On March 21, a little less than a month before India’s national elections, the main opposition party, Congress, held a press conference to announce that its campaign was paralyzed. The government had earlier frozen the party’s bank accounts in connection with an alleged tax violation from the 1990s. Now the party was struggling to support its parliamentary candidates, and its ground organization had sputtered to a halt.
Later that evening, fewer than 10 miles away, cops and paramilitaries
Several US states are trying to prevent handwriting from going extinct as classrooms increasingly swap pen and paper for tablets and computers.
The US government removed the skill from the core curriculum in 2010 due to claims it was time consuming and would not be useful in the age of technology which meant schools could instead focus on typing classes.
Handwriting is considered a fine motor skill that stimulates and challenges the brain, but with schools turning to technology instead,
James Haskell as claimed he used to see women as ‘sex objects’ and has had to unlearn a lot of his old beliefs after growing up at a ‘sexist’ boarding school.
The former rugby player’s comments come as he was forced to deny any wrongdoing after he was pictured looking cosy with a mystery blonde last week while on a night out in London.
Speaking to Unfiltered, James has touched on his relationship with women, which he says has changed
Greedy high street banks will be forced to pass interest rate rises on to savers in a major victory for the Daily Express.
City watchdogs vowed on Monday to put customers first in a crackdown on the institutions which pay out the least.
Bosses were told to stop the rip-offs as savers failed to benefit from months of soaring rates.
The ultimatum comes in a new customer charter after a probe found big-name banks passed
Julia Morris has shared some cutting remarks while discussing the end of her marriage.
The comedian’s divorce from husband Dan Thomas after 16 years as husband
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When Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni walks into the Oval Office on Thursday, her transformation will be complete.
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