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November 4, 2024, the last day for withdrawal of nominations for the Vidhan Sabha Election in Maharashtra is marked by Election Commission of India’s (EC’s) orders of transfer of Maharashtra DGP and asking the chief secretary to send a panel of names of three IPS officers by 1 PM on November 5 for appointing new DGP. EC has acted after Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) complaint, but the opposition is still worried over the misuse of power by NDA government in the state led by Shiv Sena (Shinde), even though Chief Election Commissioner has warned officials during the review meetings to remain impartial and also be perceived to be non-partisan during the elections.

Once again, with elections to Jharkhand assembly knocking at the door, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has fired his salvo of lies, with the promise to introduce uniform civil code (UCC) for the state while exempting tribal communities from its implementation, once it comes to power. Having mastered the art of speaking untruths in the party interests, Shah used the illegal Bangladeshi immigration as the whipping chip to arouse communal feeling and polarise the Hindu voters before the two phase assembly polls on November 13 and November 20 this year.

The election of Kemi Badenoch, as the new leader of Britain’s Conservative Party seems to have rattled not just the common public but even the diehard Tories. But this should also be seen as the last-ditch efforts by the Conservatives to revive the party’s fortunes to take on the ruling Labour Party.

After Partition, some Muslims remained in India, choosing not to go to Pakistan. Since then, Indian Muslims never tired of stating “we remained in India out of our own choice”. Today, after 78 I-Days, they say, “Ye Desh Kisi Ka Baap Ka Nahi hai!” It would be foolish to question them. Especially, when there is a Muslim Waqf Board and the board lays claim to over 9 lakh acre of India’s landmass.

The American Presidential Election 2024 has come to its final moments, with polling slated to take place in less than 24 hours. It's either Kamala Harris of the Democratic Party or Donald Trump of the Republican Party who will be the next US president, arguably the most powerful executive across the global political firmament.

The declaration of the recently ended 16th summit of the BRICS (now expanded BRICS) has several points for which the developing and least developed countries have been aspiring for many decades. Even though colonization through direct military control by the erstwhile colonial powers has largely ended, the grievances of these countries continue as the imperial powers have evolved new methods to exert their control. Only a few decades ago the possibilities of non-capitalist path of development appeared real. The situation has however changed. After the collapse of Soviet Union the imperialism has become powerful and dictating the world economically as well as militarily.

The tenure of Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who is set to succeed Justice D Y Chandrachud as the new Chief Justice of India, is too short to become a pivotal phase and as such promises more continuity than breaking new ground. At the same time, his nuanced perspectives and unwavering commitment to justice, individual rights, transparency, and the preservation of constitutional principles are expected to find further expression.

One third of the working-age persons of the world aged 15 or older outside the labour force in 2023were engaged in unpaid care work, while in India they were 54.1 per cent, the new estimates presented in the ILO Statistical brief revealed. The share of women in India in unpaid care work is 53 per cent while it is only 1.1 per cent for men.

Rajya Sabha MP and BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi addressed a presser on Saturday, November 2, and wound up the proceedings with "Pradhan Mantri ki jo soch hai, wohi Bharatiya Janata Party ki bhi soch hai." Trivedi's inadvertent disclosure of who lords over the BJP, lock, stock and barrel, came even as the BJP has begun preparations to elect a new party president, the deadline for which is by the last week of December 2024.

Saffron ecosystem apparently has been pursuing two sets of parallel strategies towards Rahul Gandhi. While proponent of one intent is as usual Narendra Modi who has revived his old style of accusation against him and is not tired of saying that ghost of hatred has entered today's Congress; spirit of patriotism has died in today's Congress; Congress is run by the people of Tukde Tukde Gang and Congress means lies, deception and dishonesty; on the other, the top leaders of RSS are desperate to meet Rahul Gandhi and discuss the prevailing political situation with him.