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Recently, the Calcutta High Court dismissed a batch of petitions, including the petitions filed by ‘secular’ political parties, Trinamool Congress and the CPIM, challenging the notification issued by the Suvendu Adhikari government, which prohibited Qurbani of cows and bulls on Eid-ul-Adha or Bakrid.

Addressing a Press Conference, Siddaramaiah revealed that he had tendered his resignation after the Congress high command told him to resign. Siddaramaiah further added that DK Shivakumar will be the new chief minister.

"Most of the participants spoke in favour of restoring the historical names of the roads and streets of Lahore," Dawn quoted an attendee.

India is known for its warm and lavish welcomes; Marco Rubio, being deprived of one, is being seen as a snub.

Instead of spending money on running operations of his gym, Mohammad Deepak squandered the amount collected through membership drive on personal expenses.

The Home Minister made it clear that the technologies used would be developed or modified indigenously. DRDO's surveillance platforms and Indian drone manufacturers like Garuda Aerospace and ideaForge make up the hardware layer's backbone.

The BBC article’s headline, “Indian billionaires buy foreign companies as growth slows at home”, is quite revealing of the underlying agenda of portraying even lucrative Indian mergers and acquisitions as more of an outcome of domestic failures than strong balance sheets.

Rubio's visit is being seen not just as a diplomatic courtesy, but as an American effort to provide political and moral strength at the global level to Christian missionaries who have been weakened due to the strict action of the Indian government.

West Bengal politics currently appears to be at a turning point. The BJP is exuding confidence after its historic victory, while the TMC appears to be teetering between introspection and discontent.

A state that is unable to pay itself cannot defend its citizenry, maintain its infrastructure, or enforce its commitments. In this way, the Arthashastra represents an early expression of what contemporary economists refer to as 'state capacity', the institutional capability of governments to convert policy intent into actual results.