The Lokniti-CSDS post-poll survey reveals several noteworthy aspects of the recent Indian parliamentary elections
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, June 10: A detailed post-poll survey conducted by the Delhi-based Lokniti-Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (LCSDS) has brought out several noteworthy...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, June 8: Western democracies see the results of the Indian parliamentary elections as a victory of democracy over authoritarianism.
Canada and the US have officially conveyed to the Modi government their hope that it will respect democratic norms...
Following the recent Indian parliamentary elections, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) failed to get a simple majority and is now dependent on its shifty partners in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to remain in power.
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, June...
NDA sweeps Tamil Nadu but the BJP-led NDA has more than doubled its vote share
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, June 5: In the just-concluded 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Tamil Nadu is perhaps the only State which voted unequivocally and emphatically to...
By N Sathiya Moorthy
30 May 2024
It is no more a one-off affair. Team Modi's persistent references to neighbouring nations as part of the high-pitched campaign in the ongoing parliamentary elections has the potential to leave behind permanent injuries and...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, May 29:
In a striking move made in the context of the Israel-Hamas war, China will hold the 10th Ministerial Conference of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum in Beijing on May 30.
The meeting, to be attended by...
N Sathiya Moorthy
28 May 2024
In every way, India is uniquely placed as far as its geopolitical, geo-economic, and geostrategic approaches in the 21st century go. New Delhi hosted the G20 summit and the BRICS summit in the same year,...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, May 18: A noteworthy recent development is Egypt’s joining South Africa in the on-going genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
Egypt, which was neither here nor there vis-à-vis Israel’s genocidal war against the...
By P.K. Balachandren
Colombo, May 16: In January 2024, the Sri Lankan government announced its intention to establish a Commission for Truth, Unity and Reconciliation (CTUR) to address the ethnic issue in the island nation and promote reconciliation. But earlier...
By P.K Balachandran
Colombo, May 11: The on-going elections to the Indian parliament are being fought in various States and Union Territories of the country on the basis of a multiplicity of issues varying from State to State.
These issues...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, May 10:
Vicious anti-Muslim rhetoric is likely to be the main plank of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the last four phases of the elections to the Lower House of the Indian parliament (Lok Sabha).
Voting...
The meaning of the phenomenon is being debated.
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, May 8: The seven-phase Indian parliamentary elections, which began on April 19, finished its third phase on May 7. There are four more phases to go before polling ends on...
