ASI’s redevelopment work at the ghat.
Government
The order came just hours after an attempted assassination bid on the former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir.
Law
In the wake of India’s energy concerns amid the West Asia conflict, Gandhi said that "pain has just started” and the puzzle behind US ‘allowing’ India to purchase Russian oil was a compromise, pointing to Puri who was a ‘friend’ of Epstein’s.
Politics
The court has summoned senior officials, including the district magistrate Avinash Singh and Senior Superintendent of Police Anurag Arya, on March 23 over contempt allegations.
On the question if the vacancies have had any impact on law enforcement or security response, minister of state Nityanand Rai said that the forces were ‘discharging all duties in a highly professional manner through optimal utilisation of available resources’.
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