A retort to a heckler has overtaken the substance of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s Sunday speech in Patna, shifting attention from his electoral-roll allegations to language of politics. The BJP launched nationwide protests against him on Monday. Kharge was speaking about alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls when a young […]
The heartland of India and most populous state, with over 230 million residents, Uttar Pradesh has long struggled to match the scale of its health infrastructure. A major contributor to India’s GDP, UP’s health system has failed to keep pace with the needs of its people, leaving many without access to medical care. The Doctor […]
The government spent Rs 2,586 crore on advertisements promoting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his achievements over the past five years, an RTI query revealed, with digital and social media ad spending surging more than tenfold to Rs 131.35 crore. Public expenditure on advertisements of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been a contentious issue in […]
A two-decade milestone since its founding, leaders from eleven nations gathered in New Delhi for the 18th BRICS Summit. What began in 2006 as an informal club of four large emerging economies has become something far bigger and more complicated. In 2001, economist Jim O’Neill proposed a plan that names Brazil, Russia, India, and […]
