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Elites may usually dislike populist leaders globally, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeing increasing support among educated voters, international publication The Economist has said. In an article titled 'Why India's elites back Narendra Modi', the publication said, "Three factors -- class politics, economics, and elite admiration for strongman rule -- help explain why." Calling it 'the Modi paradox', The Economist said India's prime minister is often lumped together with right-wing populists such as Donald Trump, but Modi, who is expected to win a third term, is no ordinary strongman. "In most places, support for anti-establishment populists, such as Trump, and policies such as Brexit tends to be inversely correlated with university education. Not in India. Call it the Modi paradox. It helps explain why he is the most popular leader of any major democracy today," it noted. Quoting a Gallup survey, it said that in America just 26 per...

Top INDIA bloc leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray, Akhilesh Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav among others will attend a 'maharally' to be held by the AAP at the Ramlila Maidan on March 31, senior party leader Gopal Rai said on Friday. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has received the permission of the authorities concerned to hold the rally for an attendance of more than 20,000 people. It is being held in the backdrop of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's arrest, he said. The call on whether Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal will address the 'Maharally' will be taken later, Mr Rai said. Other prominent political leaders and members of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) like TMC's Derek O'Brien, DMK's Tiruchi Siva, NC's Farooq Abdullah and Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren of JMM will also attend the rally, he said. Kalpana Soren, the wife of former Jharkhand chief minis...

A red-headed vulture, a scavenger and predatory bird was released into the open sky with a satellite ring tied to its leg in the Chilla range of Rajaji Tiger Reserve, a forest official said on Thursday. "Every organism in the ecosystem has a role to play in maintaining its balance," Saket Badola, the reserve's Director, who released the bird on Wednesday, said. The satellite ring will track the bird's movements and areas frequented by it, locations or tree species it prefers to make its nest in, and the ambience it selects for breeding, Badola said. The bird was released under a programme being conducted jointly by the forest department personnel and an NGO, he said. Due to the use of banned chemicals like diclofenac, birds of prey and scavengers have been under constant threat for the last several years and their numbers have declined. Therefore, there is a great need for scientific research and study on birds of raptor class, said Badola.  (Except for the head...

Soon after AAP's lone Lok Sabha MP from Punjab and an MLA joined the BJP on Wednesday, three AAP legislators from the state claimed that they received calls offering them money to join the BJP. The Aam Aadmi Party alleged that the BJP had "again started Operation Lotus" in Punjab and was trying to break Arvind Kejriwal's party. There was no immediate reaction from the BJP on the allegations. AAP legislator from Jalalabad Jagdeep Kamboj Goldy claimed that he received a call from one Sewak Singh from an international number on Tuesday with an offer to join the BJP. Mr Kamboj told reporters that he asked the MLA to join the BJP and said, "'We will give Rs 20-25 crore'. I said I do not need it." Similar claims were made by Balluana MLA Amandeep Singh and Ludhiana South legislator Rajinder Pal Kaur Chhina. They asserted that they would not leave the party. Mr Kamboj alleged that the BJP was scared of Arvind Kejriwal and AAP. "Where they fail to ...

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's wife, Sunita Kejriwal, reached the office of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Tuesday evening to meet the AAP chief. The Rouse Avenue Court on Friday remanded Mr Kejriwal to six days of ED custody in the money laundering case related to the alleged liquor policy scam case till March 28, following his arrest on March 21. Earlier on Saturday, March 23, Sunita Kejriwal met CM Kejriwal at the ED's office. Meanwhile, the BJP has been demanding that Mr Kejriwal relinquish the chief minister's post after his arrest in connection with the liquor policy case. However, the AAP has maintained that he will run the government from ED custody. Earlier in the day, Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said that CM Kejriwal has issued a second order from the ED custody, asking him to address the shortage of medicines and diagnostic tests at mohalla clinics and hospitals in the national capital. Mr Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 by the ...

अमेरिका के मैरीलैंड राज्य के बाल्टीमोर शहर में एक कंटेनर शिप (मालवाहक जहाज) के टकराने से 3 किलोमीटर लंबा 'फ्रांसिस स्कॉट की' ब्रिज ढह गया. सिंगापुर के झंडे वाला यह कंटेनर शिप श्रीलंका की राजधानी कोलंबो जा रहा था. शिप में क्रू टीम के सभी 22 मेंबर भारतीय थे. ये सभी इस हादसे में सुरक्षित हैं. मैरीलैंड के गवर्नर ने कंटेनर शिप के क्रू टीम को हीरो बताया है. न्यूज एजेंसी AFP के मुताबिक, मैरीलैंड के गवर्नर वेस मूर ने कहा, "ये लोग हीरो हैं. उन्होंने ऐन वक्त पर अलर्ट कॉल (SOS कॉल) दिया, जिससे कई लोगों की जान बच गई." AFP की रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक मैरीलैंड के गवर्नर वेस मूर ने कहा, "सिंगापुर के झंडे वाला कंटेनर शिप 8 समुद्री मील (9 मील प्रति घंटे) की रफ्तार से आगे बढ़ रहा था. ब्रिज से टकराने के कुल मिनट पहले इसने अलर्ट कॉल जारी किया था. इससे लोगों की जान बचाने में मदद मिली, क्योंकि हमने तुरंत ब्रिज पर ट्रैफिक को रोक दिया." ये शिप मैनेजमेंट कंपनी सिनर्जी मरीन ग्रुप की थी. शिप के ब्रिज के टकराने से किसी भी तरह का प्रदूषण भी नहीं हुआ. पुल है या फिर रोलरकोस्टर, सीधे खड़े इस ब...

The Supreme Court has recently appointed an expert committee to look into the preservation of the Great Indian Bustard which is "non-negotiable" and "need for sustainable development in the context of meeting the international commitments of the country towards promoting renewable sources of energy". A bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra passed the order observing while dealing with a matter relating to protecting the Great Indian Bustard (GIB). The court has sought a report from the committee by July and listed the matter for the second week of August 2024. "We are of the view that it will be appropriate if an expert committee is appointed so as to balance both the need for the preservation of the GIB, which is non-negotiable and the need for sustainable development, more particularly, in the context of meeting the international commitments of the country towards promoting renewable sources of energy," the c...

The BJP announced the names of three candidates in Jharkhand, including Sita Soren - former JMM MLA and sister-in-law of former Chief Minister Hemant Soren - from Dumka (ST) constituency. The party on March 2 announced that sitting MP Sunil Soren, who had defeated JMM president Shibu Soren in the 2019 polls by a margin of 47,590 votes, will seek re-election from Dumka. In a blow to the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, three-term MLA and elder daughter-in-law of party patriarch Shibu Soren, Sita Soren joined the BJP on March 20 citing "isolation" and "neglect" by JMM since the death of her husband Durga Soren in 2009. Dumka will go to polls on June 1. In the two other seats of Chatra and Dhanbad, Kalicharan Singh and Dulu Mahato will contest respectively, the party announced. In Chatra, the BJP reposed faith in Kalicharan Singh denying a ticket to the sitting MP Sunil Kumar Singh who won by a margin of 3.77 lakh votes. In Dhanbad too, the party dropped sitting MP ...

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said that the BJP has kept its assurance of giving at least one Lok Sabha seat with 'winning chance' to its alliance partner Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) so that the regional party has representation in the lower House once again after 15 years. He also said the BJP will lend complete support in ensuring victory of candidates belonging to its allies, while also exhorting the partners to give similar backing to its nominees. The BJP, which leads a five-party coalition government in the state, is contesting in 11 seats, leaving two seats for AGP and one for United People's Party Liberal (UPPL), out of 14 seats in the state. Two other allies, Ganashakti and Rabha Joutha Mancha, are not fielding candidates in the Parliamentary elections. Addressing a meeting of party workers at AGP headquarters here, Mr Sarma said, "We had assured the AGP during talks on seat sharing that it will be given at least one seat with winning cha...