She was awarded Padma Bhushan in 2023 and a Padma Shri in 2006 before that. She is married to Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy & is UK PM Rishi Sunak's mother-in-law.
He launched veiled attack on Congress-RJD alliance in Bihar, claiming NDA has ‘pushed to margins’ those who ‘indulged in dynastic rule and created terror in the minds of people.’
Eight Samajwadi Party MLAs defecting and voting for BJP Rajya Sabha candidates is nothing short of a ‘great betrayal’. Will the SP-Congress INDIA coalition, without the BSP, mount a challenge?
I believed that getting rid of secret ballots ended the menace of money-fuelled Rajya Sabha elections. But this week’s polls show that we overestimated the dignity of some of our legislators.
The Budget Session is set to convene today with the BJP pressing for division voting on the passing of the Budget after it is introduced in the assembly.
The issue of the Muslim quota has the potential to polarise SCs, STs, and OBCs along religious lines in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. It benefits the BJP.
Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
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.
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