Politics
Delhi Elections: First-time voters set to influenc...
January 8, 2025
On Tuesday, the Election Commission announced the schedule for elections to Delhi Assembly. As per the announcement, all 70 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Delhi are scheduled to go to polls on February 5. A triangular fight is slated for all 70 seats, with the incumbent Aam...
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Manmohan Singh: Founding father of New India
December 27, 2024
Humble, wise, shy, soft-spoken, firm and clear-headed. These are but a few adjectives that would be apt for Manmohan Singh, India’s most well-educated and well-qualified but also the most under-rated Prime Minister whose impact on the country has not only shown its results but ...
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Trump2.0 brings challenges & opportunities fo...
November 29, 2024
We are living through a great strategic power shift. The emerging international order is likely to be starkly different from what the world has watched in last one decade. With Donald Trump re-occupying the White House, the changing nature of international environment signals an ...
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Priyanka Gandhi makes electoral debut in Wayanad ...
October 25, 2024
In a significant political development, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra officially filed her nomination for the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll in Kerala on Thursday. This marked her first bid for the elected office, even though she has been a prominent face of the Indian National Congress party ...
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Maharashtra Assembly Elections set for November 20...
October 15, 2024
With the announcement of Maharashtra‘s assembly elections for November 20, the political landscape is charged with anticipation. This election will witness a pivotal battle between the ruling Mahayuti alliance and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi, as both sides aim to captu...
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RSF urges Sri Lanka’s new President to prioritis...
September 25, 2024
The international press freedom organisation, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), has called on Sri Lanka’s newly-elected President, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, to make press freedom a top priority. RSF has proposed five key policy reforms aimed at safeguarding the right to independ...
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New European Commission can kickstart EU-India tie...
September 24, 2024
After several delays, multiple leaks, political manoeuvrings, muscle flexing by Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban and a dramatic last-minute resignation of French Commissioner Thierry Breton, on September 17, the Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented her new tea...
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Political shuffle: Leaders switch sides ahead of A...
September 6, 2024
In Jammu and Kashmir, where voters are gearing up for a historic election after a decade-long hiatus, political musical chair seems to be the sport of the day as political leaders from the National Conference, People’s Democratic Party, Congress, and Bharatiya Janata Party have...
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Fear in Jammu & Kashmir over surge in terror ...
August 12, 2024
On Saturday, the three top officials of the Election Commission, including the Chief Election Commissioner and the two Commissioners, concluded their visit to Jammu and Kashmir, which had been organised for them to assess the current situation in the region and decide on the date...
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Five years after Article 370 abrogation, rising di...
August 5, 2024
“Since the abrogation of Article 370, the atmosphere in Kashmir has transformed dramatically. What once was a space for open discussion has become a realm of caution and fear. We used to talk freely and express our concerns without hesitation, but now, every word is measured, a...
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