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DESPARDES — Narendra Modi stokes divisions in the world’s biggest democracy, The Economist says in its latest issue. The lede: India’s 200m Muslims fear the prime minister is building a
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DESPARDES — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has declared an end to its surveillance of Muslim Americans, saying its exhaustive study of their beautiful culture was finally complete. FBI’s
DESPARDES — Bollywood’s award-winning actor Naseeruddin Shah says after 70 years he has come to realize that as a ‘Muslim’ he cannot live in India. The creative Indian actor —
A new CNN poll showed 51 percent of Americans support removing Trump from office. The poll shows an increase over the same poll one month ago. DESPARDES — Senate Majority
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DESPARDES Report — Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy has issued Request For Qualification (RFQ) for four solar projects with deadline for the submission of documents latest by February 6, 2020,
Continue readingSaudi Arabia Issues RFQ for FOUR SOLAR Projects Totaling 1.2GW
DESPARDES — The PTI-government’s Cabinet Committee on Privatization (CCOP) on Tuesday took off the table five unused state properties from the ongoing privatization initiative. Three of the properties will be
DESPARDES — The government has reportedly received statements of qualification (SOQs) from three foreign parties for the sale of two power plants worth $2 billion. These Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
Continue readingForeign Investors Show Interest in Two LNG-Fired Power Plants Worth $2Bln
China had asked the UN Military Observer Group posted along the border areas between Pakistan and India to brief the UNSC on the ground realities of the area. DESPARDES —
Continue readingSecurity Council Meets Today to Discuss Occupied Kashmir Lockdown
“Federal Law Minister Farogh Naseem (of MQM-P) is being considered for governorship of Sindh which has made these folks unhappy”; ” “In order for us to succeed, we ought to
RT — A woman in southwestern India succumbed to a high fever, lost consciousness and was rushed to hospital for emergency treatment. Doctors tried and failed to save her life…
The Vermont socialist could soon become the front-runner for the Democratic nomination DESPARDES — Bernie Sanders raised significantly more money in the final quarter of 2019 than any other Democratic
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The European Union declined to take part over lack of access to detained politicians. DESPARDES (Updated) — U.S. Ambassador to India Kenneth I. Juster along with envoys from 15 other
Continue readingEnvoys from U.S., 15 Other Nations Visit Jammu & Kashmir, EU Envoys Decline