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Indian finance minister defends CAA citing Adnan, Taslima as examples

Shawdesh Desk: Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman cited Adnan Sami’s Indian citizenship and exiled writer Taslima Nasreen, who has been living in Delhi on a residence permit, as another example

Pakistan: 21 more bodies recovered in avalanche-hit in Kashmir

Shawdesh Desk: Search teams aided by Pakistani troops pulled out 21 more bodies from homes destroyed by this week’s avalanches in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, raising the overall

Kerala challenges Citizenship Act in Indian Supreme Court

Shawdesh Desk: The Kerala government has challenged the new Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) before the Supreme Court, becoming the first state to do so amid nationwide protests against the religion-based

India Citizenship Act, passed by Parliament last month, comes into effect

Shawdesh Desk: The contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act of India, 2019 that grants citizenship on the basis of religion came into force on Friday. In a gazette notification, the Union home

Foreign envoys reach Jammu and Kashmir

Shawdesh Desk: US Ambassador to India Kenneth Juster along with envoys from 15 other countries arrived in Srinagar on Thursday on a two-day visit to union territory of Jammu and

Manpower export awaits a big boost in 2020: Secy

Shawdesh Desk: As labour migration saw a fall in 2019, the government is planning to send more workers abroad in 2020 since some closed labour markets are expected to reopen

Yaba now being smuggled through Agartala

Shawdesh Desk: In the wake of massive crackdown by law enforcers on illegal drug and drug smugglers, the gangs of drug smugglers have turned to the neighbouring border of Agartala

Several trapped as Delhi factory building collapses after fire

Shawdesh Desk: Several people, including firefighters, are trapped under the debris of a factory that collapsed after a fire broke out in Delhi’s Peera Garhi on Thursday morning, officials said.