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new delhi, indiaJoined May 2009
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TCS, India’s largest software exporter, slowed down hiring and saw a reduction in total workforce for the first time in ten quarters, as per
@EconomicTimes
Worrying news from one of the most crucial job creating sectors…
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“Green approvals can no longer be seen as inconvenient impediments …but as safeguards necessary to ensure fragile ecosystems don’t collapse..in the country where a raft of controversial projects underway in ecologically sensitive zones” Crucial point by ⁦
@htTweets
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“There are BJP governments at the Centre and in Uttarakhand but neither is bothered about the city and its people.. . I approached the SC because the govts don’t know what they should do.” So much for ‘double-engine’ sarkar…
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“India is in fact losing is upper-class wealth, skilled youth and, increasingly, the diversity of its minorities.” Basically ‘wealth, youth and diversity, all that it takes for a developing economy to grow and become a global superpower’
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Over 100 retired civil servants/diplomats wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker to refer the hatespeech complaint against Bhopal MP Pragya Singh Thakur to the House ethics committee, saying FIR against her for inciting hatred “should be ground enough to take action”
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“Possible to say that millions of Indians are sick of religion being dragged into politics as it has been in the past eight years..space being made in India’s political landscape for a leader who can pose a challenge to Modi” On the crowds at
@RahulGandhi
@bharatjodo
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“Rahul’s political messaging.. appreciated even by ppl who do not count as Congress supporters..personal stature has grown remarkably..no question..he has emerged as Modi’s main challenger” 3rd piece on Rahul Gandhi & success of
@bharatjodo
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“We have been drawing the attention of authorities for the past 14 months. But we were not heeded. Now when the situation is getting out of hand, they are sending expert teams to assess things”
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Shakeel Akhtar
@shakeelNBT
राहुल की शक्ति का कारण जनता है और जनता के जोश का कारण राहुल की यात्रा है। दोनों को परस्पर एक दूसरे से ताकत और हौसला मिल रहा है।
@dblive15
पर यात्रा के विषय में बात करते हुए
@RajeevRdb
के साथ।
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@barkhad
“भीड़ इतनी अधिक थी कि कई बार समर्थकों के कदम लड़खड़ाए, फिर भी यात्रा में शामिल होने के लिए दोबारा दौड़ लगाई। करीब तीन साल पहले हिंसा की आग में झुलसी उत्तर पूर्वी दिल्ली में यात्रा को अल्पसंख्यकों समेत सभी वर्गों का पूरा समर्थन मिला।”
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@barkhad
“Bandh ho nafrat ki rajneeti – ab nahin to kab? Mahengai ka ghada foote – ab nahin to kab? Berozgari ka chakkar chhute – ab nahin to kab?” ⁦
@bharatjodo
⁩ yatra song -‘deal with divisive politics, price rise and unemployment-if not now, then when’?
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@barkhad
India's unemployment rate increased to a 16-month high at 8.30%, with urban unemployment rate rising to 10.09% in December Is there a plan to provide quality employment to the Demographic Dividend?
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@barkhad
‘prayer that 2023 becomes the ‘year of healing’ for India..will only happen if more political leaders speak out against hatred as Rahul Gandhi has done repeatedly.. the battle is ..now between hatred & harmony’ A long standing critic calls on others to follow
@RahulGandhi
example
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“Damaged economies can be repaired and improved but societies infected by the virus of hatred and conflict will take much more time and effort to heal. We should protect and shield ourselves from it”
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18000 people lost their jobs this year in the much hyped start-up sector alone. If the start-up sector is laying off in such large numbers, what does the govt see as big job creating sectors??
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189 govt school teachers still waiting to be assigned as school heads & 549 high and senior secondary schools in Punjab functioning without a principal for the past many months. So much for AAP govt.’s tall claims of having improved school education
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“They understood a competitor is also a colleague and appreciated that the value you give your rival makes your victory over him more meaningful…on a small-minded planet these were men who..saw the big picture” Hoping some politicians will take a leaf out of their book..
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Rohit Brijnath
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My moment of 2022? What else. Those old guys weeping. straitstimes.com/sport/moment-o
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Akal Takht and SGPC slammed the Centre and the PM for marking martyrdom of sons of the last Sikh Guru as ‘Veer Bal Diwas’ and termed it "a mischievous conspiracy to undermine Sikh history".
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Delhi wakes up to the 5th price hike this year by Mother Dairy, one of the leading milk suppliers in Delhi-NCR. Residents to now pay Rs. 66 for full-cream milk, Rs. 53 for toned and Rs 47 for double-toned milk.
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“time has come to earnestly work towards stitching a bipartisan plan to counter the external threat..onus lies on the government to reach out to the rivals, apprise them of the situational actualities and agree on broad parameters on how to move forward”
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School academic session started nine months ago but a large number of government school students are still waiting for uniforms promised by the AAP govt. Worse, apparently govt is yet to issue grant for the uniforms
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Haryana Home Minister tells House 36 died in the state due to spurious liquor in six years — two in 2016, 30 in 2020 and four in 2022 However govt data submitted in Parliament states Haryana saw 489 deaths due to spurious liquor. Incredible..
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“Vajpayee government allowed 59 short-duration discussions on issues of urgent public importance in Lok Sabha between 1999 and 2004, the Narendra Modi government has allowed only six such debates in the present Lok Sabha” Read more at:
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“What resonated through the entire session was the government’s refusal to discuss the situation on the border with China in Ladakh since May 2020 and especially after the recent clashes between troops on both sides in Arunachal Pradesh” Read more at:
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“NFSA covers 50% of the urban population and 75% of the rural populace. The high number of beneficiaries is a reality check on the plight of millions in one of the world’s fastest-growing economies. Unemployment remains the most pressing concern”
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Rahul Gandhi
@RahulGandhi
मैं 2800 कि.मी चल कर दिल्ली आया हूं। हर दिल में मोहब्बत देखी है। मीडिया 24 घंटे ‘हिन्दू-मुस्लिम, हिन्दू-मुस्लिम’ कर के ध्यान भटकाती है, ताकि प्रधानमंत्री आपकी जेब काट कर अपने मालिकों की जेब भर सकें।
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“am here cheering for Rahul Gandhi because he is on a mission to unite the country….Desh todne ki madad mat karo, desh jodne ki madad karo (Don’t support the forces who divide the country, help those who unite the country).”
@ikamalhaasan
on joining the Bharat Jodo Yatra
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