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Narendra Modi has turned the soldiers of India into labourers by introducing the Agniveer scheme," Gandhi said at the rally. “Modiji says there are two types of ‘shaheed [martyrs]’. One is normal jawan or officer.

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assassinations both in his country and beyond. As reported by ANI, Pakistan's permanent representative at the world body also quoted from a report in a leading US daily to say the “new India comes into your home and kills you".

Modi has highlighted economic growth as one of his biggest achievements. He has «guaranteed» the voters that he would make India the third largest economy, two notches higher than its current position if he gets a third consecutive term. He has said that the development done in the last 10 years was just an appetizer and the main course would come in the third term Click here to participate in our Lok Sabha Elections Survey to gauge the mood of the nation Confident of a win even as many analysts too see him cruising to a third term, Modi has also set an ambitious 100-day agenda if he returns to power. Addressing an election rally in Mumbai about a week ago, he announced that the blueprint for the first 100 days of his third term is ready. He stated that his 100-day plan would begin promptly after June 4 to avoid any delays in decision-making.

Maldives on Wednesday said both India and China have agreed to cooperate in efforts to pay for imports in their respective countries' currency instead of the US dollar, which is likely to help Male save almost 50 per cent of the annual USD 1.5 million imports bill from the two countries. Maldives' Economic Development Minister Mohamed Saeed said he met with the Indian High Commissioner Munu Mahawar two weeks ago, who in turn, said that New Delhi would support and cooperate in arranging for the settlement of import payments in Indian Rupee. Similarly, Saeed said, he received a letter from China's Commerce Ministry, two days ago, in which Beijing provided assurance it will cooperate in allowing the option to settle import payments in Yuan, the Chinese currency, as requested by President Mohamed Muizzu. Annually, Maldives imports goods worth USD 780 million and USD 720 million from India and China respectively, the minister had said in April when he had first announced that the Maldives was discussing with India and China if the island nation can make payments for its imports from the country in Maldivian Rufiyaa.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the Agniveer scheme will be scrapped and thrown into dustbin if the INDIA bloc comes to power as he slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for «turning Hindustan ke jawan into labourers». In his first election meeting in Haryana for the Lok Sabha polls, the former Congress president also attacked Modi over the issue of farmers. Slamming the BJP government over the Agniveer scheme, he said, «This is Modi's scheme and not Army's scheme, Army does not want it». «When the INDIA bloc forms government, we will throw Agniveer scheme into dustbin,» he said at the rally held under the Mahendragarh-Bhiwani Lok Sabha seat.

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Quad, Aukus, the US-Philippines-Japan trilateral and the US-Japan-South Korea trilateral. The Philippines, Japan and Australia are not treaty allies; however, each of these countries shares a bilateral treaty alliance with the US. Thus, the idea behind the Squad centres on the desire of all four democracies to deepen their level of integration beyond the hub-and-spokes format at a time when China has been militarizing the South China Sea at the expense of the rules-based order of the Indo-Pacific.

Shashi Tharoor predicted that his party's confidence has increased in the run-up to the last two phases of elections. Tharoor said the Congress and INDIA bloc candidates will do better than the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. “I would say with some confidence that I am looking at the overall picture in the country with a great deal of self-belief.

₹30 crore of unexplained currency in a Jharkhand legislator’s home, it is time to shine a light on a somewhat obscure term: Politically exposed persons (PEPs). This term refers to individuals who hold political office or public positions such as judgeships and bureaucracy posts, or have a close association with those who hold such authority. Data from Rzolut, a risk and compliance technology and data provider, reveals that there are over 2.3 million PEPs around the world, ranging from country presidents to municipality officials.

Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal, saying only the bomb-making industry is flourishing in the state. Addressing a public meeting in Kanthi Lok Sabha seat, the BJP leader said, “TMC has turned Bengal into a safe haven for infiltrators." “Mamata Banerjee is compromising national security for the sake of the vote bank. Once BJP gets 30 Lok Sabha seats in Bengal, TMC will disintegrate, and the exit of Mamata Banerjee's government is certain," Shah said at the Kanthi rally today.

South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs has refiled significant changes to its work-permit regime, allowing the creation of a "nomad visa" for remote workers. The changes, gazetted on May 20, became law after a previous withdrawal due to procedural lapses in public commentary periods. The new visa aims to attract remote workers employed and paid by foreign companies, provided they earn at least 1 million rand (approximately $55,404) annually. This visa also includes a short-term tax exemption. This move, recommended by the office of the president, addresses criticism from major foreign-owned employers struggling to get technicians and executives into the country due to South Africa's complex permit system. The system's delays, exacerbated by a lack of local skilled workers, have left companies in a bind, with some applicants waiting over a year for a work permit.

Incofin Investment Management has invested $10 million SaGgraha Management Services, a business correspondent wholly owned by SAVE Solutions, which itself provides the last mile banking services in the rural hinterlands through its some 10000 touchpoints. The equity funding came from Incofin India Progress Fund (IPF) of the Belgium-headquartered impact investor. IPF is a registered category II alternative investment fund. The investment in SAVE is its fourth investment in the financial inclusion space.

Israel Katz has ordered Israel's ambassadors from Ireland and Norway to immediately return to Israel, as Norway said it would recognize a Palestinian state and Ireland was expected to do the same. «Ireland and Norway intend to send a message today to the Palestinians and the whole world: terrorism pays,» Katz said.

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