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1 month ago | 
sandhyaravishankar.medium.com | Sandhya Ravishankar
There is a renewed row over the so-called imposition of the National Education Policy (NEP) in my home state, Tamil Nadu. It is amusing to find politicians proclaiming to be the voice of their constitutents oppose the 3-language policy proposed by the Government of India, because, according to them, it would result in the imposition of Hindi!Let us leave the politics to the politicians. This blog is not to engage with those issues.
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2 months ago | 
ndtv.com | Sandhya Ravishankar
Elon Musk spoke about his plan to cut government spending in the Joe Rogan podcast New Delhi: NGOs funded by the US may be the "biggest scam ever" and "America is going bankrupt" in funding them, according to President Donald Trump's key adviser and billionaire Elon Musk.
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2 months ago | 
ndtv.com | Sandhya Ravishankar
Musk and Trump have been training their guns at legacy media. New Delhi: Billionaire and head of the newly created US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Elon Musk, along with US President Donald Trump, has taken on the legacy media houses in the US. The attempt to discredit the legacy media is being channelled through X.com, the social media platform owned by Musk and Truth Social where the President usually posts.
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Feb 9, 2025 | 
ndtvprofit.com | Sandhya Ravishankar
A leaked report submitted by the International Republican Institute to the US Department of State in 2020 points out that the Biden administration funded regime change operations in Bangladesh, against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The report is of projects between March 1, 2019 and Dec. 31, 2020 conducted by the IRI in Bangladesh. Between April and May 2019, the IRI reports that their team in Bangladesh “identified over 170 d...
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Feb 6, 2025 | 
ndtvprofit.com | Sandhya Ravishankar
Kovai.co, which is named for the city it was founded in, prides itself in having big names like the BBC, Boeing and Shell among its clientele. Its founder Saravanakumar is a native of Coimbatore, also known as Kovai, but left for London 25 years ago. "I was a regular IT worker for over a decade," Saravanakumar told NDTV Profit over phone from London. "But I found a gap in the market and decided to set up this startup. It is completely bootstrapped and we have no external funding," he said.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
ndtvprofit.com | Sandhya Ravishankar
Early on Wednesday, a stampede-like situation occurred in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj near the Sangam ghat, where the rivers Ganga, Jamuna and the mythical Saraswati meet. Approximately 30 people were reportedly injured and taken to hospital. Large crowds arrived to take the holy dip on the auspicious Mauni Amavasya day and surging masses near the Sangam ghat resulted in a stampede.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
ndtvprofit.com | Sandhya Ravishankar
"Lallooji's real name is Baidyanath Das Agarwal but his mother called him Lallooji," explains Yash. "He started his tenting business in 1920 when Nehru called him to Delhi to set up tents. Lallooji had five sons — the eldest was called Master saab, Krishan Das, Gulli Baba, Shivgovind Das, Dwarka Das. They had many children and I don't remember all their names. Krishan Das' eldest son was Gopal Das — he was my grandfather. Gopal Das had three sons — Ashok Agarwal, Alok Agarwal and Ajay Agarwal.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
ndtvprofit.com | Sandhya Ravishankar
The Hindenburg Research LLC registered in Delaware, US, has not made public any annual reports or statements of accounts. Their funders are unknown. Their trades are unknown. And yet, they called themselves “activist short-sellers.”. There is merit in viewing the chronology of events from afar. In January 2023, Hindenburg released a report alleging malpractice by the Adani Group.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
ndtvprofit.com | Sandhya Ravishankar
Mountain View, California is where Google usually displays its tech arsenal — the Google I/O annual developer conference held in May is when the tech giant makes its major announces and updates. The year 2025, though, promises to be different, if one goes by Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai’s email to Googlers, which dropped on Jan. 8. “As we start the year, I have been reviewing demos for the products and features we’re ...
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
ndtvprofit.com | Sandhya Ravishankar
Google has launched an employee matching programme to help people affected by the wildfires in California which have gutted homes and offices. In an email to Google employees, Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai reiterated the importance of giving, especially during this crisis. “The theme of being one team - Team Google - is especially meaningful right now, as thousands of Googlers are dealing with devastating wildfires across S...
