Politics

NEW DELHI: India’s External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar, is set to represent the country at the BRICS virtual summit hosted by South Africa on Tuesday. During the summit, leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa will engage in discussions, including the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will […]

NEW DELHI: As Australia defeated India decisively in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup on Sunday, questions arose regarding the politicisation of the tournament with the Lok Sabha elections being only five months away in 2024. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of the Congress party, during a rally in Telangana, had highlighted that following the 1983 World […]

NEW DELHI: Argentina, a nation grappling with economic turmoil, has chosen a path less travelled by electing the right-wing libertarian, Javier Milei, as its new president. Milei’s victory represents a seismic shift in the country’s political landscape, opting for an outsider with unconventional views to tackle pressing economic challenges. The political novice rapidly rose from […]

HYDERABAD: One factor that could decide the outcome of the Telangana polls is the turnaround in the minority vote preferences which is influenced by the Anti-BJP stance taken by the two main contenders in the state — the Bharat Rashtriya Samiti and the Congress. Issues like the Uniform Civil Code, and the Palestine conflict are […]

KOLKATA: The Election Commission of India is slated to hear the Nationalist Congress Party’s (NCP) plea regarding which faction — Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar — can stake their claim over the party name and symbol, on Monday. The hearing ensued when the Ajit faction submitted a petition before the ECI claiming presidency of the party. […]