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How and Why did Zohran Mamdani win?

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On 1st July, the results of the New York City Mayoral Democratic Party Primary were out. Whoever wins the democratic primary is likely to be the mayor of NYC. Zohran Mamdani has won the Democratic Party Primary. The City follows a ranked choice system where votes are transferred to a higher candidate until someone achieves at least 50% of the vote. Mamdani was leading in the first round before the transfer of votes. He defeated the long-time veteran of New York Politics, Andrew Cuomo, 56-44 in the second round. Hence, now Mamdani will head towards the final New York Mayoral election in November.  This article is not about him, his ideology or whether that will help New York City; rather, it is about how he managed to win the election and what both parties of the USA, as well as any political enthusiast, can learn from that.  Founded by the Dutch in 1624, New York City is the largest city in the USA and is the heart of Wall Street, the symbol of free market capitalism...

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...