Hindu temple defaced with racist graffiti in Australia: Report

Melbourne: A Hindu temple and two Asian-run restaurants were defaced with racist graffiti in Melbourne, raising concerns among the community members in Australia, a media report said on Thursday.Shree Swaminarayan Temple on Wadhurst Drive, Melbourne’s eastern suburb of Boronia, was defaced with red-painted racist slurs on Monday morning, the Australia Today web portal reported. Two…

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Amit Shah unveils new national cooperative policy, pitching for inclusive growth | India News

NEW DELHI: Union home and cooperation minister Amit Shah on Thursday released India’s new National Cooperative Policy that will promote the development of a “cooperative business ecosystem”, involving every village, and contribute to the country’s collective ambition of becoming developed by 2047.Idea behind the new policy, replacing the one made in 2002, is to transform…

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Uttar Pradesh CM reviews assembly-wise action plan, road proposals in detail in Gorakhpur | India News

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath (Image credits: ANI) GORAKHPUR: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath held a comprehensive review meeting on Thursday with MPs, MLAs, and senior officials to discuss upcoming road infrastructure projects across all assembly constituencies in the Gorakhpur and Basti divisions, according to an official statement from Gujarat chief minister’s office…

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‘Misleading’: Centre rejects Swiss firm’s pollution rankings; cites limited government data usage by report | India News

NEW DELHI: The central government on Thursday rejected the Swiss firm’s IQAir report, that had ranked India the fifth most polluted country in the world, citing limited usage of government data in the survey.“However, it must be noted that only 38 per cent of the data sources used in the report are from government agencies….

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‘No current plans’: Centre on plans to remove ‘socialism’, ‘secularism’ from Preamble; ‘no formal decision made’ | India News

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government on Thursday said that it had “no current plans” to remove the words ‘socialism’ and ‘secularism’ from the Preamble.Noting the recent calls to review the insertion of the two words in the Preamble during Emergency period, Centre said that “no formal decision or proposal has been announced…

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