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February 8, 2025 1:03 PM

Delhi’s Political and Electoral Journey: Tracing National Capital’s Governance Evolution

Delhi, India’s present-day National Capital, began its modern administrative and political journey in December 1911, when the British colonial government shifted the country’s capital from Kolkata to the city. Under the British Raj, Delhi was gov...

February 7, 2025 2:46 PM

Budget 2025: How It Can Propel India on The Growth Path

Less than a week after the finance minister announced the budget, the Reserve Bank of India announced a rate cut, reducing the repo rate by 25 basis points. The synchronisation between the government and the central bank ensures that the temporary di...

February 6, 2025 4:27 PM

Tracing Delhi voter turnout: From the 1951 Legislative Assembly to 2025

Delhi recorded a 60.44% voter turnout in the 2025 Assembly election, which concluded yesterday, according to revised figures released by the Election Commission of India. When compared to past electoral data, this turnout is lower than that of the pr...

February 6, 2025 9:59 AM

What challenges could Trump’s order on transgender sports participation face?

U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order aiming to keep transgender girls and women out of female sports teams comes in the midst of a long-running legal controversy. Many states have instituted similar bans in recent years, sparking legal chal...

February 5, 2025 2:56 PM

Budget 2025: A Vindication for Modi Government’s Long-Term Policies

Unshackling the nation’s economy from the global turmoil of the last four years, the finance minister, rightfully, has earned her budget headlines this year. Giving the middle class the thrust it was eyeing, the Modi Government has also found vindi...

February 3, 2025 3:43 PM

Budget 2025: Modi Government Puts Farmers First

The Modi Government presented its second complete budget of its third term and its third budget within the last twelve months. Politically, the last fifteen months have been an electoral roller-coaster for the country, and the Bharatiya Janata Party...

January 29, 2025 6:27 PM

Know why Italy’s PM Meloni got caught up in Libyan war crimes case

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has been placed under investigation over a government decision to release a Libyan police officer wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Here is the background to the case and a look at what might hap...

January 28, 2025 6:18 PM

The dynamics of U.S. foreign assistance: Continuity and change

U.S. foreign assistance has long been a cornerstone of its international relations, serving as a diplomatic tool that aligns with its global positioning as a major world power. Being one of the dominant world powers and the largest economy with a dem...

January 27, 2025 4:05 PM

Why Modi government’s SVAMITVA Yojana is a gamechanger for India’s villages?

India’s villages, in the last ten years, have witnessed an overall comprehensive development, encompassing the socio-economic welfare of its inhabitants. From toilets to tap water connections, the villages are no longer devoid of the most basic inf...

January 24, 2025 4:15 PM

How Modi government introduced DOGE a decade before Trump?

Around early 2013, the then Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi, gave a clairon call that was a precursor to his national campaign. ‘Minimum Government, Maximum Governance’ was the Chief Minister’s aspiration amd ambition for the country w...

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