Politics

06 Dec

Framework deal signed in Sudan to end political stalemate

Khartoum, Dec 6 (IANS) Sudan's military and civilian leaders have signed a political framework agreement to end the political impasse and institute a two-year transitional authority. Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, incumbent President and Commander-In-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces, and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, commander of the Rapid Support Forces, signed the deal on Monday on behalf of the military, reports Xinhua news agency. Meanwhile, representatives of the Forces of the Freedom and Change Alliance, the Revolutionary Front, other political organisations, workers' unions, and civil society organizations signed the agreement on behalf of the political forces. The agreement determines four levels for the…

24 Sep

India a Civilisational State re-architecting the Republic’

New Delhi: India is a Civilisational State engaged in a "grand undertaking to re-architect" the Republic. It should make a "clean break" from its "socialistic, feudal past" to maintain the momentum and should stake claim to be a world power, says a new book on the country's journey as it approaches the 75th year of its Independence, even as it calls for course corrections in the areas of governance, bureaucracy, foreign policy and the judiciary. "India is today attempting to achieve economic growth with individual freedom-expanding social change in a grand undertaking to re-architect the republic. This India will be…