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Once again the Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has shown her political supremacy and electoral prowess by making her party decisively sweep West Bengal panchayat polls in the face of stiff challenge from Narendra Modi peeping through the posters put up by the state party urging the voters to defeat Mamata and her TMC.

Since the first opposition meet in Patna on June 23, 2023, the BJP seems to be hell bent on intimidating opposition leaders with corruption cases to submission, while the political parties in opposition have augmented their unity efforts which has clearly widened in terms of their number that has grown from 17 to 24, despite split in Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Maharashtra.

Learn to put the fear of the enforcement directorate in politicians from the Modi government. Tuesday, July 11, the Supreme Court cancelled the continuing run of ED director Sanjay Kumar Mishra. But before celebrations broke, Union Home Minister Amit Shah tweeted, reminding those “rejoicing” that it was only a change of guard and not the death knell of the enforcement directorate.

The overwhelming response to the call by the Law Commission to public for recording their opinion on the proposed Uniform Civil Code shows the extent to which technology has empowered people. With only a couple of days left for the closure of the window for the public to express their views, already about 46 lakh responses have been received. While the big number is no doubt both an opportunity and a burden, it shows how technology has enabled people to participate in the process of decision making outside the traditional channels of parliamentary democracy such as through elections, which incidentally have turned out to be suffering from a lot of imperfections.

BHOPAL: In the midst of serious troubles being faced by Madhya Pradesh BJP, unscheduled visit of Home Minister Amit Shah shocked everybody in the ruling party. The party’s core committee and office bearers and MLAs were told to be present in the meeting Shah addressed.

Every journey into the cosmos requires precise calculations and meticulous planning. The celestial dance of the planets and our moon governs not just the tides and seasons, but also the launch schedules of our spaceships. Each space mission begins with the identification of a 'launch window', a specific period ripe for the voyage. As we prepare to explore the mysteries of the moon with India's upcoming lunar mission, Chandrayaan 3, we delve into the intriguing complexities of these essential launch windows.

Thounaojam Brinda was a nightmare for Manipur’s drug cartel. She ventured into remote hills and destroyed hectares of poppy plantations, and arrested many VIPs who had links with the drug mafia. When she was the ASP of Narcotics and Affairs of Border, people affectionately called her Lady Singham, drawing inspiration from the movie Singham in which a courageous police officer fights corruption and injustice. After facing political interference, Bindra resigned and later contested in the assembly polls. She returned her gallantry award after the accused in a drug case was acquitted. Excerpts from an interview:

Before Awami League came to power in 2009 under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh was known to the international community as a hotbed of notorious actions of jihadists and terrorists, while global media was projecting the country as “cocoon of terror” or “next Afghanistan”. Immediately after her swearing-in ceremony, Sheikh Hasina expressed her firm determination in fighting militancy and terrorism and free the country from the evil clutches of such notorious forces, which were posing serious threats to regional and global security.

There are so many Alan Arkin performances I love. He’s one of the rare actors who deserves the effusive tributes inspired by his death on June 30. Arkin was eighty-nine, and we’d gotten so used to him showing up in all kinds of films and television projects that it seemed a harsh blow to lose him. Such a range of roles in The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966), Wait Until Dark (1967), The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968), Catch-22 (1970), The In-Laws (1979), Edward Scissorhands (1990), The Rocketeer (1991), Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), Gattaca (1997), Slums of Beverly Hills (1998), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), Argo (2012), BoJack Horseman (2014–20), The Kominsky Method (2018–21), and lots more — even recurring sketches on the second season of Sesame Street.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to embark on a visit to France on July 13 and 14, where he will hold the distinguished position of being the guest of honour at the Bastille Day Parade. Accompanying him will be a delegation of eminent CEOs from various industries.