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Will somebody tell Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi that ‘Devta’ is ‘God’ in many Indian languages and that is the only “true transparency” that he should see through? Rahul Gandhi is on a tour of the USA and some of his utterances barely make a connection with Indians even if Indian Americans at “Rahul Events” in the USA are lapping up his spiritual takes on politics as if he is the “Next Gandhi!”

Following its landslide victory in Mexico’s presidential elections, the MORENA coalition is wasting no time in getting to work. Even before president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum takes office on October 1, the new Congress is taking up a package of constitutional amendments proposed by outgoing president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), flexing the muscle of a two-thirds qualified majority that allows the president’s party to pass such measures virtually on its own. And the first one up is already drawing the ire of corporate media and foreign powers alike: a judicial reform requiring direct, democratic elections for the entire federal judiciary.

Bangladesh Interim Head Dr. Muhammad Yunus has invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for talks in New York in the last week of September when both of them will be attending the session of United Nations general assembly .So far, there has been no response from the Indian Government sources. In fact, there is silence from the South Block on this issue.

The oil price decontrol — at first, the retail prices of petrol by the Manmohan Singh-led government in 2010 and, thereafter, diesel prices by the Narendra Modi-led government in 2015 – to link the local retail market prices with global price trends seems to be meant more to mislead the general public and direct consumers than for any honest purpose. Over the years, it is noticed that retail oil prices are often raised quickly whenever the crude oil prices in the global market firm up. The country is almost 87 percent dependent on imported oil. The retail oil prices are rarely reduced when import prices drop, even over a significant period of time. The prices of petrol and diesel account for the biggest source of tax revenue and levies of the central and state governments. There lies the rub. Very diligently, petroleum has been kept outside the purview of the Goods and Services Tax (GST).

Who will emerge victorious in Haryana's upcoming assembly polls? Will the ruling BJP retain the state, or will the resurgent Congress seize the opportunity to win? The nation is watching as the results of the impending polls in Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Jammu, and Kashmir will shape these states' future and significantly impact the national political landscape.

Sri Lanka will hold its presidential election on September 21, 2024, in which 17 million people out of its total population of 22 million will vote. As Sri Lanka goes for the election, foreign news analysts believe the country will choose “new vision, bold reforms and steady leadership.”

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The carping critics of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government – the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) - have ended up with egg on their faces, and are desperately running for cover to hide their acute embarrassment!

A big chunk of Texans now know that Rahul Gandhi is "not a Pappu". On the contrary, Rahul Gandhi is "highly intelligent and highly educated." And, as far as Rahul Gandhi is concerned, there is no BJP and RSS ‘Mohabbat Ka Dukaan’ franchise. Indian Overseas Congress president, the Indian-American occasional anthropologist, Sam Pitroda, introduced India's Leader of Opposition to Texan students and Indian-Americans.

KOLKATA: For the Trinamool Congress (TMC), troubles continue unabated at the national level apart from West Bengal. . Universally condemned over the unfortunate rape and death of a young lady doctor at a Government-run Kolkata hospital, the TMC has suffered a further loss of face over the resignation of its state president in Assam, the veteran Mr Ripun Bora.

LUCKNOW: An aggressive Akhilesh Yadav is taking head on with chief minister Yogi Adityanath and his government in Uttar Pradesh on the issue of poor governance of BJP government in the state.