Lakshadweep NCP MP Mohammed Faizal has been disqualified from the Lok Sabha after the Kerala high court rejected his plea for suspension of conviction in a murder case. The high court noted that allowing MPs with criminal convictions to continue in office would send the wrong signals to the public. Faizal had been sentenced...
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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Indian-American politician Vivek Ramaswamy have both expressed controversial views on transgender rights. Sunak stated that individuals cannot be any sex they want to be, emphasizing that “a man is a man, and a woman is a woman.” Ramaswamy believes that gender dysphoria should be considered a mental health...
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The already strained ties between Pakistan and Afghanistan have hit a new nadir with Islamabad launching a massive crackdown on illegal migrants in the country, including as many as 1.7 million undocumented Afghans.The order comes as Pakistan grapples with a sharp rise in terror attacks carried out by militants operating from Afghanistan soil, a...
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The Indian government is hesitant to increase the income ceiling for the Other Backward Classes (OBC) creamy layer due to concerns of resentment. Currently, an OBC family earning over Rs 8 lakh is considered “creamy layer” and ineligible for job and education quotas. The government believes that Rs 8 lakh is already a high...
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India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission, which involved the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover, has not woken up after experiencing a second lunar night. While the chances of them waking up again are slim, the option is not being closed. The mission has already collected sufficient data from the propulsion module payload, SHAPE, which studies habitable planet-like...
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