Caste census aim must be welfare, not politics: RSS
04 Sep
Politics

Caste census aim must be welfare, not politics: RSS

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Politics tamfitronics NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, (RSS) has supported the idea of caste censusasserting that collection of caste data has already been going on and is a "well-practiced" effort by the govt but it should always be aimed at uplifting communities and never be treated as a "political tool" to gain electorally."RSS thinks... yes definitely for all welfare activities, particularly addressing a particular community or caste which is lagging behind.For which special attention is needed. For that, if some govt needs the numbers it is very well practiced," Sangh's chief spokespeson Sunil Ambekar said on Monday in what can potentially have a bearing on govt's decision on whether to have caste-wise enumeration in the long-delayed decennial census.The stand, coming amid a growing demand by opposition parties and govt's studied silence, is significant...
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How the Idea of the College Campus Captured American Imaginations—And Politics
04 Sep
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How the Idea of the College Campus Captured American Imaginations—And Politics

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Politics tamfitronics This week, students will return to campuses across the country. And the rest of the nation will be watching. With a presidential election looming and a destructive war waged by one of the country’s closest foreign allies ongoing, much attention will be paid this fall to college campuses, to protest encampments and campus speakers, to the excesses and enthusiasms of college sophomores. Which raises the question of why? Why the obsession with what goes on at a handful of college campuses, often framed in terms of “campus culture wars”?The terms of our fixation are peculiar. Is there really one culture that characterizes several thousand campuses—community colleges, liberal arts colleges, research universities, for-profit universities, and so on—or even just a significant swath of them? The historian Samuel Catlin put it even more bluntly in...
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FG Proposing Law To Increase VAT To 10% For Nigerians — Taiwo Oyedele
04 Sep
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FG Proposing Law To Increase VAT To 10% For Nigerians — Taiwo Oyedele

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Politics tamfitronics FG Proposing Law To Increase VAT To 10% For Nigerians — Taiwo OyedeleNewsFG Proposing Law To Increase VAT To 10% For Nigerians — Taiwo OyedelePublished 15 hours agoon September 3, 2024Politics tamfitronics The Federal Government is planning to propose a law to the National Assembly to raise the value-added tax (VAT) from 7.5% to 10%.The Chairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, Taiwo Oyedele disclosed this during an interview on Channels TV’s “Politics Today.”He also revealed that the committee is working on combining various taxes in Nigeria to reduce the overall tax burden.Oyedele stated that several existing taxes, like the IT levy and education tax, will be consolidated into one tax, starting at 4% and eventually reducing to 2% in the coming years.According to him, the draft tax law prepared...
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BREAKING: PDP Governors Break Silence Following Wike’s Threats to “Put Fire” in Their States
04 Sep
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BREAKING: PDP Governors Break Silence Following Wike’s Threats to “Put Fire” in Their States

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Politics tamfitronics The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum has finally broken their silence following former Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike’s threats to “put fire” in states whose governors are sympathetic to Rivers Governor Siminalayi Fubara.In a statement on Tuesday, the forum condemned Wike’s comments as “unbridled” and “irresponsible.”The governors said his threats undermine efforts to build and maintain peace, cohesion, collaboration, and mutual respect amongst leaders and members of the party.The forum said it is committed to a “touch one, touch all” approach, pledging to support one another in the face of Wike’s threats. They stressed that their position on the affairs of the PDP in Rivers State is not subject to review by any individual, no matter how highly placed.The governors reaffirmed their commitment to working with the National Working Committee (NWC) of...
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