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TopicSomesh Kumar

Topic: Somesh Kumar

‘Taskmaster who delivers’ – how Telangana ex-chief secy Somesh Kumar became crucial to KCR

Kumar is said to be close to BRS’ K Chandrashekar Rao under whom he has worked since 2014. The Centre last week transferred him to Andhra Pradesh following a court order.

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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.