Author: Karthik Govil

Recently, Pope Francis of Vatican became the first Catholic Church head to directly address the G7 informal grouping of countries. The G7, primarily made of west-centric 7 countries (France, Germany, Italy, Canada, USA and Japan), has had several religious leaders write to the organization over various issues. Narendra Modi also met Pope Francis at the G7 meeting in Italy this week. Religious leaders at G7 The group is disproportionately addressed by Christian leaders, such as the Archbishop of Canteburry Justin Webley in 2021 asking the world to stop hoarding vaccines, or in 2020 when the Dalai Lama made a call…

Recently, there has been controversy over the FIFA match between Bharat and Qatar. This controversy started over the equalizing goal scored by host country Qatar. In this, despite kicking the ball outside, which should have resulted in a goal kick, the referee rejected the clear outside goal, and the footballer Yousef Ayman scored the equalizing goal. This match ended with Bharat’s loss with a score of 2-1. If Bharat would have won this match, she would have qualified for the FIFA Tournament itself. The Bharat vs Qatar Match Lallianzuala Chhangte is clearly the hero of the match, and his ability…

Recently, the ANI podcast with Smita Prakash released the fourth episode of the Samosa Caucus, and you can watch the full thing here. The Samosa Caucus is named after the remark by Raja Krishnamoorthy for ‘Indian Americans’ and popularized by Shri Narendra Modi in US Congress speech. The Samosa Caucus is a series on the ANI podcast where Smita Prakash, along with Sushant Sareen, Anand Ranganathan, Abhijit Iyer Mitra and Tehseen Poonawallah, come together to sit down and have a free flowing conversation on politics. The conversations are entirely light-hearted and filled with humor, and all five personalities are experts…

The government has announced the list for council of ministers for union government of Modi 3.0. All ministries, small and big, have been included in this list. Many people from the previous councils have been retained, but some faces are brand new. You can see the entire list here. Which council ministries are the same? Which council ministries are different? What does this mean for the council of ministers? Let us discuss below. Narendra Modi and his Ministries Besides being the Prime Minister of Bharat, Narendra Modi is also the Head of Department for Atomic Energy and Department of Space.…

Recently, the 2024 Lok Sabha elections have ended in stalemate. The results announced a mandate of 293 seats for the ND A, and 232 seats for the INDI A. The BJP has won 241 seats, and the INC has won just 99, their respective power is represented by these big parties. Rahul Gandhi will be the principal leader of the Opposition, while Narendra Modi will be the Prime Minister. The political stalemate is probably not good news for either party. However, it can potentially be great for the people of Bharat. There is a theory called “prisoner’s dilemma”. In this…

After the conclusion of the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections and the announcements of the results, there has been a surge of hate crimes against several parliamentarians and members of political parties, particularly of the BJP and other progressive right wing voices in our country. What does this signify and what parallels can we draw with global events? Let us discuss below. The Incidents Kangana Ranaut Actor and politician Kangana Ranaut recently was slapped at the airport by a CISF female jawan. A spat between the two happened when Kangana called a group of protestors as ‘Khalistani’. It is true that…

A Military Schengen will be the first step in unifying the military of the EU. With free movement between militaries, this would open the doors for joint and coordinated military exercises wherein the grouping of NATO would have their military act as a single unit.

Lok Sabha elections 2024 have been announced. The BJP has achieved a historical mandate of winning a third consecutive term under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Yet, this is the worst election performance by Mr Narendra Modi and is the first time in his life that he will be administering a coalition government. While the BJP has made many inroads in Southern Bharat, the Northeast and is still trying to do the same in Punjab and Bengal, the party lost its ground in UP. 2019 was marked by a “Congress Mukt Northeast” and that stamp stayed. The BJP produced many popular…

As the vote counting reaches its end we do seem to have a clear result of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. While the BJP is still the largest majority party with 241 seats, it does not have a clear majority for the first time in the Lok Sabha. This is also the first time Narendra Modi will operate a coalition government in his life. Since his days as Chief Minister, he has not operated a coalition government. So where exactly did the BJP go wrong? What factors alienated their own voters from them? Were there any regions where they gained?…

Recently, the Election Commission of India admitted to their mistakes in organizing the elections. Besides the weather conditions, the one mistake particularly highlighted was the issue of narrative manipulation. ANI shares clip of CEC Shri Rajiv Kumar on X (formerly Twitter): Further, recently Sidhant Sibal of WIONews also shared reports of Israeli and Chinese firms interfering in the elections to post pro-INC and anti-BJP content, particularly with the assistance of LLM AI programs. The road to election interference What has made this situation worse is the internal interference; along with many outsiders, 13 citizens of Bharat, which included both men…