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The Akal Takht’s declaring Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal a ‘tankhaiya’ on August 30 is most likely to reset the Punjab politics in general and Sikh politics in particular. In the tumultuous history of Punjab, this development is significant. Punjab may be entering a new phase of political uncertainty.

Among all Chief Ministers, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is having the most fun. He does what he feels like and Sarma struck a rich vein of support from Assam's indigenous people when he insisted that he was "CM only of some (people)". The "some" does not include "Miya Muslim", allegedly Bangladeshi infiltrators. But Sarma is the Chief Minister of indigenous Assamese Muslims.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a major political development, senior CPI(M) leader EP Jayarajan has been relieved of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) convener’s post. The decision to remove EP from the post was taken by the CPI(M) State Secretariat which met on August 30.

At Paris games, the Pakistani athlete Arshad Nadeem clinched the country’s first individual gold medal, which was also its first track-and-field medal. India’s Neeraj Chopra secured a splendid silver in the same game of Javelin throw.

India's busiest container port, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) is grappling with operational challenges that have resulted in long truck queues and delays for cargo. These disruptions are primarily attributed to a berth upgrade project at APM Terminals Mumbai, which has temporarily reduced capacity. The upgrade project, aimed at enhancing productivity and capacity, has taken one of the berths out of commission for six months. This has put immense pressure on the remaining terminals, leading to vessel bunching and increased yard inventory levels.

As the US presidential election approaches, Kamala Harris stands on the brink of making history. With approximately 70 days left in a compressed campaign, Harris is poised not only to become the first woman to ascend to the presidency but also to be the first president of Black and South Asian descent. Despite the significance of these firsts, Harris has made it clear that her identity is not the focal point of her campaign. Instead, she has chosen to transcend these aspects, focusing on broader themes of unity, patriotism, and a shared American future.

The political situation in France is in turmoil as the French President Emanuel Macron has still not issued any invitation to the Prime Ministerial candidate of the New National Front (NFP) Lucie Castets to form the new government in France. The NFP a coalition of the left parties and the socialists, has emerged as the single largest party in the July 7 national polls with 183 seats as against 163 of Macron’s Ensemble and 143 by the far right National Rally (RN) led by Marine Le Pen.

The spectre that once haunted West Germany was exorcized some thirty-five years ago as the breach in the Berlin Wall opened the way to reunification. This eradicated the spectre’s spookiest haunting grounds — the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) — and nailed it into what was hoped to be a shatterproof, Krupp-steel coffin.

The issue of caste census has finally mounted on the agenda of the Parliamentary Committee on Welfare of OBCs led by the BJP. The party has been rejecting the opposition INDIA bloc’s demand for conducting caste census in the country. It was much to the frustration of the BJP, that its chief allies in the NDA supported the demand for caste census that has lately become a very sensitive political issue.

Rahul Gandhi, Sharad Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray can't escape the noose now. The Muslim community of Maharashtra want from the Maha Vikas Aghadi their "hissedaari" in the Maharashtra Assembly, which will b be possible only if Muslims are given their share of tickets to contest the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections.