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Donald Trump’s re-election as U.S. President could have a big impact on India-US relations, especially in areas like technology, chips, and semiconductors. As he begins his second term on January 20 next year ,, both countries will face a mix of opportunities and challenges that could shape their tech and economic ties in new ways.

Bengal, earlier known as the state for bandhs by the labour, has attained a prime position for doing business among the states in the country. The state which a decade back was most despised by the leading industrialists as well as academics and political leaders and was derided as a state with no hope for resurrection of industrial and business activities, has been acknowledged by a recent survey of SKOCH as the country's "new IT capital".

'Hindu-Muslim' is a post-2014 phenomenon. Now, there is the allegation that India is looking at Bangladesh through a “Hindu lens”, instead of looking at Bangladesh through a “Muslim lens.” The critic forgets that Bangladesh is looking at India through a “Muslim lens” and that there is an undeclared war between India and Bangladesh. Also, Pakistan is taking advantage even as the minority Hindus in Bangladesh are being subjected to untold miseries. Rape. Murder. Abduction. Religious Persecution. And imprisonment.

LONDON: The crisis of continuity liberalism engulfing France applies in Britain too. Our government may not have fallen, but unless it changes course it will, as soon as it has to face the electorate. President Emmanuel Macron is in denial. Addressing the French on Thursday night, he blamed everyone but himself for the collapse of the Michel Barnier government: an unholy alliance of far left and far right had conspired to defeat the centre.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit India at the time of his visit to the BRICS summit at Kazan in Russia in October this year. This was immediately accepted by President Putin and in the last six weeks since the Kazan conclave on October 22-23 this year, the Russian foreign ministry came out officially twice with the statement about the Russian President’s India visit and why this was very significant for the boosting of bilateral relations.

On December 6, 1992, exactly 32 years ago, Babri Mosque at Ayodhya was demolished. On November 9, 2019, a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India delivered a verdict for building Ram Temple at the demolition site. Ram Temple was inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi on January 22, 2024. Now, many other Mosques and Dargahs (Muslim places of worship) have become new targets, creating great communal tensions and disharmony between Hindus and Muslims across the country, contrary to the expectations rose from the Ayodhya Verdict.

A debate among economists and policy wonks was raging about the deceleration of the Indian economy and rising price line particularly in the context of the forthcoming monetary policy of the Reserve Bank of India.

Devendra Fadnavis as Maharashtra Chief Minister for a third term underscores the man’s importance to the Bharatiya Janata Party. But why is Fadnavis a greater pick than several others who could have staked claim for the top post? The answer must lie in the fact that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was very, very pleased Fadnavis got his due. In 2019, Fadnavis had agreed to play second fiddle to Eknath Shinde for the BJP's sake and here was Shinde refusing to let go till the last few hours left.

France landed on Wednesday night once again into a deeper political crisis after a no-confidence vote brought down the government, ending the beleaguered minority coalition of the conservative Prime Minister Michel Barnier propped up by the far right National Rally (RN) after only three months.

The continuous attacks on Hindus and other minorities like Buddhists in Bangladesh are causing widespread concern. Consequent to the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government in the first week of August after a mass movement, it was expected that the end of her authoritarian rule would usher in a more democratic system in Bangladesh. However, in the chaos of the first few days, reports of attacks on some Hindu temples and houses of the minority community emerged across the country. The chief advisor of the interim government, Muhammad Yunus, had at that time assured that minorities would be protected. But incidents have occurred in the period since then. So far, there have been 2,000 documented acts of violence and at least nine members of minority community have been killed.