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News Capsule For The Month of March 2025

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  Following are the top news for the month.   If you wish to follow and get notifications of future articles, you can sign up using the email on the left sidebar.  Article of the month Kerala  Kerala state budget presented in the state assembly.  CPIM's state meeting ends in Kollam with a strict change of ideology.  An elephant goes on a rampage in a temple festival.  CASA says it will enter electoral politics in Kerala.  Six were arrested in an Aluva drug bust. Kochi Metro has yet to fix the Kaloor Stadium glitch. A Kerala cop was caught red-handed while taking a bribe for passport verification.  Rites Ltd emerges as the sole bidder for Phase III Kochi metro line.  Director of Empuraan film 📽 Prithviraj says he'll be making 17 voluntary edits to the film after the backlash.  BJP has nominated former minister and technocrat Rajeev Chandrashekhar for the post of State President ahead of local elections this year and State elect...

Analysis of US elections-A Podcast

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Greetings to all listeners!! All major news outlets in the United States has called the Presidential race in favour of Joseph R Biden Jr of the Democratic party aka Joe Biden . The respective state governments are yet to authorise the election results, but it is pretty much reliable and obvious for us to accept the media projections as of now. American elections are closely watched not only in the US but also worldwide due to its consequences and effects. The US Presidency is considered to be the Most Powerful Post in the world and the US President is the world's most powerful man.  Amidst the pandemic and despite the US being the most affected by the coronavirus, it looks now like that election itself was a festival of its kind and everyone enjoyed their part. The outcome of the elections will not only affect the domestic politics of the United States but also affect its foreign policy, defence policy, trade policy, diplomacy etc. It will also determine the level of US involvem...

Understanding the boycott of France by Islamic countries and the recent incidents in France and how it leaves us with countless lessons for us to think about

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//Islamic Countries referred here are the states of Organisation of Islamic Nations (OIC). This is purely factual and meant for education/awareness and not for hurting individual religious or political sentiments.//  On October 2nd, French President Emanuel Macron had informed that he will strengthen the Separation of Church and the State Law in France which was established in 1905. The French Secularism law is also known as  laïcité . The most controversial part of his speech was "Islamic Separatism" in France. Turkey, which also follows the same laws of secularism, but is now lead by an Islamic Nationalist dictatorial leader Erdogan was the first and strongest critic of these statements. Similar reactions followed in Bangladesh, Iran, Pakistan, etc where is freedom and democracy while the Arab states still continued the silence.  Recent incidents in France Was Macron right in making these statements? Everyone is divided over it. France is a country that supports ab...