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This week, we are speaking about Jammu Kashmir, where voters have now participated in 3 phases of polling for the first state elections in a decade and the message New Delhi is sending out over it.
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Israel broadens the war in Gaza with an air attack on Lebanon, is the crisis in West Asia about to escalate? And as the one-year mark since the October 7 terror attacks approaches, PM Modi meets the Palestinian President. Has India’s position shifted at all?
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The timing of PM Modi’s visit to the UN makes it even more interesting—this is the 4th time Mr. Modi has travelled to the UN during what’s called High-Level Week—after 2014, 2019 and 2021., although he will not address the UN General Assembly this year.
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Two weeks after we reported on PM Modi’s mission to Kyiv, the NSA and EAM were travelling – and the flurry of activity has sparked speculation about an Indian role in ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict- is it likely? Possibly effective or even feasible given the latest escalation in the war.
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This week we are going to look at India’s ties with its near neighbours to the East- ASEAN countries, and particularly his visits this week.
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Six weeks after his Moscow move, PM Narendra Modi arrived in Kyiv. Was the Prime Minister’s mission in Ukraine just about geopolitical balancing, or does New Delhi now essay a more ambitious role in mediating in the Russia-Ukraine war?
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Where does the Indian diaspora stand on Kamala v Usha, and is Desi heritage now a fixture in U.S. politics?
Feisty messages coming in from the Harris and Trump campaigns in the U.S. in those latest ads.
Less than a month since U.S. President Joseph Biden bowed out of the Presidential race- and we had spoken about the possibilities in WorldView on June 19, just 2 days before he withdrew his nomination- the U.S. elections race has dramatically changed.
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As Bangladesh boiled over-
-Its Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled Dhaka after being in power for 15 years- she is now at an undisclosed location in India after landing at the Hindon airbase on Delhi’s outskirts,
- Days of protests and violence, then saw mobs ransacking Hasina’s homes and Mujib’s memorial. Attacks on Hasina’s Awami League supporters and their properties have seen minorities, particularly Hindus being targeted.
- The military moved in to stabilize the situation and a new interim government headed by Professor Muhammad Yunus has now taken charge.
His priority, he said, was “save the country from anarchy”, and warned protestors against attacking any minorities.
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The news could not have been more dramatic- just hours after Palestinian leader and Hamas Political chief Ismail Haniyeh had met with the new Iranian President, and attended President Pezeshkian’s inauguration, the Iranian guard IRGC announced he had been killed- while there is still some confusion over how he died- with Iran blaming Israel for a missile strike, while US and Israeli news reports pointed to a delayed bomb smuggled in months ago- the impact of his assassination will be felt deeply across the region.
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Nearly 200 are dead from violent student protests and firing by forces in Bangladesh – is PM Sheikh Hasina, who won elections just a few months ago, losing her grip on gen-next, and will the unrest India’s closest neighbour is grappling with, spill over?
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Listen to the Hindu's In Focus podcast episode on Bangladesh protests here.
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