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2 months ago | 
thehindu.com | Saptaparno Ghosh |Sruthi Darbhamulla |Suchitra Karthikeyan
In this six-article series, we take a look at the Union Budgets which shaped the Indian economy since Independence beginning with the first one in 1948 which built the foundation for government revenue. We then analyse 1955’s budget which pushed the nation’s industrialisation and 1970 when Indira Gandhi hiked taxation to provide social justice.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
thehindu.com | Sruthi Darbhamulla |Suhasini Haidar |Vikas Dhoot |K. Bharat Kumar
2024 saw some significant elections, with key changes in the United Kingdom, the United States and India, among many others. As 2025 gets underway, the scene is set for even more elections, with potential repercussions across the globe. In Germany, the collapse of the “traffic light” coalition will mean a new election amid a general European tilt to the right.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
thehindu.com | Sruthi Darbhamulla
Korean pop music, or K-pop, has continued its expansion over the past few years, and looks poised to rule 2025. Soloists and groups notched up impressive achievements last year, with Blackpink’s Rosé becoming the highest charting female artist on the Billboard Hot 100 (#5) and three Korean acts (Ateez, BTS’ Jin, and Enhypen) occupying the top 10 on the Billboard 200 at once.
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Nov 30, 2024 | 
thehindu.com | Sruthi Darbhamulla
On November 26, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced that physician and economist Jayanta ‘Jay’ Bhattacharya will be the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the nation’s chief agency for medical research. This pick makes Dr. Bhattacharya the second Indian-American selected by Mr. Trump for a key post, after Vivek Ramaswamy, who has been tapped to lead the newly-created Department of Government Efficiency, along with billionaire Elon Musk.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
thehindu.com | Sruthi Darbhamulla
Every year since 1977, the United Nations calls for the observance of November 29 as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. The General Assembly passed a resolution to that effect in 1977, selecting this particular day as this was when, in 1947, the Assembly adopted a resolution partitioning the Palestinian territory into an Arab State and a Jewish one.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
thehindu.com | Sruthi Darbhamulla
The story so far: The Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Monday (November 25, 2024) arrested Chinmoy Krishna Das, a Vaishnavite leader and one-time member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in Bangladesh, prompting protests demandng his release in Dhaka’s Shahbag neighbourhood and Chittagong, where he is based. Clashes have since intensified.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
thehindu.com | Sruthi Darbhamulla
The story so far:-
Last week, Norway’s Parliament, the Storting, issued an unreserved apology for its assimilation policies towards Sami, Kven and Forest Finn peoples. It also laid out a series of resolutions to address the continuing discrimination faced by these communities, The New York Times reported. A century-long process of Norwegianisation of indigenous peoples and migrant groups commenced in the 1850s and did not officially end till the 1960s.
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Nov 23, 2024 | 
thehindu.com | Sruthi Darbhamulla
Pune, the cultural capital of Maharashtra, has recently shown a trend towards BJP candidates, electing Anil Shirole, Girish Bapat and Murlidhar Mohol— all from the Bharatiya Janata Party— in the previous three Lok Sabha elections. But different battles play out in the district during the elections for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, where 21 separate battles wage across 21 assembly constituencies. Who clinched victories in the polls in the areas in and around Pune? We take a look.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
thehindu.com | Suchitra Karthikeyan |Sruthi Darbhamulla |Vinaya Deshpande Pandit |Purnima Sah
The Hindu’s inaugural election conclave, Poll Arena, was held on Wednesday (November 6, 2024) at the Yashwantrao Chavan Centre in Mumbai. The conclave delved into issues unique to the Maharashtra Assembly election — Sena and NCP’s fight for legacy, the Chief Minister face, impact of Haryana polls and internal tussle of the Mahayuti and Maha Vikas Aghadi.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
thehindu.com | Sruthi Darbhamulla
National and State heavyweights from across the political spectrum were in attendance at The Hindu’s inaugural election conclave, Poll Arena, held on Wednesday (November 6, 2024) at the Yashwantrao Chavan Centre in Mumbai.
