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Biden's proposal to cancel $400 billion in student loans is rejected by the US Supreme Court; the President is likely to unveil fresh measures.

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The US Supreme Court has blocked President Biden's plan to cancel $430 billion in student loan debt, ruling that the administration overstepped its authority. On October 17, 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden makes a speech regarding the student loan forgiveness programme in a venue on the White House complex. Leah Millis at Reuters (Reuters)   The Supreme Court disallowed US President Joe Biden's proposal to forgive $430 billion in student loan debt, which presents a significant obstacle. The Biden administration had overstepped its bounds in attempting to reduce student loan debt for millions of Americans, the closely divided supreme court decided. The decision returned roughly $500 billion in debt to household balance sheets, and the President is now prepared to propose new measures to protect borrowers.   President Joe Biden's $400 billion plan, which was unveiled last year, would have eliminated up to $20,000 in federal student debt for 43 million people. Of those, 20 mill...

PM Modi and President Putin spoke about the Wagner mutiny and the Ukraine on the phone

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Friday's phone chat between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi included the Wagner mutiny.                 PM Modi and Vladimir Putin Friday's telephone chat between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi included the recent Wagner mutiny as well as the conflict in Ukraine. The Kremlin said that PM Modi had backed the Russian leadership's "decisive actions" in handling the Wagner mercenary group's mutiny last Saturday. The two presidents spoke on the phone less than a week after the Russian government stopped the Wagner Group, a private mercenary army led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, from staging a significant coup. After seizing control of two significant south Russian cities, the private mercenary army halted its advance towards Moscow after the Kremlin, with the assistance of Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko, was able to negotiate a settlement with Prigozhin. Later, Prigozhin denied wa...

Putin praises his "big friend" Modi and declares his desire to "emulate" the Make in India campaign.

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 The Make in India initiative was introduced by Prime Minister Modi in 2014 with the goal of fostering domestic product development, production, and assembly by businesses as well as encouraging targeted investments in the manufacturing sector. Moscow :  Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and referred to him as a "big friend" of his country. Putin praised Prime Minister Modi's "Make in India" campaign and claimed that it had a "truly impressive effect" on the economy of the nation. Vladimir Putin attempted to indicate that he would follow the "Make in India campaign" while speaking at a forum on Thursday in Moscow held by Russia's Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI). The "Make in India" project was introduced several years ago by our friends in India and our great buddy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The impact it has had on the Indian economy is absolutely amazing. Even if our frie...

On land that was taken from Atiq Ahmed, UP CM Adityanath donates 76 apartments to the underprivileged in Prayagraj.

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For an inexpensive price of 3.5 lakh, the recipients of these apartments would obtain a dwelling unit with a 41 square metre floor size. Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, and deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya arrive at a 'Griha Pravesh' on Friday in Prayagraj for 76 apartments built as part of the Pradhan Mantri Awasa Yojna. Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, officially opened housing units in Prayagraj on Friday that had been built on property that had belonged to the politician-turned-gangster Atiq Ahmed before he was assassinated in April of this year. Under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, about 76 apartments were constructed in the Lukuarganj neighbourhood. A lottery mechanism was used to distribute these apartments, and it took place on June 9. Speaking to news agency ANI, Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA) vice chairman Arvind Kumar Chauhan stated, "The lottery for allotment was conducted in the auditorium of Allahab...

Shehbaz Sharif, the prime minister of Pakistan, will take part in the SCO summit online on July 4.

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 According to a statement, the Indian Prime Minister extended the invitation to the Prime Minister in his capacity as the SCO's current Chair.' Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will take part in the 23rd SCO Council of Heads of State (CHS) Meeting, which will be conducted via video conference on July 4, 2023, according to a release. On the invitation of his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will attend a virtual meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit on July 4, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry stated on Friday. Shehbaz Sharif's attendance in the summit, according to a statement, demonstrates the great value Pakistan has on the SCO, a crucial venue for regional security and development and increased engagement with the area. It stated that Shehbaz Sharif, the prime minister, would take part in the 23rd meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State (CHS), which would be held by video conference on July 4, 2023. The anno...