Left, Right & Centre

It's been exactly one year since the horrific terror attacks on Israel which resulted in the death of approximately 1,195 to 1,200 Israelis, with variations in counts potentially due to the complexity of identifying remains and the inclusion of foreign workers and other nationals. One year later, West Asia is on the edge. Israel says it will attack Iran after Iran's latest ballistic missile attacks. Israel meanwhile continues to intensify its bombing of Beirut, Lebanon, targeting Hezbollah which has been hitting Northern Israel with rockets. What next in ever-expanding conflict? Experts discuss.

A full reset of the relationship between India and the Maldives. After a year of being in doldrums, India and the Maldives, it appears are back on track in their bilateral ties with both sides releasing a vision for a comprehensive economic and maritime security partnership. President Mohamed Muizzu who is in India as a state guest had come to power in the Maldives on an anti-India plank. On LRC, we discuss President Muizzu's diplomatic U-turn from 'India Out' to 'True Friends'.

The exit polls give a decisive lead to the Congress in Haryana. Can it make a comeback in the Hindi Heartland?

Lebanon's health minister says nearly 2,000 people have been killed since the start of Israel's attacks on Lebanon. Meanwhile, two days after its massive ballistic missile attack on Israel, Iran's Prime Minister says war has been forced onto then. Reports also indicate that Iran had warned Hassan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah Chief. Is West Asia on the brink of war? Experts and analysts discuss.

The world is well and truly on edge as Israel gets set to respond to Iran's massive ballistic missile strikes late last night on Tel Aviv. Those strikes with 180 plus missiles while broadly unsuccessful, put the onus on Tel Aviv to act and they say that they will. On Left Right & Centre, a deep dive into the missile attacks last night by Iran and how Israel defended itself with experts.

Voting has now ended in the assembly elections in Jammu And Kashmir. Voter turnout for Phase 3 was recording 65.48%. The election, held after a decade, is the first in the Union Territory, where restoration of statehood has emerged as the biggest issue. What's at stake for the big alliances? Expert discuss.

Attackagainst Israel which could be imminent at any time at a time when Israel has launched its ground invasion of Lebanon. It's called a limited incursion but the crisis in West Asia is now spiraling potentially out of control. What is next for West Asia? We decode on Left, Right & Centre.

At a time when there have been reports of a potential breakthrough on the cards for India and China along the frontier, a key set of remarks by the Army Chief who says that we have to confront, contest and cooperate. He adds that ties with China are not normal, it is sensitive. He doesn't however rule out a solution on the two outstanding issues in Eastern Ladakh - China's hold of parts of the Depsang Plains to the North and Depsang to the South. LRC discusses Army Chief's new statement.

 

"Terrorism has no place in our world," is what Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu a short while ago as the West Asia conflict escalated. The PM's message comes at a time when Israel continues to strike Beirut in Lebanon, Syria and Yemen. Israel seems bent on the elimination of Hezbollah, the terror group supported by Iran. But while the top leadership of the group has indeed been eliminated, is there a second or third-tier leadership that may take place?

TRAI in August issued a directive to access providers to disconnect all telecom resources of unregistered senders for making spam calls and to blacklist such senders under the Telecom Commercial Communication Customer Preference Regulations. When will we get relief from unwanted calls? Experts discuss.