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Three years after the virtual abrogation of Article 370 and nullification of the special status on August 5, 2019, the Modi government is continuing its efforts to reorder the electoral system in Jammu & Kashmir to suit its interests by disempowering the Muslim majority population.

Under the RSS-BJP rule the office of governors is becoming more and more undemocratic and conspiratorial. The meaning and spirit of federalism is routinely violated by these governors’ office in many parts of the country. Uninterrupted functioning of the state governments is hindered by the unjustifiable interventions of the governors. The Constitution discusses about the powers and duties of the governor elaborately. From Article 153 several provisions are incorporated by the framers of the Constitution with the proclaimed purpose of a healthy Centre-State relation. However, many a time the political agenda of those who run the show at the Centre have undermined the novel scriptures attached to the governors’ office. The tendency of powers to centralise everything, often try to make the governor as an instrument to impose its wishes.

Serena Jameka Williams, the world’s greatest tennis player, announced her retirement last week. An African American woman, Serena, along with her sister Venus, has dominated an essentially white sport—both in tennis of who played it and the audience that followed it.

At first glance, there is little that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, an Islamist and nationalist, has in common with DoguPerincek, a maverick socialist, Eurasianist, and militant secularist and Kemalist.

Big tech companies running large social media platforms prefer engaging with governments, particularly in developing countries, behind closed doors. It is rare to see them openly confronting governments in courts. However, there comes a point when pacifist posturing contradicts the core values which a company purports to uphold. An inability to stand up leads to the kind of situation Facebook finds itself in with respect to hate speech globally.

Ruling BJP and other major political parties are busy in building up the organisationsin Uttar Pradesh to face crucial Lok Sabha polls scheduled in 2024.

Things stirred in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Tuesday. Some movement forward happened. Uddhav Thackeray, who seldom ventured out of home, i.e., Matoshree or Official residence Varsha, when he was Chief Minister, and which was a major complaint against him, went to the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha, and there "chaired" a meeting of the MVA, which established the fact that the Shiv Sena President continued to be at the top of the MVA even if he hasn't been at the top of his game for months!

Spate of serial slaughter of the opposition governments by the ruling BJP has of course slowed down but the operation lotus continues to dictate the saffron establishment. Hemant Soren led coalition government in Jharkhand which barely a month back was the prime target for the serial slaughter once again features on the agenda. The only difference is the buying price for a law maker which was then around Rs 10crore has shot to Rs 20 crore. The bidders are frantically trying to break the JMM rank with no shortage of ill-gotten money at their command.

This spring, the Democratic Party’s prospects in the coming midterm congressional elections looked extremely bleak. With high inflation squeezing wallets, President Joe Biden’s approval ratings at record lows, and most of the party’s national policy agenda apparently dead in the water, a Republican sweep in November seemed likely. And the risky strategy being pursued by Democrats in some states — boosting far-right candidates in GOP primaries in the hope they’d be easier to beat in the general election — seemed like a dangerous Hail Mary from a party short on ideas.

Chennai: Gurugram’s Manu Gandas and Sri Lanka’s N Thangaraja emerged joint leaders at 11-under 133 on day two of the Impiger Technologies presents Chennai Open Golf Championship here on Wednesday.