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Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar's recent remarks regarding Pakistan have ignited a fresh political controversy, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accusing the Congress of having a soft stance towards India's neighbor. In an interview with 'Chill Pill,' Aiyar suggested that India should «respect» Pakistan due to its possession of nuclear weapons. He emphasized the importance of engaging in dialogue with the neighboring country. «They are also a sovereign country (Pakistan). They are a respected nation. You can talk tough with them (Pakistan). But start the dialogue. You are walking with a gun which yielded you nothing. Tensions are escalating. And if a mad person comes there, what will happen to the nation? They have an atom bomb. We also possess the atomic bomb. But if a mad person detonates our bomb at Lahore station, so within eight seconds, eight moments, its radioactivity will reach Amritsar,» Aiyar said in the video going viral on social media.

world will witness a «very, very stormy» churn because of conflicts, power shifts and sharpening competition in this decade, which makes it all the more important for India to have a stable and mature leadership, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said. In an exclusive interview to PTI late Thursday, Jaishankar painted a picture of the world radically different from the one we are living in now by the end of 2020s when asked to draw on his nearly 50 years of experience in diplomacy and politics to give an assessment of the global power balance. «Multiple conflicts, tensions, divides! With all these variables that I am putting to you, I am painting to you, actually, a very, very stormy international scene for the balance of the decade,» said Jaishankar, a former ambassador to China and the United States, who was tapped for the political role by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2019. Jaishankar especially referred to the declining influence of the United States, the conflict in Ukraine, the fighting in Gaza, attacks in the Red Sea, tensions in the South China Sea, the challenge of terrorism in different geographies and advent of new technologies as the drivers of the «churn».

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Sam Pitroda sparked controversy with his 'African' remark, party leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Friday courted a fresh stir by saying, “Pakistan is a respected nation that also possesses an atom bomb." The clip of Aiyar's remark in an interview with Chill Pill went viral on social media. “They are also a sovereign country (Pakistan). They are a respected nation.

Kalpana Soren, wife of former chief minister Hemant Soren, told ET, brushing aside suggestions that she plans to take over the top role if she wins the Gandey assembly by-election. «No, I do not want to be the chief minister after winning the byelection from Gandey. These are rumours and I don't understand why people are spreading them,» Kalpana told ET in an exclusive interview at her sprawling home near CM Champai Soren's official residence in the state capital. «People should not link this byelection to the CM's position. Hemant Sorenji has given the legacy to Champai Sorenji. There is no possibility of change in this position,» she said. The 48-year-old homemaker took a plunge in politics after the arrest of her husband on January 31 by the ED in a land case.

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Maldivian Foreign Minister Moosa Zameer, who is on his first official visit to India, has distanced his government from the derogatory remarks made by some of its ministers against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that it was not the stand of the government and that «proper action» has been taken to ensure that it is not repeated. In an interview with ANI, Maldivian Foreign Minister Zameer reiterated the government's stance, stating, «I think if you have seen, like you said, we have said that it's not the stand of the government or it's not the view of the government. And we believe it shouldn't have been done. And then we are taking proper action to make sure that this don't repeat.» «And I think if you have seen, there has been a misunderstanding, social media mainly, but the governments of the Maldives in India, we understand what has happened and we have passed that stage now,» he added.

did not say anything about Sonia Gandhi, she came from Italy...This is the mindset of the Congress..." It is important to note that Congress leader Sam Pitroda, in an interview with 'The Statesman', while reflecting upon the democracy in India said, “We have survived 75 years in a very happy environment where people could live together, leaving aside few fights here and there. We could hold a country together as diverse as India, where people on east look like Chinese, people on West look like Arab, people on North look like white and maybe people on South look like Africans." Earlier on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticised the grand old party and asked the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), the key ally of Congress, if it would snap ties with the party.

financing may add as much as 1 percentage point to the borrowing costs of renewables projects, according to a top consultancy firm, potentially causing a hike in wind and solar power prices in the country. Lenders will be needed to set aside as much as 5% of the capital they lend to infrastructure projects under construction, a draft by the Reserve Bank of India stipulates. That compares with the current norm of just 0.4% provisioning for standard assets. The allocation can come down to as low as 1% as the project matures and starts generating cash for repayment of the loan. Also Read: RBI's latest norms may derail Modi govt's flagship economy driver

Manohar Lal Khattar resigned from the post and as an MLA in March this year. Former allies JJP and BJP fell out after they could not successfully conclude a seat-sharing agreement for the Lok Sabha Elections. Dushyant Chautala, a key player in the political dynamics, expressed in an interview with Indian Express that he and the party would support Congress and the Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda if they moved to topple the government.

Joe Biden on Wednesday publicly warned Israel for the first time that the U.S. would stop supplying it weapons if Israeli forces make a major invasion of Rafah, a refugee-packed city in southern Gaza. «I made it clear that if they go into Rafah ..., I'm not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Rafah, to deal with the cities — that deal with that problem,» Biden said in an interview with CNN. Biden's comments represent his strongest public language to date in his effort to deter an Israeli assault on Rafah while underscoring a growing rift between the U.S. and its strongest ally in the Middle East.

Gandhinagar | New Delhi: India is in the «final stages» of negotiations with many countries to work out the modalities of settling trade in Indian rupees, Union home minister Amit Shah told ET in an exclusive interview, adding that this will be a major priority of the new government. «Matters have been put on hold due to elections but let me tell you we are in the final stages in our negotiations with many countries. This will be a priority for us in days to come,» he said in a detailed interview on board his flight back to Delhi from his constituency Gandhinagar, which went to the polls on Tuesday. On US President Joe Biden's remark that countries such as India, China, Russia and Japan were losing out on economic growth because of xenophobia, Shah said he had not seen Biden's comments in detail but pointed to India's growth trajectory over the past decade as evidence of its rising economic profile.

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‘Looked at myself in mirror and I appeared…’: Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sam Pitroda's 'Chinese, African' remark Sam Pitroda, in an interview to 'The Statesman', while reflecting upon the democracy in India said, “We have survived 75 years in a very happy environment where people could live together, leaving aside few fights here and there. We could hold a country together as diverse as India, where people on east look like Chinese, people on West look like Arab, people on North look like white and maybe people on South look like Africans." As the matter snowballed, PM Modi asked if Congress' key ally DMK will snap ties with it.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, used Pitroda's statement to corner the Congress party right in the middle of Lok Sabha Elections 2024. Speaking during an election rally in Telangana, the Prime Minister demanded a response from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, saying that the country "won't tolerate disrespect on the basis of the colour of skin". Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman lashed out at Congress leader Sam Pitroda for his ‘racist’ remark, saying it reveals the mindset and attitude of Rahul Gandhi’s mentor.

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Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday lashed out at Congress leader Sam Pitroda for his 'racist' remark, saying it reveals the mindset and attitude of Rahul Gandhi's mentor. Pitroda, the head of the Indian Overseas Congress, had triggered a controversy on Wednesday with his «people of the east look like the Chinese and those of the south look like Africans» remarks. In a post on X, Sitharaman retorted saying, «I am from South India. I look Indian! My team has enthusiastic members from north east India. They look Indian! My colleagues from west India look Indian! »But, for the racist who is the mentor of @RahulGandhi we all look African, Chinese, Arab and the White! Thanks for revealing your mindset and your attitude. I.N.D.I alliance's shame!".

Trivesh D., Chief Operating Officer at Tradejini, believes the 2024 general election outcome may not greatly influence the stock market in the short run. However, the long-term impact could be significant. He said if the election outcome is unexpected, it could cause market disruptions, which could be short-lived.