TRENDS
India's top narcotics cop: Drug trafficking and use have increased significantly
Narcotics Control Bureau DDG (Operations) Sanjay Kumar Singh tells MoneyControl in an interview that around 100 million Indians consume drugs such as heroin and cocaine. After COVID-19 outbreak, drug traffickers have invented new methods to beat law enforcers and are even using drones for shipments, the 1996-batch IPS officer says.
POLITICS
Election for the next President of India to be held on July 18, counting on July 21
The term of the current President Ram Nath Kovind ends on July 24.
POLITICS
Rampur, Azamgarh LS bypoll | Popularity test for BJP, battle of prestige for SP
The Congress has decided to stay away from the by-polls in both seats. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is skipping Rampur but has fielded a candidate in Azamgarh, which some believe is aimed at helping the BJP
POLITICS
Election Commission to explore possibility of remote voting for migrant voters on pilot basis
A committee would be set up to examine the issues of migrant voters, the commission said. A wider consultation would be started with voters and political parties thereafter since they are the primary stakeholders.
POLITICS
'Resort politics’ returns ahead of crucial Rajya Sabha elections on June 10
The Congress and the BJP are camping their MLAs in resorts to prevent them being poached. Elections to 57 Rajya Sabha seats, across 15 states and Union territories, were scheduled for June 10. Since 41 candidates have already been elected unopposed, polls will be held only for 16 seats now.
POLITICS
How I-PAC changed nature of election campaigning in India
What sets I-PAC apart is its vast network of foot soldiers, or field workers, and the ability to glean a thorough understanding of issues on the ground. With targets for each constituency in a state, volunteers go straight to the village and booth level to enrich I-PAC’s insights into the social and political ecosystem.
POLITICS
Former Congress leader Hardik Patel joins BJP ahead of Gujarat polls
Ahead of his formal BJP entry, the 18-year-old leader from Gujarat, who quit the Congress last month, said he was going to start a new chapter and will work as a small soldier in the service of nation under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi
POLITICS
Explained: The National Herald case and involvement of Gandhi family
The case dates back to 2012 when a first complaint was filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy in a trial court alleging financial irregularities by Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and others, during the acquisition of Associated Journals Limited (AJL) – the publisher of National Herald newspaper – by the Gandhi family-owned Young Indian Pvt Ltd (YIL) in 2010
POLITICS
Nitish Kumar’s Rajya Sabha snub puts a question mark over RCP Singh’s political future
Singh’s Rajya Sabha term ends on July 7. Singh has to get elected to either the Rajya Sabha or the Lok Sabha in six months to continue as a Union minister. Singh must now be regretting that day in 2021, when he allegedly included his name in the JD(U) list for a cabinet berth, without consulting Nitish Kumar
TECHNOLOGY
We are making technology available to masses, says PM Modi at country's biggest drone festival
As many as 1600 delegates comprising government officials, diplomats, armed forces, central armed police forces, PSUs, private companies and drone startups are expected to participate in the two-day event
POLITICS
Modi Govt @ 8 : How the BJP’s dominance changed the political landscape of India
Today, the BJP and its NDA allies govern 17 states, covering an estimated 44 per cent of the country's territory and 49.6 percent of its population
POLITICS
Presidential Polls or 2024 general elections? What is behind KCR’s meetings with Opposition leaders
K Chandrashekar Rao, popularly known as KCR, is on a national tour in which he is meeting like-minded regional political leaders ahead of presidential polls scheduled in July and general elections in 2024
POLITICS
People expect us to deliver, don't lose focus: PM Modi's mantra to BJP workers
In his virtual address to the party workers who had assembled in Jaipur, PM Modi also pitched for inducting people from all sections into the BJP and strive for achieving goals set for the next 25 years along with consistently working for fulfilling the aspirations of people
POLITICS
AG Perarivalan Release: Congress says deeply pained but ally Stalin differs, calling it historic
The DMK is one of the closest allies of the Congress and the two parties contested 2021 Tamil Nadu assembly polls together. The differing stance comes days after Rahul Gandhi’s remarks about regional parties' inability to fight the battle of ideology
POLITICS
Hardik Patel to switch parties | Why Congress's loss is BJP's gain in poll-bound Gujarat
Twenty-eight-year old Patel, who rose to prominence in 2015 when he spearheaded a powerful agitation for quotas in jobs and education for his Patidar caste, will join the BJP on June 2
POLITICS
Congress' Chintan Shivir | Hindutva to leadership issues, some unanswered questions remain
Among the major takeaways from the session were the thrust on re-establishing the lost connect with people and a resolution to take up organisational reforms, including ‘one-family-one-ticket’ and fielding those below 50 years of age in half of the seats from 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
INDIA
Explained: How climate change is linked to heatwave as mercury breaches 49 degree mark in north India
Climate change is not only raising temperatures and making India’s heatwaves more intense, it is also changing weather patterns that, in turn, are driving dangerous heat extremes, say experts
POLITICS
Not enough that I should rest now : PM Modi hints at another term
Recalling an opposition leader's observation that becoming PM twice was enough accomplishment. PM Modi said that, “he does not know that this Modi is made of something else.”
POLITICS
Interview | Connect with masses is PM Modi’s secret sauce for repeated poll wins: Axis My India CMD Pradeep Gupta
Demonetisation should continue to happen regularly, says Gupta, noting that the currency recall was proof that Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not blindly back the rich
POLITICS
Narendra Modi restored people’s trust in our parliamentary democracy: Amit Shah at launch of book on PM
Published by Rupa Publications India and compiled by BlueKraft Digital Foundation, the book , ‘Modi@20: Dreams Meet Delivery’ is an anthology of 21 chapters, each written by an expert, tracing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s twenty years of public life since he became Chief Minister of Gujarat in 2001
POLITICS
Tajinder Bagga arrest case | Insulate police from external pressures, say experts
Most experts interviewed by Moneycontrol said the Punjab Police, in Bagga’s case, bypassed the set procedures of police action. Before arresting a suspect outside the state, they said, it is necessary for the police to register a report in a local police station
POLITICS
Explained: How is the President of India elected?
Though the BJP won four out of the five states which went to polls in February - March, it doesn’t guarantee a victory for its presidential candidate. Also, in the presidential elections, the winner is not the one who gets the maximum votes.
POLITICS
Delimitation Commission submits final report: What next for Jammu and Kashmir?
The Commission’s report takes the total number of seats in the UT to 90 from 83. This will increase the number of seats in the Jammu division from 37 to 43 and in the Kashmir valley from 46 to 47
POLITICS
RSS doesn’t have a patent over shakhas, nationalism, says AAP leader Sanjay Singh
AAP is floating 'Tiranga Shakhas' (literally Tricolour Branches) in Uttar Pradesh on the lines of the RSS shakhas to counter what it calls the BJP’s “politics of hatred.” In an interview, AAP’s Sanjay Singh explained the decision
