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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicRashtriya Sevika Samiti

Topic: Rashtriya Sevika Samiti

RSS says no issue with caste census if needed for welfare, but shouldn’t be used as political tool

Statement comes in backdrop of BJP’s poor showing in LS polls. It lost SC/ST/OBC votes because of what they call Oppn propaganda about threat to Constitution & lack of quota in govt jobs.

Male-dominated RSS plans to name women as leaders — but only in sister organisations

Amid growing questions on the role of women within the Sangh Parivar, the RSS is looking to elevate women in organisations like VHP, Bharatiya Kisan Sangh.

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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.