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Saturday, November 2, 2024
TopicBoris Johnson

Topic: Boris Johnson

70 years, 15 PMs, one Queen & the most ‘indispensable’ officer of 10 Downing Street

The best international cartoons of the week, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

There are many reasons why Rishi Sunak lost UK PM chair. But race isn’t the main one

From his ‘mansplaining’ tendencies to his disloyalty to Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak went wrong on several counts.

US, UK have a solution for refugee crisis and earning money — send them all to Rwanda

The deportation flights to Rwanda are part of 'migrant deterrence practices'. They're used by the West to deter future migration from the Global South.

Why Rishi Sunak could be a brilliant PM—except for his record on immigration

The race for a new Conservative Party PM may come down to the colour of the skin of the 2 candidates. Recent polls show Liz Truss is beating Sunak by 62% to 38%.

Northern Ireland’s journey from hate to peace, Boris’ farewell speech have lessons for India

Northern Ireland's Peace Lines have kept Catholics and Protestants apart for decades. Now they're being brought down one by one, showing hate doesn't have to be cast in concrete.

It’s Rishi Sunak vs Liz Truss in final lap to succeed Boris Johnson as UK PM

Voting for second phase of race will now take place via postal ballot. The period between now and the end of August will also include time for campaigning and hustings by the two candidates.

Punjab ancestry, Oxford graduate, ‘proud Hindu’ — all eyes on Rishi Sunak in UK PM race

Ex-chancellor Sunak topped third round of voting among Conservative MPs Monday. If he wins party leadership contest, he would be first Indian-origin man to become Britain's PM.

Rishi Sunak to Priti Patel, UK PM race shows it’s a mature democracy. India’s not even close

UK's PM race shows us that given a level playing field, all South Asians and especially Indians can excel in politics. But it's far from reality.

Congress has reached ‘enough is enough’ moment. Boris exit shows change is good

Even by the Gandhi family standards, Sonia being at helm for 24 years is a bit of a stretch. Indira Gandhi served for eight, Rajiv Gandhi for seven and Jawaharlal Nehru for four.

First US, now UK, democracies giving up on strongman leaders. Why it’s unthinkable in India

Democracies are restoring the dull but democratic powers of rules and institutions by dousing the passions that led to the rise of strongman leaders. India isn't there yet.

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.