Centre must write off the debt of Punjab, which has been carried forward from the days of militancy. It also needs to make investments to industrialise it.
Supporters of the actor-turned activist, who was jailed for vandalism at the Red Fort during the farmer protests, have claimed ‘Indian authorities’ killed him.
Under the close watch of investigating agencies, Amritpal Singh Sandhu, newly appointed head of a faction of Deep Sidhu's Waris Punjab De, is filling a vacuum in Punjab politics.
Tweets that allege the actor-activist was ‘killed by the government’ have been blocked in India under the IT Act, 2000. However, some pro-Khalistan content is still visible.
The two have emerged from the farmers’ agitations and are known to harbour extremist views. With the protests prolonging, police fear the duo are gaining a following in Punjab.
The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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