In March 2013, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina gave a roughly four-minute speech at one of the closed-door meetings in the Vatican before the conclave to elect the next pope. The short remarks, envisioning a church that got out of its insular comfort zones and self-referential habits, went over big. When the cardinals voted…
Until late Thursday, it appeared that Prime Minister Mark Carney might finally make it through a week of the current election without pausing his campaign because of President Trump’s trade attacks on Canada. But instead of shaking hands and making announcements, he was back in Ottawa on Friday to chair a special meeting of the…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Tuesday met the Election Commission of India (ECI) officials to seek action against AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, who claimed that the BJP leaders had “mixed poison” in the Yamuna flowing to the national capital from Haryana.Backing its demand to bar Kejriwal from campaigning in the Delhi assembly…
NEW DELHI: Social media has transformed the way elections are fought in India, becoming a powerful tool for political campaigns to connect with voters. From the 2024 Lok Sabha elections to Assembly elections in various states, it has played a crucial role in reshaping strategies and outreach efforts.Platforms like Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, and YouTube have…