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Voting for elections to the assemblies of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, and Mizoram are to take place from November 7 to 30. Counting of votes will be on December 3 and by evening of the day, the results will be plain to all and sundry and the question whether the Israeli-Hamas war affected the outcomes would be known to discerning political analysts.

Slovakian national election was comfortably won by Smer (Direction), the populist social democratic party of former Prime Minister Robert Fico, with the centrist pro-European party trailing five points behind. The announcement of the results was followed by “unease in the West,” as international media reported the victory of “a pro-Moscow former PM.” In fact, the Slovak electoral system makes it virtually impossible for a party to govern alone, and ongoing negotiations between party leaders will determine the shape of the next government. But it’s already clear that Slovakia has been added to the list of “populist” electoral upsets.

Major tea growers in Assam, facing a smaller crop yield this August, fear that there could be an overall 10% drop in production over a 12 month period. Among major reasons for the decline in output are changing climatic patterns characterised by increasingly hot weather and erratic rains.

What is common in Mumbai Trans Harbour Link, the light rail transit system in Mauritius and Abu Dhabi International Airport Complex? They were built by Larsen & Toubro.

The Hamas attack, unprecedented in scale and scope, is the deadliest offensive that Israel has faced in 50 years. In the surreptitious attack what Hamas called Operation Al Aqsa Storm / Flood, Hamas more than 900 Israelis have been killed since now and at least 1500 Palestinians are killed in retaliatory Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip and on Israeli territory. Israel ministry compared the attack by Hamas with Pearl Harbour attack during World War II.

Curiously, the Hamas attack and the Israeli reprisal coincide with the 5oth anniversary of the first oil crisis, which plunged the world into an oil shock of unprecedented proportions, causing energy prices to skyrocket and leading to fuel shortages, particularly in the United States. And by all indications, the results of the present conflict may be far less biting than the 1973 crisis.

India has recorded around 878 cases of hate speech and hate crime under the RSS Pariwar union government from 2014 to December 31, 2022. Of this, cases of hate speech were 54 percent and hate crime 46 percent. During the period, highest number of cases was recorded in 2017. Hindutva groups are the core facilitators of hate speeches and hate crimes in India. Groups of killers do not formulate spontaneously, and enumeration through inflammatory public speeches has always preceded mass violence. There is no official data on hate speeches and hate crimes maintained by the NCRB, (National Crime Records Bureau). However, human rights related social research organisations and foreign human rights watchdogs have compiled data on such crimes.

New Delhi: Chirag Shetty-Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, on Tuesday earned the distinction of becoming the first Indian doubles pair in history to take the world No. 1 spot, according to the latest BWF World Rankings.

New Delhi: India Hockey team captain Harmanpreet Singh on Tuesday promised a much better showing in next year's Paris Olympic Games saying, "We have time, we will work on the areas where we need to improve upon and we will do our best to convert the Olympic Bronze to Gold."

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hailed Indian athletes' performance in the Asian Games saying "You have done country proud".