Le Pen shocked the world by reaching the 2002 presidential run-off, losing in a landslide to Jacques Chirac as voters rejected bringing the far right to power since the 1940s.
The Lok Sabha election result shows that you can’t change how people vote until you change their minds about what sort of country they want to live in.
For India, the strategic ripples are significant. The immediate concern is Pakistan’s diplomatic gain as it embeds itself deeper into the defence framework of the Middle East.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
The attack came less than a fortnight after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Manipur, his first visit since ethnic clashes erupted in the state in May 2023.
To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.
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