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With the Winter Session of Parliament due to begin its session on November 25, there is mounting panic in secular parties and in the Muslim community, which never votes for the BJP. Today, 78 years after India’s independence, Muslims are afraid they’re losing their special status and it galls them no end. It makes them feel unwanted, it angers them that the secular parties aren’t able to defeat the "communal" BJP and send Prime Minister Narendra Modi packing.

On November 14 this year, Sri Lanka will witness voting to elect a new parliament. In September, left-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the People's Liberation Front, or Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), won the presidential election. JVP is part of a 21-party alliance, the National People's Power (NPP), established in 2019. When Dissanayake was elected President, the NPP had only three members in the 225-member Parliament.

KOLKATA: Elephant count in India is in doubt. Reliable population estimation of these huge land mammal is not easy as it is often in camouflage or on the move. The government read the Union ministry of environment and forests have shelved the latest census count of the jumbos. It shows the conservation efforts in poor light.

WASHINGTON DC: If you want to see the two competing visions of the Democratic Party’s future coming out of Tuesday’s electoral catastrophe, just compare the responses to the Democrats’ thumping from Vice President Kamala Harris and Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Donald Trump’s re-entry in the White House is seen with a bated breath all over the world, especially the Muslim nations across the globe, as the world waits to see in which manner his current presidency will run. Will it be “America First” like the previous one or a rather tolerant one while dealing with the Muslim nations in particular.

Trump divides people like nobody else does. The liberal Left all over the world are united in their assessment that there would be a presidential onslaught against whatever they stand for. It is not just people who detest Trumps return; even the elements are affected. Gold is particularly allergic to Trump, as the market reaction to his victory showed on the first day itself, though cryptos went just the opposite way.

Since the end of second world war, the United Kingdom has been regarded as America’s “little brother”, a close ally through the Cold War and beyond, with shared interests and a strong transatlantic alliance. However, with the rise of new geopolitical tensions and a shift in economic power toward Asia, the Trump administration has shown signs of moving its focus from Europe to the Indo-Pacific region. In this new landscape, New Delhi has emerged as a crucial ally for the United States, particularly in terms of countering China’s influence and establishing a balance of power in Asia. As a result, India and its Prime Minister Narendra Modi are now at the forefront of America’s foreign policy, poised to receive significant backing from Washington as Trump’s administration moves to secure American interests in this increasingly vital part of the world.

TORONTO: Donald Trump has been confirmed as president-elect in the United States, where the Republicans appear to have also won a majority in the Senate and possibly the House of Representatives. Without doubt, this is the worst outcome of these elections, and not just for the people of the U.S.

International Labour Organization (ILO) is getting itself ready with its agenda at UN Climate Change Conference COP29 with its key message that just transition policies must prioritize labour rights and decent work and to highlight the critical role of social dialogue and labour protection so that no one is left behind.

‘The Elections That Surprised India’ is a book authored by a journalist who met Mahayuti minister Chaggan Bhujbal in a Nashik hotel in mid-2023 when the Nationalist Congress Party, of which Chaggan Bhujbal was a member, was still one whole and Bhujbal was out on bail after spending time behind bars in a money-laundering case lodged against him by the Enforcement Directorate.