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Gulf Support For Erdogan Is About More Than Economics
By James M Dorsey When jailed Turkish politician Selahattin Demirtas apologized for his pro-Kurdish party’s poor performance in recent Turkish elections, he did more than take responsibility. Demirtas implicitly questioned the notion that Turks vote primarily along ideological and identity lines rather than based on assessing which party will...
Shanti Teresa Lakra Is Continuing With Her Nursing Work In Andaman Islands
By Harihar Swarup In the five years that she spent living alongside the remote Onge tribe of the Andaman island, Shanti Teresa Lakra fished and cooked with them: saw how differently they raise their young; followed into them the forests in the summer, “a season when they cannot bear...
Rahul Gandhi’s Engagement With Indian Diaspora In USA Has Been Productive
By Kalyani Shankar Why do Indian politicians woo the Diaspora in the United States and elsewhere? Why does the Diaspora, who can’t vote in India, take an interest in their homeland? It is perhaps because, as India’s GDP grows, the Diaspora’s role in India’s foreign policy also rises. The...
Cornered In South After Karnataka Debacle, BJP Woos TDP For Telangana, Andhra Pradesh
By Sushil Kutty In the mid-1990s and about the time when the Bharatiya Janata Party was still building its formidable cadre, the Telugu Desam Party’s N. Chandrababu Naidu used to be the busiest political body in Delhi and everybody knew if something political was cooking it would be in...
Developed Nations Should Appreciate India’s Work In Fighting Pollution
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Though India is currently the third largest polluter in the world in terms of CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) emission as estimated in 2020 after China and the United States, its pollution is less than half of the US and one-fourth of the China. Moreover, if taken...
National Elections In Pakistan In October This Year May Not Ensure Stability
By Tirthankar Mitra Pakistan seems to be teetering on the edge of an abyss of crisis with none its political parties offering a policy prescription of course correction. Uncertainties abound even as industrial sector contraction is likely to rise, former prime minister Imran Khan despite being bogged down in...
Speculation over Sachin Pilot plan to launch new party
Rajasthan rebel Congress leader Sachin Pilot is ready to sever ties with the Congress and form his own party, various media reports hinted. According to these reports, Pilot is being helped in the process by Prashant Kishor’s political consultancy firm I-PAC. Volunteers of I-PAC are believed to have helped...
United States-China Rivalry In Space Leading To A Big Technology War
By Girish Linganna The intensifying rivalry between the United States and China in the realm of space has become a significant challenge as the world enters a new era where space is seen as an essential battleground. Global leaders are increasingly concerned about China’s rapid advancements in space capabilities,...
The Conundrum Of Constitutional Morality: Delhi’s Chief Minister Versus LG
By Lt Gen. Bhopinder Singh Former President K.R. Narayanan made power good by remaining true to the Constitution, and above everything, to constitutional morality. Even the longest-written Constitution in the world, i.e., Bharatiya Samvidhan (Indian Constitution) relies on the ‘executive’ to interpret actions as underpinned by the morality whose...
AMLO’s Party Wins In Mexico’s Most Populous State For The First Time
By Roger McKenzie Mexico’s most populous state turned its back on decades of single-party rule, deciding to move forward with President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s ruling Morena party over the long-dominant Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Results from electoral authorities on Sunday night indicated a victory for Delfina Gomez in...
