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Saturday, May 4, 2024
TopicDowning Street

Topic: Downing Street

UK PM Truss clings to power as approval ratings tank to historic low for a British leader

6 weeks into the job, Truss has seen a bond market rout, suffered the lowest approval ratings of a British leader, and has now lost her interior minister who quit on Wednesday.

I was dismissed because of my faith, claims UK’s ex-transport minister Nusrat Ghani

Conservative Party MP Ghani alleged she was removed from her post because the govt felt she didn’t do enough to defend it 'against Islamophobia allegations'.

Boris Johnson’s advisers jump a sinking ship, and Trump’s ‘piece-ful’ transition of power

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

Global Pulse: A not-so-brave new world

The US may never go back to what it was. The Saudi kingdom has little semblance with even its recent past.  Is the political landscape across the globe changing in indelible ways?

On Camera

Prajwal Revanna case shows why and how sexual crimes by men in politics can go unchecked for years

It would be a disservice to the women of Hassan to look at Prajwal Revanna’s alleged abuse of power as a ‘sex scandal’. Allegations against him show what ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ actually means.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.