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Russia: President Putin to run as an “independent” in March 2024 polls

December 16, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Announcing that he will seek yet another six-year term in March 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he will “contest the elections” as an “independent” candidate. For Putin, 71, the so-called election is a formality. With the support of the state, the state-run media, and almost no mainstream public […]

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Petroleum: As the US eases sanctions, India to resume buying Venezuelan oil

December 15, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With the US easing sanctions against oil-rich Venezuela after over four years, India is ready to resume buying cheaper oil from the South American country, Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Friday. Venezuela has the world’s largest proven oil reserves and a scaling back of US sanctions on […]

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Roving Periscope: Impeachment probe begins against US President Joe Biden

December 14, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives has launched an impeachment inquiry in alleged corruption cases against President Joe Biden, 81, who is running for next year’s presidential poll as the Democrat candidate for a second term of four years. Republicans have yet to provide evidence of corruption by the President […]

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Security breach: Parliament suspends 15 MPs, seven Lok Sabha staff

December 14, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Fifteen Members of Parliament (MPs) were on Thursday suspended for unruly behavior and disrupting proceedings in their respective Houses for the remainder of the Winter Session, over Wednesday’s incident of a major security breach when two youths were arrested inside the Lok Sabha and two outside the new building of […]

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Elections: As Indian democracy blossoms, women voters to outnumber men in 2029

December 14, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Women voters are projected to outnumber men voters in 2029, according to a report from the SBI Economic Research Department (ERD). As the nation heads to the scheduled Lok Sabha elections in mid-2024, the total voter turnout at the current rate of polling can touch 68 crores, of which 49 […]

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Economy: ADB upgrades India’s GDP growth to 6.7% in FY24

December 13, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Unlike China, whose GDP growth in FY24 is expected to slow down to 4.5 percent, the Asian Development Bank (ADB has raised India’s GDP growth forecast from 6.3 percent in September to 6.7 percent now. The ADB on Wednesday said India’s economy would grow 6.7 percent in Financial Year 2023-24 […]

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Security breach: Two miscreants arrested for intruding Parliament, creating ruckus in LS

December 13, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In a serious security breach on the 22nd anniversary of the terrorist attack on Parliament, two unidentified men were arrested after they intruded on the new building, jumped from the Visitors’ Gallery into the Lok Sabha, released a yellow smoke and shouted slogans, triggering disturbance, on Wednesday. Some MPs tried […]

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Politics: Vasundhara walks in sunset as Bhajan Lal Sharma named the next Rajasthan CM

December 12, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Springing the third surprise in as many days as it picked up younger and relatively unknown faces to lead the three states it won in recent Vidhan Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday announced that Bhajan Lal Sharma will be the next Chief Minister of Rajasthan. Sharma, […]

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Roving Periscope: On J&K, sans locus standi, Pakistan barks up the wrong tree, again!

December 12, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir is the biggest industry in Pakistan–for its politicians, the army, and the media! So, immune to reasoning and logic, Pakistan continued to bark up the wrong tree, without any locus standi whatsoever, as it hysterically reacted to India’s Supreme Court upholding the Narendra Modi Government’s abrogation of […]

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Politics: Ujjain MLA Mohan Yadav is the new CM of Madhya Pradesh

December 11, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Springing yet another surprise after picking up Vishnudev Sai as the new Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh on Sunday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday elected three-time Ujjain South MLA Mohan Yadav as the next CM of Madhya Pradesh. The move is seen as a significant step by the BJP […]