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No constitutional democracy can sustain without a constitutional dialogue between the non-judicial forces.

Renewed controversy over Saudi ownership of English Premier League club Newcastle United suggests the kind of opposition the kingdom may encounter as it bids for hosting rights to multiple global and regional sporting mega events.

Less than a month ahead of the assembly elections in Karnataka scheduled on May 10, the state unit of the BJP is vertically split between the loyalists and turncoats and between believers and nonbelievers of Hindutva. While the turncoats through their patrons at Delhi have been striving hard to side-line the loyalists, the nonbelievers in the RSS political line of Hindutva are raising their accusing fingers at the hardliners for deepening the communal schism just ahead of the polls. They even argue that some of the possible contestants enjoying the patronage of the believers were simply alienating the common people away from the BJP.

On April 4, citizen Trump surrendered, formally arrested and arraigned in a mundane court room on the 15th floor of Manhattan Criminal Court in New York .He was spared of procedural mug shot and handcuff as a courtesy to a former president. And with this, 'a new, dangerous chapter of his confrontation with American norms was underway.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, before she left for the United States to defend the Narendra Modi government on a number of charges levelled against the nine-year-old government, spent some time in poll-bound Karnataka and explained the special bond her party and her government shared with the state and its people. Ms. Sitharaman spoke of the “BJP’s attachment and concerns” for Karnataka; she could have added "in this election year".

The bi-annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in Washington when the policy wonks of these institutions for meet with finance ministers of the participating countries are important occasions for findings solutions to the world’s economic ills.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in for a couple of 2024 surprises when the country goes for yet another general election. The surprises will come courtesy the hardcore cache of the Hindu electorate that the BJP and the Modi government have been taking for granted during the course of Prime Minister Modi’s second term. There is a silent retaliation waiting to blow the BJP’s chances of a cool third-time majority in a row. Those who have spread their tentacles wide and deep into the sanatani Hindu’s psyche have felt the BJP’s slide from grace.

No stranger to intra-party squabbles, BJP leaders of West Bengal unit have often differed over internal matters of the party. But fissures are now discernible in the state saffron camp leadership over actions of governor, CV Anand Bose in the recent communal violence which erupted in the state.

Indian children have fundamental right to education and the number of incidences of violation has crossed 12.5 lakhs in the form of out of school students during the education session 2022-23 just ended. Equity and inclusion thus remain important issues, apart from quality and relevance of the India’s education system that is needed to equip our children with education and skills they need to thrive in their life in a fast changing world.

Ten national governments of Latin America including a few left wing regimes are having discussions to evolve a common strategy in dealing with the economic issues facing the countries. Most of the countries are facing the problem of high prices of essential commodities and there are areas in the economy dominated by the multinational corporations.