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TopicSukhbir Singh Badal

Topic: Sukhbir Singh Badal

Punjab govt selling Covid vaccines to private hospitals for profit, alleges Sukhbir Badal

Demanding an HC-monitored probe, Akali Dal chief said a case should be registered against the state health minister for diverting vaccines meant for common man to private institutions.

Punjab polls a year away but Akalis start campaign, announce 2 party candidates too

Experts see Akalis’ early preparation as good strategy since the election is likely to be a major challenge for the 100-year-old party, which broke up with BJP over farm laws last year.

Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal tests positive for coronavirus

Badal announced the news on Twitter a day after addressing a rally in Tarn Taran, and said he has isolated himself.

Don’t link farmers’ protest with any religion or community, SAD chief Sukhbir Badal urges Modi

Speaking to reporters in Punjab, Sukhbir Badal said PM Narendra Modi should instead focus on ensuring justice to farmers.

Centre ‘punishing’ farmers for raising voice, trying to tire them out — SAD’s Sukhbir Badal

Shiromani Akali Dal, which split from NDA over the farm bills in September, said the govt should stop defaming farmers and hold talks on how to repeal the laws.

Centre trying to force farm laws like it imposed demonetisation, GST, says Sukhbir Badal

The SAD chief also hit out at the central government for allegedly trying to project the protesting farmers as 'anti-national' and demanded that the Centre repeal the new farm laws.

SAD chief requests PM Modi to meet farmers’ bodies to discuss issue of the farm laws

Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal said not only farmers but farm labour, arhatiya (commission agents), mandi labour among others will be hit by the new legislations.

BJP treated allies like spare tyres, has no minority support now, says SAD chief Sukhbir Badal

Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Badal, whose party broke away from NDA after 24 years, says BJP never consulted allies on significant decisions & just expected them to fall in line.

Punjab heats up over Modi govt ordinances — CM opposes, Sukhbir supports, farmers to protest

BJP ally SAD denies supporting all-party resolution against the ordinances, CM Amarinder says they will be ‘dangerous’ for farmers’ future.

Gurdas & Parkash, Badal brothers whose bond remained unbreakable despite political divide

Gurdas, older brother of 5-time Punjab CM Parkash Badal, passed away Friday. But until the end, the two remained close even as their sons, Sukhbir & Manpreet Badal, became political opponents.

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Why India fell off the global middle-class map

A stunted middle class may be a direct result of extreme inequality. Folks at the top don’t see teeming masses as a meaningful market, except for utilities, soap, short videos, and personal loans.

India’s inflation figures tell a growth story, a cautiously optimistic one

Based on inflation figures for the last three months, RBI is expected to look for confirmatory evidence that can mark the beginning of a sustained decline in core inflation.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.