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1 week ago

Supreme Court petition sparks a debate on CLAT

A recently disposed-of petition in the Supreme Court challenging the correctness of the provisional answer key in the postgraduate level Common Law Admission Test exams held on December 1 has sparked a debate. The petition before the Supreme Court filed by Anam Khan and Ayush Agarwal had alleged the provisional answer key of CLAT PG exams, released on December 2, …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Missouri Sports Betting Ballot Measure Sparks Heated Debate on Tax Rates

Associated Press

Missouri's proposed sports betting measure has sparked a national debate over tax rates. The measure, which would impose a 10% tax rate on sports betting revenue, would exempt promotional costs from taxation, potentially limiting the amount of new revenue available for schools. However, some states have already implemented different tax rates on sports betting, with some states allowing full deductions …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Streeting calls for national debate about smoking outside pubs

The Independent

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3 months, 1 week ago

Elon Musk takes yet another jab at Kamala Harris just hours ahead of the Harris-Trump debate

Hindustan Times

Elon Musk has recently criticized Vice President Kamala Harris over her national “rent control” policies and grocery store price hikes, likening them to policies that would harm the housing and food industries. “When I’m president, I will take on corporate landlords that unfairly raise rents on working families,” she wrote on X. Musk, however, expressed concern that her proposed solutions …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Why foreign policy needs to be part of poll debate

Hindustan Times

As India’s global imprint continues to grow, it has become difficult for political parties to ignore the external dimensions of the nation’s rise. Characteristically, the Bharatiya Janata Party manifesto sees foreign policy as a tool to advance India’s civilisational legacy abroad. While there is a grain of truth in the consensus narrative, the revisionist literature on the history of India’s …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Lok Sabha passes Delhi services Bill amid Opposition walkout

The Hindu

As the Lok Sabha on Thursday gave its nod to a Bill that gives the Lieutenant-Governor of Delhi control over Group A services, Union Minister Amit Shah said the Opposition parties belonging to the Indian National Developmental, Inclusive Alliance came together to oppose the Bill for the sake of their alliance and not for “democracy, the country or its people”. …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Republican National Committee boosts polling and fundraising thresholds to qualify for 2nd debate

Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Some Republican presidential candidates haven’t yet met polling and fundraising thresholds for the first debate of the 2024 cycle, and now the qualifications for making it to the second one will be even higher. To get to the second debate, scheduled for Sept. 27 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, candidates will need …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Ayushmann Khurrana's 'Anek' Dialogue Lauded Online Amid 'National Language' Debate

News 18

Ayushmann Khurrana’s upcoming film ‘Anek’ had its trailer drop and it has garnered applause from all corners. One scene in particular has been going viral amid the “national language” debate that erupted on social media after a Twitter spat between Ajay Devgn and Kiccha Sudeep. Soon after the clip went viral, Ajay tweeted in Hindi, “Hindi is not a national …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Debate Unnecessary, Matter of National Security: Centre's Stand on BSF's Augmented Powers Row