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Mexico’s outgoing president has pledged to press ahead with judicial reforms despite nervousness among investors, and suggestions from his own handpicked successor that he should wait

Gadgil-Mukherjee formula, made up about 30% of total central assistance. They also benefit from a favourable funding ratio on centrally sponsored schemes, for which the union government covers 90% of the costs and the state only needs to cover 10%.

Also Read: Election Results 2024: ‘INDIA bloc never worked for the nation,’ says Nitish Kumar at NDA meet ahead of Modi's 3rd term“Every moment of my life is dedicated to upholding the noble values enshrined in the Constitution of India, given to us by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar," said Modi.He further added that it is only due to the Constitution that a person like him, born into poverty and in a backward family, is able to serve the nation.“Our Constitution gives crores of people hope, strength and dignity," Modi said.Today, later in the day, Modi is scheduled to meet President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhawan to stake claim to form the government.Also Read: ‘INDIA will fight against fascist BJP rule led by Modi’, says Kharge, invites all who ‘share commitment to Constitution’Earlier in the day, Rajnath Singh proposed Narendra Modi's name as the leader of the NDA Parliamentary Party.

Narendra Modi as Prime Minister, Janasena Pary chief Pawan Kalyan said that the country will never bow down to anyone as long as the former remains the PM.

world’s largest democratic exercise. In the face of the surprising drop in the BJP's support, the opposition claimed they had also won a victory of sorts, with the main opposition Congress party saying the election had been a “moral and political loss" for Modi. “This is public’s victory and a win for democracy," Congress party President Mallikarjun Kharge told reporters.

The African National Congress party has lost its parliamentary majority in a historic election result that puts South Africa on a new political path for the first time since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule 30 years ago

7.8%, taking the annual figure to a neck-turning 8.2%. Internationally, there is growing optimism that India is on the cusp of a long-awaited economic take-off, as evidenced by the recent revision in our sovereign-credit outlook from ‘stable’ to ‘positive’ by S&P Global Ratings, even if the actual credit rating remains barely investment grade (for now). While revising India’s GDP growth upwards by close to 2 percentage points for 2023-24, the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) April 2024 World Economic Outlook alludes to the robustness of growth expected in 2024 and 2025 as “reflecting continuing strength in domestic demand and a rising working-age population." It may be tempting to conclude from all this that India has reached what development economist W.W.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that India's governance model of the last decade has become an example for several countries in the world as the nation managed to lift 25 crore people from poverty, saw adoption of innovative practices of good governance, and worked for the welfare of the poorest people without any discrimination.

once-dominant ANC had received just over 40% in the election on Wednesday, well short of the majority it had held since the famed all-race vote of 1994 that ended apartheid and brought it to power under Nelson Mandela. The final results are still to be formally declared by the independent electoral commission that ran the election.While opposition parties hailed it as a momentous breakthrough for a country struggling with deep poverty and inequality, the ANC remained the biggest party by some way but will now need to look for a coalition partner or partners to remain in the government and reelect President Cyril Ramaphosa for a second and final term.

Also read: Crucial INDIA bloc meeting begins in Delhi; Stalin, Mamata & Mehbooba skipBengaluru voters had fallen for rumours assuring them of deposits into their IPPB accounts, if INDIA bloc is voted to power in the Centre.In its manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls, the Congress promised to launch the Mahalakshmi scheme under which the women heads of families belonging to the Below Poverty Line (BPL) category will get ₹8,500 directly into their accounts.On Monday, Gandhi in Bihar assured that women would receive deposits into their account. “From July, ₹8,500 will be deposited in women's accounts every month.

Narendra Modi swept to power a decade ago on promises to transform India’s economy, and as he seeks a third term as prime minister, it would be hard to argue he hasn’t made strides

Australian mining giant BHP Group has pledged to invest in South Africa's economy as it seeks support for a 38.6 billion pound ($49.3 billion) bid to acquire Anglo American, which was founded in the country more than a century ago and remains one of it...

South Africans have voted in an election seen as their country’s most important in 30 years

Supreme Court's Registry refused to accept the request for an urgent hearing of Arvind Kejriwal's plea for an extension of his interim bail, BJP candidate and Union Minister Anurag Thakur said the Delhi Chief Minister can undertake a roadshow in the national capital's sweltering 47-degree temperature but is seeking bail on the pretext of ill health. «He is exposed once again. It is visible to everyone that he can do a roadshow in 47-degree temperatures but asks for bail on the pretext of ill health,» Thakur said. The Supreme Court's Registry on Wednesday said that the apex court's previous order gave Kejriwal the liberty to move the trial court for regular bail.

International donors meeting in Brussels say they will commit 7.5 billion euros, about $8.1 billion, in both grants and loans to support Syrians battered by war, poverty, and hunger for the rest of this year and beyond

South Africa’s four main political parties have begun a final weekend of campaigning before a possibly pivotal election that could bring the country’s most important change in 30 years

Syria's devastating civil war, now in its 14th year, remains largely frozen and so are efforts to find a viable political solution to end it

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San Andreas) and co-starring Sterling K Brown, Mark Strong and Simu Liu. (Netflix)Sooraj is a photographer who takes portraits of the dead on the banks of the Ganga in Varanasi.

Red Nose Day has raised $370 million since 2015 to fund anti-poverty efforts

The World Bank says poverty in Lebanon has tripled over the course of a decade during which the small Mediterranean country slid into a protracted financial crisis