Sindhi women in Delhi’s Adarsh Nagar refugee camp are boosting their income and dignity by stitching intricate Ralli quilts. Some retail for as much as Rs 15,000 online.
Basudev Dutta had migrated to Bengal from East Pakistan in 1969 and worked as a paramedic under the state govt; his job was terminated in 2011 on the basis of a ‘secret report’.
Two of the first families to get citizenship under CAA have no regrets about leaving Pakistan despite hardships, but worry about loved ones who are still waiting or left behind.
The question is whether it violates Article 14 of the Constitution, which says “the state will not deny any person equality… on the grounds of religion”.
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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