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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicHouse of Lords

Topic: House of Lords

Modi fan, ‘kathmullah’ hater—what Justice Shekhar Yadav has been saying in and outside courtrooms

Allahabad HC judge Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav has in the past advocated for law to declare cow ‘national animal’ & ‘national honor for Hindu deities Ram, Krishna’.

Pakistan has new civilian face, but no foreign policy. Anwaar Kakar’s luxury trip abroad shows

The opulent lifestyle of Anwaar Kakar might be staged to influence other civilians to join Pakistan government ranks. Political players have no space here.

In the British House of Lords, Upendra Rai was honoured for his journalism

The Overseas Friends of India (OFI) has also recognised the Sahara India Media’s Executive Director, CEO and Editor-in-Chief Upendra Rai’s fearless journalism in a ceremony hosted in London.

UK ex-politician & India critic Lord Nazir Ahmed found guilty of child sex offences

Lord Nazir Ahmed, convicted of sexually assaulting 2 minors in 1970s, resigned from House of Lords in 2020, before he could be expelled following a report in another sexual exploitation case.

UK House of Lords panel recommends India critic Nazir Ahmed be expelled for sexual assault

Lord Nazir Ahmed, the first Muslim appointed to the House of Lords as a life peer, retired from the House on 14 November.

On Camera

India must allow citizens to invest beyond its borders. It’s risk management, not luxury

The financialisation of Indian household savings is one of the most important economic shifts of the past decade. But financialisation without international diversification creates fragile balance sheets.

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.