BJP’s big plans for Yeshwanthpur Constituency

In the last five years no major development works done in the Constituency, say residents. Road connectivity, heavy traffic at the railway crossing near RV College, garbage and unmaintained lakes are the main problem in the Yeshwanthpur constituency, say residents. Despite the problems that have been going on since years under the tenure of the […]

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No more bluebirds, only funny dogs for Twitter

The Twitter logo has been replaced with the infamous Dogecoin after Musk was accused of causing inflation in the price of the cryptocurrency with a pyramid scheme. #Twitterlogo is now trending on Twitter after the Shiba Inu, ‘Dogecoin’ logo has replaced the bluebird on the web version of the social media site. The replacement of […]

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Decline in exports: India competes with neighbors

India’s cotton exports saw a 61 percent decline in September 2022, report shows. Cotton exports in India have been declining since the last few months of 2022 and have gone down by 61 percent. Study by The Observatory of Economic Complexity (OEC) shows that decreasing global demand and less production have contributed to this decline., […]

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Sri Lanka stalls giving autonomy to its provinces

While minority communities like the Tamils and the Muslims want provincial autonomy, political parties in the country are against it. The Sri Lankan government has decided to indefinitely postpone provincial elections that were supposed to be held in early 2022. The 13th amendment which guarantees autonomy to the provinces has also not yet been implemented. […]

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Iranian imports struggling to recover from US sanctions

Trade between India and Iran has dropped by 88 percent in the last five years after the U.S. imposed sanctions in 2019. India imported $0.46 billion worth of goods from Iran in the Financial year (FY) 2021-22, a 96 percent decrease from FY 2018-19, according to the Department of Commerce of India. The major imports […]

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Umrah: A piligrimage at the cost of a leisure trip

The increasing package costs for Umrah have made it inaccessible for many Muslims across the country. Yakub Ali, a resident of a small town called Sankrail, about 22 kilometres away from West Bengal’s capital city Kolkata, decided to take his family of four, on a 15-day Umrah pilgrimage to Mecca in late December. It was […]

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