Ajit Pawar, the mercurial leader who stepped out of his uncle’s shadow

Born in 1959, Ajit Pawar entered politics in the 1980s under his uncle's mentorship, particularly focusing on the Pawar family stronghold of Baramati, a rural area in western Maharashtra where sugar cooperatives, banks and local institutions helped secure both economic influence and political loyalty. Source link

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Why China views the UK visit as part of something bigger

"Until you come over and see China for yourself, you're never going to know. I'm desperately trying to get more and more people to really experience the Beijing that me, my wife, and my friends, fell in love with, which is cheesy, I know, but it's true," says Dom, who is leading the group. Source link

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South Korea’s former first lady gets 20 months’ jail for bribery

The wife of South Korea's ousted former president has been sentenced to 20 months in jail for accepting bribes from the controversial Unification Church.However, the court cleared 52-year-old Kim Keon Hee on charges of stock price manipulation and receiving free opinion polls from a political broker before the 2022 presidential election, which her husband Yoon Suk Yeol won.Yoon has already been sentenced to five years' in jail for abusing power and obstructing justice in relation to his failed…

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Neil Young offers Greenland free access to his catalogue

Canadian-American rock star Neil Young is offering Greenlanders a year's free access to his archives in what he hopes will "ease some of the unwarranted stress and threats" they are receiving from the Trump administration. Donald Trump has threatened to annex the Danish territory for what he says are national security reasons, though recently walked back comments, saying he was seeking "immediate negotiations" and insisting he "won't use force". Young is known for his political protests, and has…

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Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar attacked with ‘unknown liquid’ during town hall

Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar was attacked with an unknown substance at a town hall she was hosting on Tuesday, when an audience member used a syringe to spray liquid at her, Minneapolis police said.Omar was uninjured and continued to speak. The man was immediately arrested and forensics were being conducted at the scene, police added."I thought it was one of her aides going up to hand her a note or something," Jacquelynn Goessling said of the man that…

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