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TopicBelgaum Border Karnataka Maharashtra

Topic: Belgaum Border Karnataka Maharashtra

Maharashtra politics in five cartoons — MVA govt fall to Karnataka border issue

From former Maharashtra BJP president Patil saying in 2019 the MVA govt would fall to the rise of Eknath Shinde, here are 5 cartoons that captured Maharashtra politics.

Maharashtra passes resolution against Karnataka’s ‘unjust, anti-Marathi’ stance on border row

Days earlier, Karnataka in a similar resolution had vowed not to cede “even an inch of land” of its land to the neighbour.

‘We are Marathi manoos’: Struggle for identity in Karnataka’s border villages spans generations

Native Marathi speakers account for 50 lakh of Karnataka's 7 cr population, and though the border dispute has been compressed into a debate on language, it has several complex layers.

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India must allow citizens to invest beyond its borders. It’s risk management, not luxury

The financialisation of Indian household savings is one of the most important economic shifts of the past decade. But financialisation without international diversification creates fragile balance sheets.

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.