Politics
Macron calls snap French elections after European ...
June 10, 2024
In a decision that seems to have caught his own party and his government by total surprise, French President Emmanuel Macron has dissolved the French Parliament, Assemblée Nationale, and called snap elections that would be held on June 30 and July 7. Macron made the announced in...
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Modi3.0: Running a coalition government a challeng...
June 9, 2024
On June 9 as Narendra Modi prepares to take oath as the Prime Minister of India for a third term, he finds himself in a very unfamiliar position as he will be leading a government that is dependent upon the coalition partners for survival. In a career spanning almost 25 years, th...
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Verdict 2024: Voters equally surprised by outcome
June 6, 2024
Following the announcement of final results in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has managed only 240 seats in the 543-member house, thus losing majority for the first time after 10 years. It is also the first time that incumbent Prime Minister Naren...
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Verdict 2024: Democracy defeats despotism & d...
June 5, 2024
Once again, the exit polls in India have come a cropper as the results of the Lok Sabha elections belie the exit polls that had all predicted a smooth sailing for the ruling NDA alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party to an historic tally over close to 400 seats in the 543-mem...
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RSF, Guernica 37 Chambers ask United States to san...
June 3, 2024
Reporters sans Frontières (RSF), a Paris-based press freedom advocacy organisation and Guernica 37 Chambers, a British human rights activist organisation, have asked the United States to impose sanctions on officials of Delhi Police accused of violating press freedom by target...
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10 years of Modi: Distressed youth face unpreceden...
May 31, 2024
Ten years ago, when he was first campaigning for Lok Sabha elections, the then Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi, had picked up unemployment, especially amongst the youth, as one of his key issues, pretty much in synch with the rest of the topics on his agenda, which was h...
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Macron in New Caledonia should announce withdrawal...
May 22, 2024
On Thursday, as French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in Noumea, the capital of New Caledonia, the French overseas territory in South East Pacific, that has been gripped by violence following an unpopular amendment to voting in local elections, he must quickly announce a rever...
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Kashmir’s electoral shift: Surge in voter turnou...
May 19, 2024
On May 20, voting will be held in Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency in Jammu and Kashmir as part of the fifth phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections 2024. These are the first general elections in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution ...
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Political advertising landscape: Spending on Googl...
May 16, 2024
With the growing importance of digital media in the country and following the footsteps of general advertisers, political advertisers are also now increasingly turning to online advertising in India to reach out to the voters. This trend has become more evident since the beginnin...
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RSF & NWMI train 60 women journalists for ele...
May 15, 2024
Reporters sans Frontières (RSF), a Paris-based press freedom advocacy organisation and the Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI), have collaborated to equip 60 women journalists across India with election coverage skills. According to a press statement by RSF, amid declining p...
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