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Takeaways from the Latest Kerala Budget 2026

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The budget speech was held on 19th June by the Finance Minister and the current Chief Minister of Kerala, VD Satheesan, in the Kerala Legislative Assembly. Former  Finance Minister of Kerala,  K N Balagopal,  presented the Interim budget on January 29th as a full budget.  This is the first Budget of VD Satheesan after taking over as Kerala’s Chief Minister and Finance Minister, and will be the first budget of UDF 2.0 after their exemplary victory in the Kerala elections 2026.  The financial White Paper report was tabled in the Assembly on the 4th, based on their campaign promise. This is a revised budget that will replace the old budget passed earlier.  CM said that the budget came in the greater context of debt burden, global inflation, and growing youth unemployment.  Major Announcements from the Budget Speech  GSDP- ₹ 6,85,28,316  crore Public Debt- ₹5.07 lakh crore. Revenue Deficit- ₹35,355.3 crore  Annual Expenditure- ₹2,39,907...

Geopolitics at the Covid 19 pandemic- A panel discussion

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 Greetings to all readers!! It has been 8  months since covid-19 pandemic is taking the world, on a scary roller coaster ride, not knowing when this will end. Politics and International Relations is dynamic, trying to suit the present scenario. Even in the pandemic, we can see that geopolitics is changing to a new normal which we haven't seen ever before.  Politics and International Relations is dynamic, trying to suit the present scenario. Even in the pandemic, we can see that geopolitics is changing to a new normal which we haven't seen ever before. With new diplomatic rifts,  Geopolitics at the Covid 19 pandemic itself is a going to be a chapter for itself. We present to you this podcast which was recorded on 8th August. We have kept this podcast exclusively to make the audience aware about the tipping geopolitical issues and as said that Indians are not usually interested in international politics but rather stick with state/national politics a...