Proposal Union minister Ashwini Vishnaw declared on Wednesday that the plan for nationwide simultaneous elections that would align votes for the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies has been approved by the Union Cabinet. The decision is the result of months of consideration and the submission of a report on the ‘one nation, one election’ concept by a high-level committee led by former President Ram Nath Kovind. The paper lays out a detailed implementation roadmap for simultaneous elections and was presented before the Cabinet on Wednesday. The group had suggested holding simultaneous elections for the state and Lok Sabha assemblies as…
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India Iran’s relation so far: India and Iran tend to share a good relationship, illustrated by strong economic ties. In May, they signed a 10-year contract to develop and operate the Iranian port of Chabahar, on Iran’s southeastern coast. India is developing the port as a gateway to exports to Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia, allowing it to bypass the ports of Karachi and Gwadar in rival Pakistan. In May the two countries signed a 10-year agreement to develop and manage the Iranian port of Chabahar, located on Iran’s south-eastern coast Ayatollah Khamenei’s comments: Earlier on Monday, Iran’s Supreme Leader…
