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    Jail Term for Bangladeshi Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus

    Embroiled in a protracted row with the government, Muhammad Yunus has got a jail term for violations of the country's labour laws. He is...
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    Agriculture policy

    What’s in Store for Indian Farmers After COP 28’s Conclusion in Dubai?

    During the 14-day period when COP-28 was being held in the opulent Dubai, more than 380 farmers are likely to have killed themselves in...
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    Democracy

    Fixing Baloch Issue with State Atrocities?

    The Baloch protesters took a discouraging message from Islamabad’s brutishness against peaceful marchers By Ali Jan Maqsood Islamabad’s brutishness against peaceful Baloch marchers resembled the capital’s...
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    Accountability

    Nepal: Business, Government at Loggerheads on Electricity Dues

    The industrialists complain they are suffering losses worth millions of rupees daily and have warned of a shortage of products in the market in...
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    Global Governance

    Have Nordic Countries Surrendered their Historic Neutrality by Signing Military Deals with the United States?

    In less than a month, the US has signed three separate defense agreements with countries like Sweden, Finland, and Denmark, to ramp up the...
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    Agri-business

    NCDC to Create 1,100 New FPO: Amit Shah

    Against the target of 10,000 FPOs, 7,597 FPOs have been registered so far in 34 States and Union territories according to the Ministry of...
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    E-governance

    99.8 Per Cent Ration Cards Seeded with Aadhaar

    Due to Aadhaar seeding and installation of ePoS devices at the FPSs, at present, around 97 per cent of the transactions in the country...
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    Democracy

    Pakistan to Deport Afghan Refugees by February 29

    Pakistan's Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar said that Pakistan can no longer compromise its national security by accommodating huge number of undocumented immigrants. Pakistan's Caretaker...
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