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Jadavpur University protests enter 3rd day, students set deadline for VC to address grievances

Jadavpur University protests enter 3rd day, students set deadline for VC to address grievances

Kolkata, Mar 5 (PTI) Protests at Jadavpur University continued for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, with students demanding action against alleged assaults on their peers and set a 4 pm deadline for vice-chancellor Bhaskar Gupta to address their grievances. The agitating students warned of intensified protests if Gupta did not turn up on the campus to meet them within the stipulated time. They claimed that the VC and university authorities had shown no urgency to resolve the crisis. “Vice-chancellor Bhaskar Gupta has not shown any courtesy or urgency to meet us. We have given a 4pm deadline, after which

Trump jokes ‘nobody has heard’ of Lesotho

Trump jokes ‘nobody has heard’ of Lesotho

Washington, March 5 (AFP) – US President Donald Trump on Tuesday mocked tiny Lesotho as a country “nobody has ever heard of” as he defended his sweeping cuts in aid. Trump highlighted the landlocked African constitutional monarchy during an address to Congress as he gave a long list of past US aid projects. “Eight million dollars to promote LGBTQI+ in the African nation of Lesotho,” Trump said, struggling with the pronunciation. “Which nobody has ever heard of,” Trump added, as Republican lawmakers laughed and Vice President JD Vance and Speaker Mike Johnson grinned behind him. Lesotho has one of the

India home prices to climb faster than inflation this year, rents even more

India home prices to climb faster than inflation this year, rents even more

BENGALURU, March 5 (Reuters) – India’s average home prices and rental costs are set to outpace consumer inflation this year according to a Reuters poll of housing experts who were split on whether affordability for first-time homebuyers would worsen or improve. While faltering economic growth, stagnant wages and a dearth of well-paying jobs have left millions of working-class families with depleted savings, home prices have nearly doubled in the past decade in a housing market dominated and driven by those with high incomes. In addition, a mismatch between strong demand and limited supply has inflated home prices to a point

Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi backs protesting ASHA workers

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Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi backs protesting ASHA workers

Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 1 (PTI) Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday threw her and her party’s weight behind the ASHA workers who have been protesting outside the Secretariat here for the last 20 days, seeking an increase in their honorarium and the provision of retirement benefits. In a post on social media platform ‘X’, Priyanka, also the MP from Wayanad constituency, said that the Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers are protesting “for a rightful increase in their meager honorarium of Rs 7,000, far less than what their counterparts receive in Karnataka and Telangana.” She said that the ASHA

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