View: With the enforced resignation of Amarinder Singh, the Congress has shot itself in the foot

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The Congress has scored a self-goal in Punjab, and it has done it by showing Amarinder Singh the door. The state’s MLAs wanted him to be replaced because of the anti-incumbency against him. But surely, he could not be unpopular and the Congress very popular? It is true that MLAs were unhappy with Singh’s lack … Read more

Opinion | What if Covid Were 10 Times Deadlier?

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“I think I’ve come to believe that even if the Covid death toll was 10 times what it currently is,” the MSNBC host Chris Hayes wrote a few days ago on Twitter, “the politics of all of it wouldn’t be appreciably different.” I like this question because I’m interested in Covid counterfactuals — whether ideology … Read more

Congress will fight 2022 Punjab polls under Navjot Singh Sidhu, says Harish Rawat

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Punjab Congress in-charge Harish Rawat on Sunday said that the upcoming state assembly elections will be fought under Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu who is “very popular”, given the state’s present political circumstances. Speaking to ANI here today, Rawat said, “It (Congress face for upcoming state assembly polls) will be decided by the Congress … Read more

The Guardian view on Angela Merkel: farewell to a bulwark of stability | Editorial

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One of the most emblematic political photographs of recent times was taken during a G7 summit in Canada in 2018. Leaning forward across a narrow table with hands outstretched, a grim-faced Angela Merkel confronts Donald Trump, who sits with his arms folded, refusing to meet her eye. Emmanuel Macron and the Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, … Read more

Charanjit Singh Channi’s journey from being elected to municipal council to becoming first Dalit CM of Punjab

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From being elected president of a municipal council to being handpicked as first Dalit chief minister of Punjab, Charanjit Singh Channi has seen a meteoric rise in the last two decades. The 58-year-old three-time legislator from Chamkaur Sahib assembly constituency in Rupnagar district had joined the Congress in 2012 and was holding the portfolios of … Read more

Opinion | This Is How Putin Wins

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In a country where 72 percent of the population doesn’t have a passport and where the financial means to travel abroad remain generally out of reach, such messages find a receptive audience. This wall-to-wall coverage has profound effects on public opinion. In 2008, as conflict between Russia and neighboring Georgia escalated, the media went into … Read more