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TopicJunagadh

Topic: Junagadh

Vivekananda shared a deep bond with Junagadh’s dewan, never forgot his ‘fatherly kindness’

Dewan Haridas was one of the two Indian members of a nine-member Royal Opium Commission approved by Queen Victoria.

‘Junagadh is Pakistan’: A dream dies with Nawab Jahangir Khan but family disputes live on

In 2020, Pakistan released a political map that laid claim to erstwhile Junagadh, now in Gujarat. Nawab Muhammad Jahangir Khan never visited the land his forefathers ruled, but he couldn’t let go of it either.

Purported video of ‘rioters being flogged’ go viral after clashes in Gujarat’s Junagadh city

While authenticity of video could not be verified, several social media users claim the two beating the 'rioters' are from Gujarat police. Cops are yet to issue statement on the clip.

This Gujarat cafe loves plastic waste. For all the right reasons

The free homestyle food is a hook that draws customers back to the cafe. They barter kilos of discarded plastic every day in exchange for food.

Despite low returns, Junagadh cotton growers find seeds of hope in Modi

Cotton farmers in the Saurashtra region don’t want a change of guard in Gujarat, say BJP has ensured better roads, schools, power and water in villages.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

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.