By Anjan Ray India seems to have earned a huge diplomatic recognition at the end of the Bali Summit of twenty leading economic powers —the so-called G20—of the world. A now-famous Indian sentiment echoed through the halls of Bali Summit in Indonesia and summed up the message of the...
By Ravi Nair The Solicitor General of India, Tushar Mehta while presenting India’s fourth periodic report at the United Nations (‘UN’) Human Rights Council session in Geneva on November 10, stated that human rights defenders should conform to the law of land. That is a no brainer. Unless, one...
By Branko Marcetic When you announce a presidential run, you typically want to establish yourself as the front-runner by having some momentum behind you and demonstrating broad support from within your party. You certainly don’t want to do it off a stunning electoral failure you’re being widely blamed for,...
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India celebrated 14 November as Children’s Day, and exactly five months after on 14 April, 2023 would surpass China crowning itself the world’s most populated county. The world has already celebrated the arrival of 8 billionth baby on Earth, as it signified a milestone for...
By K Raveendran Supreme Court Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud has elucidated his concept of ‘equal‘ and ‘modern’ judiciary, free from colonial hangovers, in which there would not be any subordinate judges, often used in the context of district courts, but only judges of equal worth, irrespective of where...
By Sushil Kutty It is a small world, and sound travels far. Otherwise how could America’s former President Donald Trump echo Prime Minister Narendra Modi? Announcing his 2024 bid for the White House, Trump said, “This is not my campaign, this will be our campaign”. And television host Sean...
By Harihar Swarup Kashmir’s politics is likely to witness a major change, Separatist leader Bilal Gani Lone is preparing to bid farewell to separatism and enter the mainstream politics.. Bilal is elder son of Abdul Gani Lone, the Hurriyat Conference leader who founded the People Conference. Considered a moderate...
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh BJP has launched a massive campaign to win over tribals who constitute a significant portion of state’s population. Its defeat to the Congress in 2018 assembly polls was largely due to the fact that it won less than one third tribal...
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It was a massive manifestation of Kerala’s collective anger against Governor Arif Mohammed Khan’s activities in violation of the Constitution. The protest march to the Raj Bhavan on November 15 against the gubernatorial grouches saw the attendance of close to one lakh people. The march,...
By Sankar Ray The Federal Parliament and provincial assemblies’ elections in Nepal are scheduled to take place on November 20. But the election fever isn’t felt in most of the 165 first-past-the-post constituencies or directly electable seats out of 275 lower house seats of FP. The same is true...