Sharp right turn of poll trends
Wilders’ Party for Freedom (PVV) ended up with 23.6 per cent of the vote and 37 seats in a 150-member parliament.
Wilders’ Party for Freedom (PVV) ended up with 23.6 per cent of the vote and 37 seats in a 150-member parliament.
Those who have high hopes from the 28th Climate Summit at Dubai may be motivated by making the most of the opportunities offered by the most important annual gathering on this issue of critical importance.
During the challenge presented by the tunnel collapsed in Uttarakhand, an unaexpected group emerged as the heroes ~ the so-called “rat-hole miners.”
Relentless bombing of Gaza by Israel has wrought havoc. According to Palestinian health officials more than several thousand civilians have been killed due to indiscriminate Israeli bombing and many of them are women and children.
In the midst of conflicts and competition, development cooperation suffered, impeding progress. Assuming the G20 Chair, India sought to offer the world an alternative to status quo, a shift from a GDP-centric to human-centric progress. India aimed to remind the world of what unites us, rather than what divides us.
At all times, the bureaucrat must remain connected to the ground and not allow her advice and decisions to be influenced by vested interests or political pressure. The Indian ship is too big for sudden course corrections. Each decision for major change has to be extensively and painstakingly discussed with all stakeholders. Only when a consensus is available should major changes be made.
Professional bodies should not utilise their autonomy to counter the normal challenges of global integration and it is illogical to have a totally protected profession in an environment of global industrial integration.
That the issue of Chinese incursions into Nepalese territory was first raised very forcefully by a Nepali Congress legislator from the Karnali Provincial Assembly is in itself significant.
By evening the Taliban had seized the “Arg”, the presidential palace that is Afghanistan’s historic seat of power.
The reduction in violence and the increase in tourist inflows did not last long due to the failure of the elite ~ both political and administrative ~ to meet the expectations of the people as they were more interested in clinging on to power. Matters were made worse by the skewed development policies pursued by successive governments.
