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Just final yr, Rahul Gandhi and the once-powerful party he led, the Indian National Congress, gave the impression to be on the ropes and little menace to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s consolidation of political energy. Congress had not been a aggressive think about nationwide elections in years, profitable fewer and fewer votes every time Mr. […] More

War has pushed Sudan towards the abyss My colleague Declan Walsh and the photographer Ivor Prickett spent three weeks in Sudan, the place few overseas reporters have had entry prior to now 12 months. Since the battle erupted there in April 2023, thousands and thousands of individuals have been displaced and a looming famine threatens […] More

When every thing turned about Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, his party and its century-old Hindu-nationalist community have been propelled to unimagined heights. On the again of his singular charisma and political ability, a onetime-fringe spiritual ideology was pulled to the middle of Indian life. Landslide election victories remade India’s politics, as soon as […] More

After his first two nationwide election victories, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India simply set his personal phrases, along with his Bharatiya Janata Party profitable clear majorities. The consequence was totally different on this vote. It was nonetheless a victory, however one which left him depending on a number of coalition companions — significantly on […] More

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party will doubtless need assistance from junior companions to type a authorities below the foundations of India’s parliamentary system, early election outcomes indicated on Tuesday. In a 2019 election that handed Mr. Modi a second consecutive time period, his Bharatiya Janata Party gained 303 of the 543 seats in Parliament. […] More

Traders in Mumbai began the day with a shock as India started tallying votes from a seven-week election and it turned clear that the federal government of Narendra Modi was not doing practically in addition to anticipated. By the top of buying and selling on Tuesday, the markets had been down 6 p.c, practically wiping […] More

Narendra Modi’s first decade as India’s prime minister got here with its fair proportion of surprises. None, nevertheless, regarded something like what occurred on Tuesday morning when he received his second re-election, however misplaced his party’s majority in Parliament. With that loss, Mr. Modi’s air of invincibility additionally seemed to be fading for the primary […] More

Modi wins, however his party suffers losses Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India claimed a 3rd time period in workplace yesterday. But early outcomes counsel his party gained by a far narrower margin than anticipated. The aura of invincibility round Modi has been shattered. Results indicated that Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party would nonetheless win essentially […] More

Suddenly, the aura of invincibility round Narendra Modi has been shattered. In an Indian election wherein his party’s slogan had promised a landslide victory and Mr. Modi even repeatedly referred to himself as despatched by God, the outcomes introduced on Tuesday have been unexpectedly sobering. Mr. Modi, 73, appeared to safe a 3rd consecutive time […] More

In India’s final normal election, in 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party received 303 of 543 parliamentary seats — practically six instances as many as the primary opposition party, the Indian National Congress. It was a stinging electoral blow for the Congress, a once-dominant party that has appeared tremendously diminished in recent times, and exit […] More

A brand new vacationer charge in Bali. Higher resort taxes in Amsterdam and Paris. Stricter guidelines on public consuming in Milan and Majorca. Ahead of the summer season journey season, leaders in lots of vacationer spots have adopted measures to tame the vacationer crowds — or at the very least earn extra income from them. […] More

Ten years after Narendra Modi was first elected prime minister, India’s economic system is roughly twice as massive. That is what occurs when a rustic grows at 7 % a 12 months, as India has been doing, on common, because it opened its markets to worldwide competitors in 1991. That regular development has been skillfully […] More