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View all search resultsMost exit polls projected the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) could win a two-thirds majority in the 543-member lower house of parliament, where 272 is needed for a simple majority. A two-thirds majority will allow the government to usher in far-reaching amendments in the constitution.
Several issues, both past and current, especially those that have emerged in relation to India's ongoing elections, suggest that not all is well in the nation dubbed the "Mother of Democracy" by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling BJP.
Tensions between India and Canada escalated after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday there were "credible allegations" linking Indian government agents to the murder in Canada in June of a Sikh separatist leader.
Trudeau said that Ottawa had credible allegations linking Indian government agents to the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June, prompting an angry reaction from New Delhi. Nijjar, 45, was a Canadian citizen.
The G20 "New Delhi Leaders' Declaration", at a weekend summit in India, promised to reach net-zero emissions of climate-heating gases "by or around" mid-century to avert ever more damaging heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and rising seas.
India will need to carefully navigate its existing partnerships within G20 in order to produce a consensus on the new global action agenda that aligns with its professed position as a mediator between the Global South and the North.
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