Prime Minister Modi has announced the implementation of a variety of expensive changes to the Indian government. Critics have suggested that such decisions, like extending federal aid to all farmers, is a ploy to gain political support for the upcoming general election. New changes include assisting over 620 million Indian citizens with a basic income of 6,000 rupees, or just… Read more »
The Indian government has announced the introduction of a basic income for poor farmers, as part of a budget full of expensive vote-winning policies clearly geared towards a general election in just a few months time. The handouts will affect 620 million people, including millions of smallholding farmers who will be paid 6,000 rupees (£64) a year. The measures are… Read more »
Unemployment in India has reached a 45-year high, according to leaked official jobs figures that the government had delayed publishing with just a few months to go until a general election. With jobs creation one of the key pledges that delivered prime minister Narendra Modi to power in 2014, the report that the unemployment rate stands at 6.1 per cent… Read more »
More than 100 security forces members have been killed in a Taliban assault on a military base in eastern Afghanistan, an official said. An interior ministry spokesperson said a suicide car bomber struck the base first, followed by insurgents who opened fire at the Afghan forces in Maidan Shar, the capital of Maidan Wardak province. An official in the defence… Read more »
A US military service member was killed in combat in Afghanistan on Tuesday. The Department of Defence is withholding any further information until 24 hours after the next of kin is notified. The incident is currently under investigation. “In accordance with US Department of Defence policy, the name of the service member killed in action is being withheld until 24… Read more »