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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
TopicLord Nazir Ahmed

Topic: Lord Nazir Ahmed

Former Labour peer & ‘campaigner for Kashmiris’ Lord Nazir Ahmed jailed for child sex offences

The charges include 'serious sexual assault' against a boy who was aged 11 at the time, and two attempts to rape a 16-year-old girl. Both instances took place in the 1970s.

UK House of Lords panel recommends India critic Nazir Ahmed be expelled for sexual assault

Lord Nazir Ahmed, the first Muslim appointed to the House of Lords as a life peer, retired from the House on 14 November.

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Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

As IDF unveils robotic combat task force, Israeli maker says open to working with India

Using this technology, IDF carried out fully robotic combat missions, drastically reducing risk to Israeli troops. The robotic combat task force also enhanced situational awareness.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.