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TopicUpendra Rana

Topic: Upendra Rana

‘Ab hathiyaar uthao’: A Dadri singer is firing up youth with Rajput-Hindutva DJ tracks

In volatile west UP, Upendra Rana’s hit videos sell a muscular brand of Rajput Hindutva, set to DJ beats and images of guns, swords, bike stunts, and buff men flexing their biceps.

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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.