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Left parties oppose naming Phulbani Medical College after Laxmanananda

Stepping up its opposition to the Odisha government's proposal to name the state-run Phulbani Medical College and Hospital after Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati, four Left parties on Tuesday demanded that the institution instead be named after eminent tribal freedom fighter Chakara Bisoi.

‘India is big boy, not schoolchild’: US political thinker Sanchez slams tariffs

American journalist Rick Sanchez slammed US tariffs on India over Russian oil as a “disrespectful and ignorant policy,” saying Washington is treating India like a schoolchild. He praised New Delhi for standing firm, calling it a transformational moment that shifts global power towards the Global South, as PM Modi met Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin at the SCO Summit in Tianjin.