Punjab Pollution Control Board had withdrawn operational consent to factory for not adequately complying with conditions. CM Mann had ordered its closure via 'video message & tweet'.
Month after clashes between cops & protesters, CM announces factory will be closed to ‘preserve environment’. Decision signals govt’s willingness to reach out to agitating farmers.
Villages allege that interpretation of reports submitted by teams of Punjab Pollution Control Board & NGT was faulty. Court has agreed to get deeper probe provided they end stir.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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