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Cautious optimism fraught with challenges has been ushered in South Africa post President Cyril Ramaphosa forming a coalition government. The new government has economic and social rejuvenation high on its agenda with the inclusion of Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen and other Opposition parties.

The non-Hindu people in Hindustan “must either adopt the Hindu culture and language, […] must entertain no idea but those of the glorification of Hindu race and culture, […] or (they) may stay in the country, wholly subordinated to the Hindu nation, claiming nothing, deserving no privilege, far less any preferential treatment – not even citizen’s right”.

The last one week has brought such a change in Jharkhand politics that BJP has never expected. Former Chief Minister Hemant Soren is out on bail, and leading the INDIA bloc again from the front, much to the frustration of the BJP leadership. Election to the 81 member Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha is to be completed before January 5, 2025, the date on which the term of the House is to expire, which may be held sooner by 2024 end.

The first short session of the 18th Lok Sabha has just ended with the third time Prime Minister Narendra Modi giving the impression once again that nothing different happened in the Lok Sabha elections 2024, he remains the same unvanquished leader of the majority party BJP like he was after the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Modi behaved in the same manner to the opposition in this short session and his reply in Lok Sabha to the debate in President's address made it clear that he remains the same majoritarian leader and not the Prime Minister of the entire nation.

It was a shaken and short of self confidence Narendra Modi on July 2 in Parliament.. Notwithstanding being insipid and incoherent, his reply to motion on President’s speech was purely an attempt to gain back his aura of “Political Invincibility”, which unfortunately he could not accomplish. Modi having the reputation of a flawless orator and articulator of ideas, was falling short of words to convey his mind. He was seen faltering and getting stuck up midway. Unlike his earlier speeches, on Tuesday , he read out from the script with frequently sipping water kept on his desk, after every couple of sentences.

The RSS hints at the course correction from the BJP and Modi government 3.0, which it wants to be reflected in the choice of new party president.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took his reply to the motion of thanks to the President's address to the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday after a day of holding forth in the Lok Sabha. The opposition sought to drown Modi’s voice in the din of constant sloganeering. The Prime Minister did not let the noise get under his skin – allow the unending interruptions to spoil his day out in the Rajya Sabha.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's use of ‘balak budhi’ to describe Rahul Gandhi during the debate on the President’s address to parliament may be seen may be seen as an NDA-complaint derivative of the derisive ‘Pappu’ jibe used by BJP leaders in the early phases of the Gandhi scion’s political career. The new term, crafted to denigrate Rahul Gandhi, carries unmistakable echoes of the past era when the BJP coined the derogatory ‘Pappu’ usage to ridicule him during his early political forays.

MEXICO CITY: Scarcely a month has passed since the general elections in Mexico, and despite calling for a recount which no-one except hard-core conservatives takes seriously (when you’re trounced two to one the only rational reaction is to examine the reasons for your failure), the opposition coalition has yet to come up with a coherent strategy.

For the first time in his ten-year rule, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, proclaimed to be the super-leader to shape the destiny of India, wore a pitiable, visibly shaken and dejected look sitting in the front row of the treasury benches in Lok Sabha, while Rahul Gandhi, who has been assigned the constitutional task of being the Leader of Opposition, shredded his assiduously-built and nurtured-at-massive-cost image of ‘Hindu Hridaya Samrat’.