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Is America in the grip of Christian religiosity?
By P.K.Balachandran/Daily Mirror Colombo, November 15 – Christian religiosity appears to be gaining traction in the United States partly because it is one of the defining features of President Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again (MAGA) ideology. Trump himself talks about God and Heaven. In...
Pakistanis fear entrenchment of militarism following 27 th. Amendment
Both Houses of Parliament passed the controversial 27 th. Constitutional Amendment earlier this week with the required two thirds majority even as liberals and Imran Khan’s party vehemently opposed it.
How Pakistan’s spending blitz helped win over Trump and flip US policy
As Pakistan has hired lobbyists with close ties to President Trump, it has also received favourable tariff treatment and unique access in Washington
Mamdani’s victory a challenge to the status quo
Democrats as a group swept the November 4 US polls as President Donald Trump’s ratings fell sharply
Democrats dominated the first major Election Day since President Donald Trump returned to the White House
By Sarah Naffa/New York Times New York, November 5 – Democrats dominated the first major Election Day since President Donald Trump returned to the White House. An AP Voter Poll finds that the economy was prioritized above immigration and crime at the ballot box; and...
Zohran Mamdani, a Democrat, wins the New York City mayoral race
New York, November 4 – Zohran Mamdani, Democrat, has won the New York Mayaral election held on November 4 by getting 1,036,051, or 50.4% of the votes polled. Andrew M. Cuomo, Independent, got 854,995, or 41.6% and Curtis Sliwa, Republican, got 146,137, or 7.1%. Total...
JD Vance throws Hindu wife, Usha, under the bus
By Abhishek De/India Today New Delhi, November 1- US Vice President, JD Vance, had expressed his desire that his Hindu wife, Usha Vance, embraces Christianity. It quickly spiralled into one of the biggest controversies of Vance’s political career, with several accusing him of hypocrisy and...
M.S. Swaminathan: The scientist who saved India from hunger
By, Sudha G Tilak/ BBC New Delhi, October 26 – The year was 1965. On a Sunday in Jaunti, a small village on Delhi’s outskirts, a hardened Indian farmer stretched out his hand to a visiting farm scientist. “Dr sahib, we will take up your...
Are Zohran Mamdani’s proposals the answer to inequality in the US?
Moody’s Analytics estimates that the top 10 per cent of US households now account for nearly half of all spending in the country, the highest share since the late 1980s, whilst lower-income households, stung by persistent inflation, are pulling back
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