As pundits, politicians and public commentators intensely debate the election results, I caution against hyperbole and overinterpretation of what was, in reality, a close race, though the margin of victory looks wider than it actually is, due to the special quirk of the electoral college system.
Justice Sanjiv Khanna assumed office as the 51st Chief Justice of India on Monday, following Justice DY Chandrachud’s tenure. The oath of office was administered by President Droupadi Murmu in a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
The victorious Trump camp is touting its newfound “historic” mandate while the dejected Harris camp accuses the country of being “racist and sexist” for letting them down. Both are untrue. Trump won with 295 electoral votes to Harris’ 226. A solid victory, but hardly a landslide.
As the world focuses on the United Nations’ upcoming Conference of Parties (COP 29) which begins tomorrow, The Statesman looks at environmental issues closer home.
Readers that only know Shinie Antony for her witty, often whimsical, pieces in the national newspapers would be amazed at her expertise in the Old Testament, Septuagint, the Hebrew Bible, the Synoptic Gospels and Apocryphal, Jewish magical and Kabbalistic sources that did not find their way into the Biblical canon, apart from her striking eloquence for female assertion and empowerment. Her learning is combined here with an evocative and vigorous, even uncompromising, writing style.
In a bid to revive history, Bhraman Adda and Bhadreshwar Municipality in Hooghly district have taken a major step to revive a haat at Srimani Ghat every Wednesday.
While earlier, the political enmity was by and large black and white with only a few strands of grey here and there, currently the status has changed unequivocally to “it’s complicated” to use social media lingo.
Designed by the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, the Bharat Pavilion is christened The Sutradhara for depicting this year’s theme of “Create in India” which highlights India’s dedication to promoting its cinematic heritage and enhancing international collaborations.
Almost 1.4 million people (one-third of the population) live in the slum areas that surround Kolkata.
There are artistes, who do it for a living, and some do it out of love. For music-loving Kolkata, the art is steadily gaining an audience and artistes too.
