Pinarayi Vijayan cultivated the image of Captain—a stern, no-nonsense leader. Satheesan’ssmiling, laid-back demeanour is a change Malayalis are welcoming wholeheartedly.
Public support for Satheesan, UDF allies’ backing and secular credentials played a role in Satheesan's selection. Choosing Venugopal would also have meant 2 fresh by-polls for the Congress.
AICC names outgoing LoP to top post after party allies back him over Ramesh Chennithala and K.C. Venugopal; state unit to meet Governor Thursday evening
With 3 big leaders in contention, an intense behind-the-scenes battle has unfolded through internal consultations, lobbying by rival camps, street demonstrations. Decision will be announced by Sunday.
From a Congress viewpoint, who would be the ideal Chief Minister for Kerala at this point? It should be Shashi Tharoor, given how he ticks all the boxes.
Despite its new avatar, Kerala’s culture remains rooted in socialistic principles. Yet there is growing acceptance to ‘privatisation with participation', observers say.
In a rare personal interview with Malayalam actor Mohanlal ahead of assembly elections, Kerala CM opens up about his childhood, the Emergency, and public image of a stern figure..
In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.
India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.
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