In the latest election cycle, the Left-Congress alliance emerged as a formidable force, significantly affecting the BJP’s performance in West Bengal. Despite the BJP banking on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) to win over voters, the combined opposition of the Left and Congress, along with other factors, played a crucial role in the BJP’s setbacks. Prime Minister Narendra Modi with West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar and party leader Suvendu Adhikari during a roadshow for Lok Sabha elections, in Kolkata, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. The Left-Congress alliance secured 12% of the vote across West Bengal’s 42 Lok Sabha seats, influencing the outcomes in at least 12 seats. Their presence also impacted the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in three to four seats in North Bengal. The coalition, comprising popular and senior leaders, aimed to maximize their seat count. While they did not increase their tally significantly, their vote share saw a notable rise. Election Data Insights Accordin...
UN’s cultural body warns of international consequences With more than 160 historical sites having already been damaged or destroyed since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the UN’s cultural agency is stressing the importance of protecting the world’s heritage during times of conflict. It is 40 years since Unesco launched the first World Heritage Day for monuments and sites, and recently its work has become more important than ever. Eight years since ISIS’s destruction of 80 per cent of Iraq’s historic sites in Mosul, Unesco is only just commencing restoration work. But just weeks before reconstruction work began there in March, Russia invaded Ukraine, putting yet more historic sites in jeopardy. “We are extremely concerned about the development of the situation,” Unesco told The National . “Very serious information has come to us, concerning other cultural sites.” Ukraine’s culture ministry has recorded 166 cultural sites which have been destroyed or damaged as a result of Russian ...
Russia notified the Council of Europe on Tuesday that it would leave the group after members indicated a move to expel it from the pan-European rights body. The decision ends Russia's 26-year membership of the Council of Europe, making it no longer a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights. Nato earlier on Tuesday warned of the possibility of Russia conducting a "false flag" chemical weapons attack. Meanwhile, the leaders of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia travelled to Kyiv in support of Ukraine as the city came under shelling from Russian forces. They met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. A new wave of air strikes on residential areas in Kyiv killed at least two people, emergency services said, the morning after the US Pentagon claimed Russia's ground offensive had largely “stalled” outside the capital. Read More : https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/2022/02/18/russia-ukraine-latest-news/
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