-Dr. Abdul Ruff
Hat trick victory for secularism
As expected, Nitish-Lalu sweep Bihar poll with their alliance partner Congress party gaining in strength. The Grand Alliance of JDU (U), RJD and Congress has won 178 seats in the 243 seated Bihar assembly, gaining a grand two-thirds majority in the House. The PM Modi’s BJP that hoped to wrestle power from CM Nitish Kumar, has been crushed by the Bihar voters, and is the new opposition party. The poll outcomes have become a soothing experience for the secular parties and sections of Indian society.
According to the Election Commission, the Grand Alliance led by Nitish-Lalu has won 178 seats and the BJP led NDA 58. The JD (U) has won 71 seats, the RJD 80, the Congress 27 and the BJP 53 of the 243 assembly seats.
Kalinga Literary Festival: Online celebration of writers & philosophers
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New Delhi, March 14 : Amid the majestic weather of Bhubaneswar, the opulence of mystic Kalinga Festival 2020 (the annual flagship event of Kalinga Literary Festival) came to an end with Smita Bellur s sufi melody, legend of Bhima Bhoi, celebration of Odissi with veteran dancer Aruna Mohanty, poetic verses of Bulleh Shah, Kabir with Harpreet, and with a promise to bring the wave with the festival to literature lovers in August.
But as the story had another chapter to tell, the outbreak of novel coronavirus brought a sudden nationwide lockdown and shutdown. While the severity and uncertainty were at peak, team Kalinga Literary Festival introduced KLF Bhava Samvad, an online literary platform. However, litterateurs, scholars, enthusia
March 7, 2021
Faraz Manan’s session will focus on the impact of COVID19 on the fashion industry as a whole and how it has restructured and reorganized itself to face the challenges
Over the last few years, Pakistani fashion has been slowly but steadily making a mark globally. This month, the fashion industry gets further representation on a global scale with the participation of top couturier Faraz Manan as a speaker at the prestigious virtual conclave organized by the Asian Business Leadership Forum (ABLF). Faraz will be the first Pakistani to be featured at the Conclave, to be held on March 9, that has thus far hosted 8 incumbent Ministers and 43 global leaders.
Kolkata: Late President Pranab Mukherjee’s latest book The Presidential Years: 2012-17 was launched at a virtual session of Kitaab by panelists British politician and economist, Lord Meghnad Desai, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, economist and former top civ
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 15 (ANI/NewsVoir): Late President Pranab Mukherjee s latest book The Presidential Years: 2012-17 was launched at a virtual session of Kitaab by panelists British politician and economist, Lord Meghnad Desai, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, economist and former top civil servant, and Sharmistha Mukherjee, politician and daughter of Late President, organised by(https://pkfoundation.org) and presented by Shree Cement. Malika Varma of Ehsaas Woman of Kolkata introduced the session which was conducted by journalist, director and film critic, Ratnottama Sengupta.
A live session of Kitaab where Latet President Pranab Mukherjee s last book The Presidential Years was launched by Sharmistha Mukherjee, Lord Meghnad Desai and Montek Singh Ahluwalia