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Inaccessibility and Arrogance marked BRS supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao’s rule in Telangana in the last term. KCR hardly made a public appearance or met voters. This added to the perception that the government was becoming arrogant and taking voters for granted. Dissent of any kind was put down with iron hand. It worsened his image.

Venezuela’s National Assembly on December 6 began deliberation on President Nicolás Maduro’s plan for incorporating Essequibo into the Venezuelan nation. The region lying between Guyana to the East and Venezuela to the West has long been claimed by both nations.

New Delhi: In an edge of the seat encounter, two-time champion India staged a stunning come from behind victory as they piped Netherlands 4-3 to storm into, the semi-finals of the Hockey Junior World Cup at the National Hockey Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Thursday.

Supreme Court upholding abrogation of Article 370 in its verdict on December 11 has multifaceted implications. For Mehbooba Mufti if it was not the defeat of Kashmiris but of the idea of India, it was certainly not a defeat for Kashmir and Its cultural ethos, the Kashmiriyat. Instead it was a setback to the devious plan of RSS, BJP and saffron ecosystem, especially of Narendra Modi.

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and National Stock Exchange spearheaded Indian stock market has unmistakably remained under the spell of bulls, occasional corrections in some odd sessions always more than made good afterwards notwithstanding. To the delight of who came in early, the S&P BSE Sensex beat the magical 70,000 barrier for some time on Monday while the Nifty 50 took a leap beyond 21,000 and then settled lower at 20,997. Today on December 12, once again it crossed 21,000. The leap of faith in Indian stocks despite two conflicts with serious global ramifications – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Israeli stubbornness to punish the Palestinians to no end – that have potential to take further uglier turns, is remarkable.

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati's decision to anoint her nephew Akash Anand as her political successor and to suspend party MP Danish Ali were almost simultaneous. Apparently unconnected, the two incidents raise some questions whose replies spell adverse political fallouts for BSP, come 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

COP28 draft negotiation text released on reduction of fossil fuel has generated great criticism and fury, since it stops short of phasing out fossil fuels, and therefore no agreement was reached within the deadline. Negotiators are now awaiting new text, talks continue beyond the deadline, but there is no sign that an agreement acceptable for all parties could be reached.

BHOPAL: By naming Mohan Yadav as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sprang a second surprise in the context of Vidhan Sabha elections. The first surprise was when he asked three Union Ministers and four MPs to resign and contest Vidhan Sabha elections. The Union Ministers were Narendra Singh Tomar, Prahlad Patel and Faggan Singh Kulsate and MPs were Rakesh Singh, Ganesh Singh, Riti Pathak and Uday Pratap Singh, besides Kailash Vijayvargiya who is non-MP.

Three-terms in a row and knowing well that he faced the axe, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan thought long and short and took the dive for Prime Minister Narendra Modi who dumped him to safeguard his own future. Modi fought on his own "name and face" to guarantee a third-time for himself for which Chouhan worked hard. Now, just as expected, Modi made an unknown the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and Modi-friendly media are calling it another ‘Modi-masterstroke'.

The Egyptian presidential election is set to occur over a three-day period that began on Sunday (December 10, 2023). From December 1-3, non-resident Egyptians had cast their votes at 121 of the country’s embassies and consulates globally.