"India counted 640 million votes in 1 day. California is still counting votes," wrote Musk on X, while sharing a screenshot of an article on Indian election vote counting.
Returning from a month-long holiday in the US, I was immediately struck by the urgency of the pollution crisis as I landed in Delhi, past midnight this week.
As President-elect Donald Trump completes his Cabinet nominations, still subject to legislative approval after January 2025, the policy intentions of his second term have become relatively clear.
The Mahayuti alliance’s landslide win in the Maharashtra Assembly elections marks a stunning comeback for the BJP and its partners.
The Jharkhand Assembly election results have delivered a resounding message about the enduring power of regional identity and welfare-oriented governance in shaping political outcomes. The JMM-led INDIA Bloc has achieved a decisive victory, securing 55 of the state’s 81 seats.
International law assumes a new economic dimension, as indeed the Russia-Ukraine war, with Friday’s decision of the European Union to approve very shortly what it calls a “phased embargo” on Russian oil.
Since last August, the Pakistani Taliban have carried out 82 attacks in Pakistan, which is more than double the number over the same period of the previous year, according to data advanced by the Pak Institute for Peace Studies.
Present-day Europe is flooded with immigrants from Africa and West Asia. Thus, it would be interesting to keep an eye on the continuing developments in the mixed French society, that might dominate the future of Europe as well.
Having done the right thing, though belatedly, by de-linking from the Rajapaksa regime and taking its seats in the Opposition as a group of Independents, the SLFP-led 11 parties Group of 40 MPs is heading in exactly the wrong direction, at the wrong time.
After months of relaxed alert levels in place, fears about a resurgence of Covid-19 cases seem to be coming true.
