Davinder Singh, a 22-year-old farmer, who is undergoing treatment at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, Chandigarh | Photo Credit: Amarjot Kaur On February 13, sometime between 4 p.m. and 4.30 p.m., Davinder Singh said a tear bomb hit him. He, along with many other farmers, was protesting at the Shambhu border […]
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A leopard skin lies on a table at Namita Jaspal’s lab, set on the second floor of her three-storeyed house in New Chandigarh, a township just outside the eponymous state capital of Punjab and Haryana. “It has come for restoration from a private collection,” says Namita, the chief conservator of Heritage Preservation Atelier, a company […]
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Diljit Dosanjh performs at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on Saturday, April 22, 2023, in Indio, Calif. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP/PTI)(AP04_23_2023_000069A) | Photo Credit: Amy Harris It is perhaps Diljit Dosanjh’s chest-thumping Punjabiyat that arrested the audience and music aficionados at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival last month. […]
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EPFO earmarks up to 85% of its equity investments into ETFs tracking the Nifty 50, which had added Adani Enterprises in September 2022. File EPFO subscribers are captive investors of two Adani stocks The aftermath of the Hindenburg Research report may have made several large investors rethink their exposures to the Adani group. But one […]
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European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters, in Brussels, Belgium | Photo Credit: Reuters EU approves 10th package of Russia sanctions on anniversary of invasion The European Union, after hectic last-minute haggling, has approved a tenth package of Russia sanctions on the anniversary of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, the Swedish EU Presidency said late on Friday. […]
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‘Waris Punjab De’ founder Amritpal Singh‘s associate Lovepreet Toofan raises slogans along with supporters after his release from the Amritsar Central Jail, in Amritsar, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Accused in a kidnapping and assault case, Lovepreet Singh alias Toofan Singh — a close aide of self-styled Sikh preacher and Khalistani sympathiser Amritpal Singh — […]
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The U.N. General Assembly votes in favour of a resolution upholding Ukraine’s territorial integrity and calling for a cessation of hostilities after Russia’s invasion, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, at United Nations headquarters. | Photo Credit: AP India abstains in U.N. vote underscoring need for just, lasting peace in Ukraine India abstained in the U.N. General Assembly on February 23 […]
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Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Friday demanded from the Centre a special industrial package of ₹2,500 crore for Punjab, which he said was a border State with high stakes in national security. He was in New Delhi where he submitted a memorandum […]
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Kerala, Punjab, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Andhra Pradesh have emerged as the best performers in school education across indicators such as learning outcomes, equity and infrastructure in the 2020-21 Performing Grade Index (PGI) of the Ministry of School Education. These six states and the UT of Chandigarh have been placed at level-II of the index, […]
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CM underlines the slew of schemes implemented by his government, flays the Opposition Congress for merely playing politics on issues like inflation, unemployment and the Old Pension Scheme CM underlines the slew of schemes implemented by his government, flays the Opposition Congress for merely playing politics on issues like inflation, unemployment and the Old Pension […]
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