Who is Sahar Sheikh? AIMIM’s 22-year-old corporator’s fiery speech goes viral amid row over ‘paint Mumbra green’ remark

The victory speech by Sahar Sheikh, AIMIM’s newly-elected 22-year-old corporator in Thane Municipal Corporation, has gone viral after she vowed to paint her locality “green”, with rivals claiming that her reference to the color had religious overtones. “In the next five years, every candidate in Mumbra will be from AIMIM. Mumbra must be completely painted…

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Mark Ruffalo, Abigail Disney, Brian Eno join millionaires calling for higher taxes on super-rich

Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires from 24 countries have urged world leaders to impose higher taxes on the ultra-wealthy, warning that extreme concentrations of wealth are distorting democracy, deepening inequality and accelerating global instability. An open letter released to coincide with the World Economic Forum in Davos calls on political leaders to act decisively to…

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