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Rahul Gandhi faces a tough battle in Rae Bareli where he locks horn with local strongman Dinesh Pratap Singh of the BJP. For every boundary that is breached in politics; there is a homecoming; for every leap into the unknown, a fallback into the comfort of the old. It is the memory of that solace that seeps through the faded yellow brick walls latched onto brown doors that run around a large courtyard at Gurujikaghar.

BHOPAL: Concern is being expressed, both in political and official circles over the drop in voting percentage while final picture yet to emerge. It is estimated that polling was better in rural areas while there was marked apathy in urban areas. The apathy was so acute that 40 percent of Indore did not ever turn up at polling booth. Indore always used to record heavy polling in last elections. It was however noted that constituencies where clash between candidates was sharp recorded better polling. Another factor was that the constituencies where voting was on caste basis percentage was impressive.

Diaspora Jews, Palestinian Israelis, and Turkish Kurds have more in common than meets the eye. The similarities in how the three minority communities define themselves offer insights into what will make either a one- or two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict viable. To be sure, it’s hard to see, amid the Gaza carnage and Israel’s blinded and traumatised view of future relations with the Palestinians, how the two communities could live with each other or side by side.

NEW YORK: So many bombs, tank shells, bullets, drones, and warplanes have been shipped to Israel by the United States Government in the months since October 7— last year and over the last several decades—that if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right government want to destroy Rafah and exterminate its Palestinian inhabitants, they could do so. They have more than enough armaments for the job.

The first four phases of Lok Sabha election 2024 concluded on May 13, has brought serious level of anxiety in BJP leadership, chiefly PM Narendra Modi, who is seeking re-election for his third term. Contrary to his great hope on Hindi heartland, the party did not perform so well as to even retain its seats in the poll held in 132 constituencies in first four phases. Election would be held for the rest 94 seats in this region in the next three phases, where the party is facing ever mounting challenges from the allies of INDIA bloc.

On Monday May 13, the Indian government, led by Narendra Modi, announced the signing of a 10-year agreement with Iran to enhance cooperation in the development and operation of the port of Chabahar. This move aims to strengthen India's ties with Iran, an important country in the Middle East.

Being by far the largest owner of steelmaking capacity in the world and what automatically follows the biggest producer, consumer and exporter of the ferrous metal, China will perforce leave a significant impact on the global working of the industry in all situations. According to the OECD Steel Committee, the world steel capacity rose 57m tonnes in 2023, marking the sharpest increase in a decade to 2.498bn tonnes. Accurate capacity data about China may not be available since there are producers in the unorganized sector whose operation is enveloped in obfuscation. But even then a safe guess is the world’s second largest economy had steelmaking capacity of around 1.35bn tonnes by the end of 2023.

What does a dictator sound like? Germany-based YouTuber and Social Media influencer Dhruv Rathee is an expert on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who he labelled ‘Dictator’, garnering over 50 million views and loads of dollars in the bargain. Modi is Member of Parliament from Varanasi and Modi’s Social Media outreach puts Rathee in the deep shadows but Rathee has the aura of a ‘dictator-killer’ which is what the opposition INDI-Alliance likes best about Social Media.

LUCKNOW: All eyes are now focused on Rae Bareli and Amethi Lok Sabha constituencies going to poll with 12 others including Lucknow on May 20. Rae Bareli assumed importance since Rahul Gandhi is contesting against Dinesh Pratap Singh of BJP after lot of uncertainty.

KOLKATA: In any election campaign, it is customary for a candidate to speak of his/her party's past achievements in that constituency. Not so in Hooghly of West Bengal , where Singur is located though the agitation of Trinamool Congress to drive away a small car project from multi crop farm land helped TMC gain a foothold in state politics.