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Indian Doctors Stage Nationwide Strike Over Colleague's Murder

Indian doctors launched a nationwide strike Saturday, escalating protests after the "barbaric" rape and murder of their colleague that has channelled outrage at the chronic issue of violence against women.

International Business Times

Sisters divided: How partition ruptured a family in a vanishing community

Remembering the trauma of the India-Pakistan partition of 1947 through the stories of divided families.

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Sugar Prices Finish Higher on Brazilian Real Strength

October NY world sugar #11 (SBV24 ) on Friday closed up +0.15 (+0.84%), and Oct London ICE white sugar #5 (SWV24 ) closed up +3.40 (+0.66%). Sugar prices Friday rose moderately on strength in the Brazilian real (^USDBRL ). The real is trading just below Wednesday's 4-week high against the...

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Sugar Prices Move Higher on Strength in the Brazilian Real

October NY world sugar #11 (SBV24 ) today is up +0.16 (+0.89%), and Oct London ICE white sugar #5 (SWV24 ) is up +4.00 (+0.78%). Sugar prices today are moderately higher on strength in the Brazilian real (^USDBRL). The real today is up +0.23% and is trading just below Wednesday's...

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Major Reshuffle in Union Bureaucracy: Nagaraju Maddirala will be DFS Secretary, Deepti Umashankar Secretary to the President of India, Rajesh Singh Defence Secretary, Katikithala Srinivas Secretary MoHUA, Punya Salila Srivastava Health, Amardeep Singh Bhatia Secretary DPII and Vivek Joshi appointed as Secretary DoPT

Narendra Modi Government on Friday approved a series of significant appointments in various departments including Nagaraju Maddirala as the new Secretary of Department of Financial Services (DFS).

Dynamite News

Indian mission’s Berlin project in limbo over faulty agreement: CAG cries foul

The Ministry of External Affairs had approved a proposal for nine homes for the Indian mission in Germany in 2011. But 13 years later, the project is in limbo, due to repeated changes in cost estimates and a failed agreement with a German firm, according to a Comptroller and Auditor…

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Paralympics 2024: PCI, SAI host grand send-off ceremony for athletes

In a remarkable display of national pride and support, the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) and the Sports Authority of India (SAI) hosted a grand send-off ceremony for the Indian Paralympic team on Thursday . Read further on Dynamite News:

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India-administered Kashmir to hold first local elections in a decade

Nearly nine million people are registered to vote in the polls from September 18 for the 90-member legislative assembly.

Al Jazeera

Protests Erupt Across India Over Doctor's Rape And Murder

Protests erupt in India after trainee doctor's rape and murder, sparking nationwide discussions on women's safety and healthcare worker security.

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Indian medics step up strike in protest at doctor’s rape and murder

All hospital services except for emergency care to be shut down on Saturday amid outrage over Kolkata attack

The Guardian - UK

Indian-administered Kashmir To Hold First Local Polls In A Decade

Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir will hold local elections for the first time in a decade, the head of the electoral commission said Friday, after polls were stalled in the disputed region following New Delhi's imposition of direct rule in 2019.

International Business Times

India to hold local polls in disputed Kashmir from Sept. 18, 5 years after revoking its autonomy

India has announced three-phased assembly elections in disputed Kashmir that will start on Sept. 18, the first since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in 2019 stripped the Muslim-majority region of its semi-autonomy and downgraded it to a federally controlled territory

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Protests grow in India over the rape and killing of a doctor at a state-run hospital

Thousands of people, including doctors and paramedics, are marching through various Indian cities to protest the rape and killing of a trainee doctor at a government hospital last week

International Business Times

Indian Doctors Step Up Protests After Colleague's Brutal Murder

Indian doctors stepped up nationwide protests and strikes Friday after the rape and murder of a colleague, a brutal killing that has focused outrage on the chronic issue of violence against women.

Al Jazeera

Indian doctors call nationwide strike over rape and murder of Kolkata medic

Hospitals to suspend non-essential services and medical procedures on Saturday as public fury over brutal attack grows.

Newslaundry

Guess who just won the Olympic Gold Medal for mindless questioning

Shooter Manu Bhaker’s two bronze medals in the Paris Olympics, ending India’s 12-year medal drought in shooting, should have piqued interest in her athletic journey. But during an interview for digital portal The New India, journalist Rohan Dua could not resist asking her “trivial and awkward” questions, attempting to link…

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Controversy Surrounds Float Celebrating Hindu Temple In NYC Parade

Controversy surrounds a float in NYC's India Day Parade celebrating a Hindu temple built over a razed mosque in India.

International Business Times

Indian Doctor Strikes, Protests Grow After Colleague's Murder

Indian doctors said Friday they would increase nationwide protests and strikes after the rape and murder of a colleague, a brutal killing that has focused outrage on the chronic issue of violence against women.

The Independent UK

A planned float in NYC's India Day Parade is anti-Muslim and should be removed, opponents say

A float in Sunday’s upcoming India Day Parade in New York City that celebrates a Hindu temple built over a razed mosque in India is being criticized as anti-Muslim

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Sugar Prices Weighed Down by the Prospects of Larger Global Supplies

October NY world sugar #11 (SBV24 ) on Thursday closed down -0.09 (-0.50%), and Oct London ICE white sugar #5 (SWV24 ) closed down -2.10 (-0.4`%). Sugar prices on Thursday slid to 1-week lows and are just above recent significant lows. NY sugar posted a 1-3/4 year nearest-futures low last...

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India ‘over-invested in Hasina and under-invested in Bangladesh’ – and is now panicking

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina long ignored the democratic backsliding in each other’s countries to forge close ties. With Hasina ousted from power, India’s warnings over the safety of Bangladesh’s Hindu minority smacks of hypocrisy.

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Sugar Prices Recover on Brazilian Real Strength

October NY world sugar #11 (SBV24 ) today is up +0.02 (+0.11%), and Oct London ICE white sugar #5 (SWV24 ) is unchanged. Sugar prices today recovered from 1-week lows and are little changed on strength in the Brazilian real (^USDBRL). The real is up +0.21% today and is just...

Radio France Internationale

India’s Modi champions bid for 2036 Olympics in Independence Day speech

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced India’s ambitions of hosting the 2036 summer Olympics in his first Independence Day speech after taking office for the third time since 2014.

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