Parchinkari art form continues to be practised using technology that has remained unchanged for the last 400 years. It now supplement Agra’s original ODOP, leather goods.
Covid lockdowns and ongoing Omicron wave have hit hard, but GST hike to 12% from 5% on footwear below Rs 1,000 has knocked down many businesses & left labourers without work.
The 26-year-old woman, identified as Varsha, had married a Muslim man, Fahim, a year and a half ago. Her family has alleged that she had been facing harassment.
The Congress general secy was earlier stopped in Lucknow by police but was later allowed to proceed. Arun Valmiki was accused of stealing Rs 25 lakh from Jagdishpura police station.
Friends plot murder of 25-year-old Sachin Chauhan over Rs 10-crore property, Rs 40 lakh IPL betting money and in the hope of Rs 2-crore ransom, police claim.
Govt panel says Shri Paras Hospital didn’t conduct any ‘mock drill’ over oxygen supply on 26 April that led to 22 deaths. It said 16 people died on 26-27 April due to comorbidities.
Paras Hospital says 'mock drill' didn't cause deaths while Agra officials say there was no oxygen shortage at the time. Families have filed complaints of medical negligence.
Crowded cities are rich because there is greater division of labour. The extent of the division of labour depends on the size of the market, wrote Sauvik Chakraverti in 2002.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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