Mayawati accuses Congress and BJP of engaging in partisan politics in the '50% commission' dispute.

Mayawati, the supreme leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), criticized both the Congress and the BJP on Monday over the raging "50% commission" controversy in Madhya Pradesh (MP), stating that the actual issues of governance have taken a back seat to the fight between the two parties...

Rival parties have agreed to submit a removal motion for the interior minister to a vote on Sunday

The ruling and opposition parties decided Saturday to submit a resolution asking for the removal of Interior Minister Lee Sang-min for the botched government reaction to the Itaewon disaster to a vote the following day in a plenary session.

According to Joo, the agreement was made at a ...

SBF in Custody Until February 8 as Financial Market Participants Request Sebi Revise Data Storage Rules

In a discussion paper published at the beginning of November, India's markets regulator Sebi outlined a plan to require regulated businesses, including foreign portfolio investors (FPIs), to move their data storage and processing operations to India. An organization that speaks for large fina...

Jean-Baptiste Belley: French socialist parties want a public homage to France's first black legislator

A coalition of socialist parties in France's National Assembly has suggested a public homage to Jean-Baptiste Belley, the country's first black lawmaker.

After a racist incident happened during a parliamentary session last week, the Democratic and Republican Left group (GDR), a ...

UAE’s Participation in the Birmingham 2022 World Games in the United States

The National Team of the United Arab Emirates concluded the second day of the 2022 Air Sports World Games in Birmingham in the United States, which saw 3,600 people compete from a hundred different countries.

An Emirati competitor Cornelia Mihai was ranked tenth whereas his teammate Abd...

As the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon returns as a major event, up to 50,000 participants are anticipated

After two editions that were modified and scaled back due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon will resume as a full-scale event in December with up to 50,000 participants anticipated.

The race will feature full and half marathons as well as a mass start a...

'Not a bellwether' vote in the capital

According to academics, Chadchart Sittipunt's victory in Bangkok's gubernatorial election and the Pheu Thai and Move Forward parties' gains in the capital's councillor elections only represent the political mood in major cities.

According to unofficial city council elect...

The EU Election Observation Mission to Meet with Political Parties to Discuss How the Elections can be Conducted Fairly

The European Union Election Observation Mission, EU EOM, that is way ahead of the general elections of the year 2023 happening in the country, had a meeting with the many political parties under the umbrella of Inter Party Advisory Council, IPAC, where the emphasis was on the need for conduction ...

Despite protests, Nepal's parliament approves a disputed US assistance agreement

Despite popular demonstrations and resistance from the Communist parties, Nepal's parliament has accepted a disputed $500 million US handout.

Nepal signed the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) deal with the US government in 2017 to fund infrastructure projects, but it has yet t...

The Senator to Object the Proposal of the Political Parties' Law

A change was proposed to the political parties’ law and it has caught under fire from the side of a senator and an academic as it was implementing the removal of restrictions that were imposed against a non-member, who was practicing control over a political party.

On Tuesday, sen...

Pheu Thai Party defended its draft amendment to the Political Parties Act

On Sunday, the major opposition Pheu Thai Party defended its proposed modification to the Political Parties Act, which has been widely interpreted as a ploy to allow former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to wield control over the party.

Cholnan Srikaew, the party's leader, stated...

Thailand is the Only Southeast Asian Country Seeing the Rise of Green Parties

Southeast Asia might eventually see a rise in the green movement. 

Analysts expect to see several interesting contests take place in the democracies of Southeast Asia in 2022. 

Although several political debates are ongoing in the region, one major thing that it lack...

TikTok Warns Australian Political Parties to Stop Advertising on the Platform

Tiktok has sent a warning to political parties in Australia after it found that a marketing agency was offering 300 dollars to users for making videos that criticize the current Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

The social media platform wrote to them in November 2021 to warn them to stop ...

Politics of Local School Boards in the US

Partisan politics is continuing to enter the official race for the United States’ local boards of education. The interference of political parties in the education boards across the country has been going on for many years.

And there is no easy way to bring an end to this once can...

The Netherlands imposes partial lockdown in the country

According to experts of EU, 10 countries in the bloc were at the risk of Covid-19 outbreak. The Netherlands has opted for the first partial lockdown of the winter.

Highlights

•          Dutch government impleme...

Japanese political parties pledge on LGBT rights during election campaigns

Most of the political parties in Japan before the lower house elections have made promises regarding protecting the rights of sexual minorities and deepening their understanding of legislation.

Highlights

• Major political parties promise to protect righ...

Japanese political parties pledge to enhance child support

Seiko Noda the Japanese minister in charge of children's policies, visited a restaurant which is designed to serve free food for children belonging to low-income families in Tokyo from October 12, 2021.

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• Japanese political parties a...

Nearly 1000 candidates are contesting in Japan’s lower house elections 2021

The 49th general elections for the House of Representatives, of Japan are going to be conducted soon. All the political parties are eagerly eyeing the dissolution of the House of Representatives.

The dissolution of the lower house is scheduled to take place after the Olympics and Paraly...

OPPOSITION PARTY IN JAPAN SEEKS EXTENSION OF DIET SESSION BY 3 MONTHS

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• Opposition party in Japan seeks extension of diet session by 3 months.
• The country’s main opposition party plans conduct further debate on the govt.'s COVID-19 response.
• The CDPJ's head of Diet affairs Jun A...

JAPAN TO DROP REVISION OF IMMIGRATION LAW OVER PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION

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• Japan to drop revision of immigration law over parliamentary opposition.
• Opposition parties ask govt. to look into the death of a Sri Lankan woman detained in an immigration facility.
• The woman had died after complaining ...