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As Amit Shah tightens the screws on Kashmir, it is now learnt that more troops have been ordered for Kashmir on an immediate basis. Officials have said the Union home ministry has ordered the deployment of 100 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) on an “immediate” basis. 100 more companies will come in later.
They said the Union home ministry has ordered the deployment of 100 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) on July 25 on an “immediate” basis. Officials said that 100 more companies are expected to be sent to the valley.
One CAPF company comprises of 100 jawans. These personnel will come from CRPF (50 companies), SSB (30) and ITBP (10) and BSF (10). They will be airlifted and going by trains. Already 65 battalions (one battalion = 1000 personnel) are there in the valley.
With Hurriyat’s fangs pulled out, Pakistan in the dock, and move to go for the Rajya Sabha majority well under way, BJP might be poised to do something really big on Kashmir very soon.
The Indian budget every year has always been an eagerly awaited event. For many decades, the best minds in economics, finance, tax, business and industry throng the media house to analyze the provisions shared by the Financial Minister.
When the US Ambassador threatened India's "Strategic Autonomy" policy over India's friendship with Russia - much more than meets the eye was at stake. Let us unpack how the Ukraine war has fundamentally changed the US and the world. And why are we here anyway?
This visit of India left me with many questions. Many observations and inputs from different people and sections. Food for thought that I have tried to contemplate on and make sense of. Sharing all that with you.
When you analyze the last 60 years of the economic miracles of Singapore, South Korea and Malaysia versus the continued impoverished Indian economy, you get very interesting lessons. Can Indians have the wherewithal in them to do in one generation so that the coming generations may rise?
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