James Marape sworn-in as new Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea

On 30 May 2019, James Marape has been nominated, elected, and sworn-in as the 8th Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (PNG). He is a former finance minister and critic of a major global gas development deal. His appointment comes ..

Nancy Pelosi honored with 2019 JFK Profile in Courage Award

An American politician, Nancy Pelosi has been honored with the 2019 John F Kennedy Profile in Courage Award at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston. She has been recognized for her efforts to pass former President ..

EC Imposes Campaign Ban for Violation of Modal Code of Conduct

Four Leaders namely Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, BSP leader Mayawati, SP leader Azam Khan and Union minister Maneka Gandhi faces ban from campaigning for their hate comments. This is the first time an all-India ban has been imposed ..

Election Commission of India issues an order prohibiting display in electronic media including cinematograph

As per Article 324 of the constitution, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has recently issued an order prohibiting display in electronic media including cinematograph of any biopic or publicity material in the nature of biography/hagiography sub-serving the purposes of ..

Byelection on May 6 for British Columbia

Prime Minister Jutin Trudeau has announced byelection in British Columbia to fill a vacated seat. The MP who vacated his seat is to run a seperate party. The Canadian Electoral system is based on PArliamentary syhstem of Government. The Parliament ..

New Zealand bans Assault Weapons

New Zealand has imposed an immediate ban on assault weapons following the Christchurch massacre that claimed the lives of 50 mosque-goers. Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand has announced that assault rifles and military-style semi-automatic weapons would be banned ..

Berejiklian is the first woman to win elections in NSW

Berejiklian is the first woman to win the New South Wales elections. The NSW’s coalition has won the recent state election. Berejiklian constested against Michael Daley, the former premier.  The Premier is commissioned by the governor of the state. The ..

Notification for 2nd Phase of Elections released

Notification for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections was issued. 97 constituencies which are spread over 13 States and Union Territories, will go to polls in 2nd phase on the 18th of next month. Elections will be held in ..

New Zealand PM to absolutely deny any platform to mosque gunman

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has vowed that she will use all in her power to deny the mosque gunman any platform for presenting his racist views. The white supremacist suspect Brenton Harrison Tarrant who is an Australian is ..

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh elected as new president of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI)

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has been elected third time unopposed as the President of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). The elections of the office bearers and executive committee members of WFI for the next four-year term (2019-2023) were held ..