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Job reservation: B’desh SC suspends job reservation for a month after massive protests

July 11, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Bangladesh Supreme Court on Wednesday suspended for a month the government’s 2018 scheme to provide job reservations in civil services for certain categories after massive nationwide protests by students calling it discriminatory and demanding merit-based employment, the media reported. Earlier this week, thousands of angry students threw up barricades across […]

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Rising economy: India needs 1 mn AI-trained high-tech engineers in 2-3 years

July 11, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India’s booming USD 250 billion technology sector, which employs around 5.5 million people, will need one million high-tech engineers trained in Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the next two to three years as the South Asian nation races to become the world’s third-largest economy. Industry body NASSCOM has estimated a demand-supply gap […]

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Bangladesh: After visiting India, PM Hasina Wazed signs 21 agreements with China

July 10, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Days after visiting India, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed met President Xi Jinping and her Chinese counterpart Li Qiang in Beijing on Wednesday as the two countries signed 21 agreements, and MoUs, and announced seven more projects to further elevate their strategic cooperative ties, the media reported. During their meetings, […]

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PM Modi in Moscow: India, Russia sign nine agreements

July 10, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s just-concluded two-day, high-profile visit, India and Russia signed nine Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) and agreements on areas including trade, climate, and research, the media reported on Wednesday. For boosting trade and joint investment projects between India and the Far East Region of Russia, the two countries […]

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Roving Periscope: India, Russia to hike bilateral trade to $100 bn by 2030

July 10, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India and Russia are targeting to raise their bilateral trade to USD 100 billion by 2030, balance the lopsided trade, eliminate non-tariff trade barriers, and explore the possibility of a Eur-Asian Economic Union (EAEU)-India Free Trade Area, the media reported after the conclusion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to […]

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Pakistan: Govt authorizes ISI to intercept and trace calls for “national security”

July 9, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In a move that surprised no one, Islamabad has authorized the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of the Pakistani Army to intercept and trace calls in the “interest of national security,” the media reported on Tuesday. The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication has authorized the ISI in this regard, the media said, […]

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Roving Periscope: PM Modi asks Putin to end Ukraine war, say reports

July 9, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, currently on a two-day official visit to Russia, made a direct appeal to end the ongoing Ukraine war, which has been going on for over two years, the media reported on Tuesday. During an informal meeting with President Vladimir Putin at the latter’s official residence in Moscow, […]

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Olympics 2024: Ahead of the Games, France has a hung parliament and faces anarchy

July 8, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Olympic Games 2024 (July 26-August 11) are barely two weeks away. But the host Paris is no longer in a festive mood because of the unexpected political uncertainties suddenly dawning on it and the feared chaos in Europe’s largest Catholic nation. President Emmanuel Macron refused the resignation of Prime Minister […]

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Roving Periscope: The West “jealous” of PM Modi’s Russia visit, claims Moscow

July 8, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Trying to drive a wedge between India and the West, ahead of the November presidential election in the US, Russia on Monday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Moscow is a matter of “jealousy” in the West. Russia eagerly anticipates a “very important and full-fledged visit” from PM […]

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Hypocrisy: Broke, Pakistan suspends passports of 2,000 professional beggars!

July 8, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A nearly bankrupt Pakistan has sprung a surprise on the world by suspending the passports of some 2,000 professional beggars, claiming they tarnished the country’s image overseas—when Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif himself, his predecessor Imran Khan, and several others are on record lamenting their nation’s poor international image as a country […]

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