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TopicZira protest

Topic: Zira protest

Who’s Gautam Malhotra, Punjab liquor baron held by ED in Delhi excise policy money laundering case

Gautam is son of ex Akali Dal MLA Deep Malhotra & director in the alcohol manufacturing & distribution company Oasis Group, whose Zira factory was shut down by Punjab govt last month.

Zira liquor factory: ‘Give it to us in writing,’ say protesters after Mann promises to shut plant

AAP government had announced closure of liquor factory on 17 January, but written orders are yet to come. Four expert panels are looking into allegations of pollution.

Protests, lathicharge — why Punjab farmers are becoming increasingly disenchanted with AAP govt

Protest against Zira liquor factory is yet another example of the growing rift between Mann government and farmers, who were the primary drivers of AAP’s landslide victory in March.

Zira factory stir: HC tells Punjab to file fresh reports by 4 panels probing pollution claims

The factory, which has been shut since 24 July, had moved court for relief. Judge says question was not if the water is polluted or not but whether factory is causing pollution.

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Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

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.