While holding simultaneous elections may be economically viable, the opposition may have a point that the Modi government could be ignoring the citizens’ right to remove non-performing governments’.
Criticism comes in wake of Ram Nath Kovind-led panel advocating for ‘one nation, one election’ in its report submitted to President Droupadi Murmu Thursday.
Part of BJP’s poll promise of electoral reforms, theory aims for simultaneous LS & assembly elections. Panel to submit recommendations at the earliest, no time frame given.
BJP-led NDA is now 1.2% away from the majority mark, compared to just 0.05% in July 2021. But sometimes-friendly parties like Jagan's YSRCP & Naveen Patnaik's BJD could fill gap.
The invitation comes amid tensions between Delhi and Dhaka over the communal violence in Bangladesh during Durga Puja this month. India hasn’t confirmed the visit.
PM Narendra Modi received Mette Frederiksen and Bo Tengberg, her husband, at Rashtrapati Bhavan Saturday. Frederiksen is scheduled to interact with think-tanks, students and members of civil society.
The sanitation worker’s house in the Presidential Estate has been disinfected and sealed, and 25 families living in close contact have been quarantined.
The lesson we seem to have learnt is that we should not bother with exporting goods if our remittances and service exports can help us keep our current account deficit modest.
Post-2022 as AI has spread in developed economies, it is leading to another round of polarisation—the middle class jobs are being lost in offices rather than in factories.
The fifth S-400 air defence system is undergoing various stages of production trials, and will be delivered by November-December this year, it is learnt.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
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