When British people say ‘we do pageantry like nobody else’, they are indirectly admitting that we depend disproportionately upon the past to give meaning to the present. | Jeremy Seabrook https://t.co/xHn1GduJSi
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The Underlying Sadness Beneath the Glittering Coronation of Charles and Camilla
When British people say ‘we do pageantry like nobody else’, they are indirectly admitting that we depend disproportionately upon the past to give meaning to the present.
"There is still time. Talk and be wise. The only solution to this crisis is elections. Those who can make elections happen, I appeal to them save the country by holding elections," Imran said in his address. https://t.co/TKxo99Cr5m
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Pakistan: Imran Khan Says He May Be Arrested Again as Police Surround His Residence
The move comes after the country's Army said it would prosecute those who were involved in damaging military infrastructure – in the aftermath of Khan's arrest on May 8 – under military laws.
There is no reason why party constitutions can’t have provisions to regulate leadership elections after the conclusion of general elections, and to facilitate changes in leadership at regular intervals, if required. | V. Venkatesan https://t.co/uTKAcxrhX6
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Congress’s Struggles To Choose Karnataka CM Point to a Need to Reform Party Constitutions
There is a basic inconsistency in Indian democracy: While voters in a constituency have no difficulty in accepting a successful candidate who they did not vote for, faction leaders with minority support in legislature parties don’t assume that they are bound…
It is crucial to address longstanding issues, respect history and promote dialogue and understanding between the tribal and non-tribal communities in Manipur. https://t.co/vofkKZKoih
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Manipur: To Restore Communal Harmony, There Is Need for a Separate Administration for Kuki-Zo Communities
It is crucial to address longstanding issues, respect history and promote dialogue and understanding between the tribal and non-tribal communities in Manipur.
The scenes as described are reminiscent of the circumstances in which Harry's mother, the late Princess Diana of Wales, died in Paris in 1997. https://t.co/S0X7xtzJaS
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Prince Harry, Meghan Decry 'Near Catastrophic' Paparazzi Car Chase
The scenes as described are reminiscent of the circumstances in which Harry's mother, the late Princess Diana of Wales, died in Paris in 1997.
Until yesterday, All India Congress Committee members had been divided over their choice of chief minister in Karnataka. https://t.co/BrPgpb5Eih
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Siddaramaiah to Be Karnataka CM, Shivakumar Deputy CM; Congress's Confirmation Expected Soon
Until yesterday, All India Congress Committee members had been divided over their choice of chief minister in Karnataka.
#ManipurViolence:
It is crucial to address longstanding issues, respect history and promote dialogue and understanding between the tribal and non-tribal communities, writes Sangmuan Hansing.
https://t.co/vofkKZJQsJ
It is crucial to address longstanding issues, respect history and promote dialogue and understanding between the tribal and non-tribal communities, writes Sangmuan Hansing.
https://t.co/vofkKZJQsJ
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Manipur: To Restore Communal Harmony, There Is Need for a Separate Administration for Kuki-Zo Communities
It is crucial to address longstanding issues, respect history and promote dialogue and understanding between the tribal and non-tribal communities in Manipur.
Weapons and ammunition looted from police stations during the violence, if not recovered soon, have the capacity to foment trouble, feel security forces. https://t.co/lv9D90SJz2
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Manipur: 10 MLAs Repeat 'Separate Administration' Demand; Looted Weapons Pose Concern
Weapons and ammunition looted from police stations during the violence, if not recovered soon, have the capacity to foment trouble, feel security forces.
Singh had been an active supporter of and participant in the farmers' protests that shook the Union government in 2020-21. https://t.co/zgxxNh5hHn
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Strong Condemnation From India and Abroad After ED Questions Researcher Navsharan Singh
Singh had been an active supporter of and participant in the farmers' protests that shook the Union government in 2020-21.
Will they be expunged from the canon of English literature taught in schools and colleges or will they be…adapted, suitably? A visual and satirical imagining of what may be in store. https://t.co/ymNmfjCDQu
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Time to Re-Write the Great Classics?
Will they be expunged from the canon of English literature taught in schools and colleges or will they be…adapted, suitably? A visual and satirical imagining of what may be in store.
#Humour | After tossing the Mughals out of history books, Charles Darwin out of science textbooks, and the periodic classification of elements out of science textbooks, is it now time for the great classics to meet a similar fate?
https://t.co/ymNmfjC60W
https://t.co/ymNmfjC60W
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Time to Re-Write the Great Classics?
Will they be expunged from the canon of English literature taught in schools and colleges or will they be…adapted, suitably? A visual and satirical imagining of what may be in store.
#Politics | Post the Karnataka debacle, it makes political sense for the BJP to keep Naveen Patnaik in good humour and ensure his secret support – should the need arise – after next year’s Lok Sabha polls, writes @Rubenbanerjee.
https://t.co/DaixDJ9QHR
https://t.co/DaixDJ9QHR
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Why BJP Should Be in No Mood to Disrupt its Clandestine Arrangement With BJD Now
Post the Karnataka debacle, it makes political sense for the BJP to keep Naveen Patnaik in good humour and ensure his secret support – should the need arise – after next year’s Lok Sabha polls.
.@sangbarooahpish, national affairs editor at The Wire, has won this year’s Parag Kumar Das Journalism Award. https://t.co/AqYbk6quV4
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The Wire's Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty Wins Parag Kumar Das Journalism Award
The award, given by the Parag Kumar Das Satirtha Mancha, is in memory of Das, the former editor of Assamese dailies Pratidin and Budhbar.
A US Court has granted the extradition of Pakistani-origin Canadian businessmen Tahawwur Rana to India for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. https://t.co/fozY2jUQAK
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US Government Approves Extradition of 26/11 Accused Tahawwur Rana to India
The move comes a month before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first state visit to the US.
#Politics | Nitish and Siddaramaiah practise the kind of socialism that empowers the disadvantaged sections by giving them quotas in jobs and in the political power structure, writes @NalinAnant.
https://t.co/2wlUrffWIP
https://t.co/2wlUrffWIP
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How the Cause of Social Justice Binds Nitish Kumar and Siddaramaiah Together
Nitish and Siddaramaiah practise the kind of socialism that empowers the disadvantaged sections by giving them quotas in jobs and in the political power structure.
The Supreme Court provided interim relief from arrest to Indian Youth Congress president B.V. Srinivas by granting him anticipatory bail in a case lodged by a former Assam Youth Congress member, Angkita Dutta. https://t.co/zA7zCg2Faz
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Supreme Court Grants Congress's B.V. Srinivas Interim Anticipatory Bail
The case was lodged by a former Assam Youth Congress member, Angkita Dutta, accusing Srinivas of causing her mental agony.
#Karnataka | Congress party sources have said that Siddaramaiah has emerged as the Congress’s pick for the chief minister’s post and that D.K. Shivakumar will be named deputy chief minister.
https://t.co/BrPgpb56sJ
https://t.co/BrPgpb56sJ
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Siddaramaiah to Be Karnataka CM, Shivakumar Deputy CM; Congress's Confirmation Expected Soon
Until yesterday, All India Congress Committee members had been divided over their choice of chief minister in Karnataka.
"BJP's defeat in Karnataka is the beginning of 2024," says former union minister @YashwantSinha in conversation with @khanumarfa.
Sinha also talked about the strategy of opposition and the candidate for the post of PM in the upcoming elections.
#Watch: https://t.co/JB1PM4CNbv
Sinha also talked about the strategy of opposition and the candidate for the post of PM in the upcoming elections.
#Watch: https://t.co/JB1PM4CNbv
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“कर्नाटक का चुनाव 2024 की शुरुआत है”, Yashwant Sinha ने बताया अगला चुनाव कैसे जीतेगा विपक्ष | Arfa
#arfakhanumsherwani #rahulgandhi #thewirenews #yashwantsinha #pmmodi #karnatakaassemblyelection2023 #congress #bjp #generalelection2024 #election2024
कर्नाटक विधानसभा चुनाव में बीजेपी की करारी हार पर पूर्व केंद्रीय मंत्री यशवंत सिन्हा ने बताया की यह 2024…
कर्नाटक विधानसभा चुनाव में बीजेपी की करारी हार पर पूर्व केंद्रीय मंत्री यशवंत सिन्हा ने बताया की यह 2024…
The announcement from the Rashtrapati Bhavan this morning, notifying the shifting of cabinet minister Kiren Rijiju from the Union law ministry to the Ministry of Earth Sciences is a huge surprise primarily because of its timing. | @vvenkatesan https://t.co/jTqICB58LA
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Kiren Rijiju Exits Law Ministry: Why His Tenure Is a Lesson For His Successors
A press release from Rashtrapati Bhavan announced that Rijiju has been reallocated the portfolio of Ministry of Earth Sciences, while Arjun Ram Meghwal, has been assigned the independent charge as Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice.
Human-induced climate change made April 2023 heat wave across India and Bangladesh 30 times more likely, as per a report by an international team of climate scientists as part of World Weather Attribution group published on May 17, writes @aathiperinchery
https://t.co/TRDzEj97G9
https://t.co/TRDzEj97G9
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Climate Change Made the April 2023 Heat Wave Across India 30 Times More Likely
And as the world continues to warm up, climate change will increase the chances of such an event occurring, the report said.