On coming to power Jim Hacker, the protagonist of “Yes, Prime Minister”, a British comedy series, asks about the hotline to the Kremlin. It works only “theoretically”, he is told; once they reached a switchboard operator who “didn’t seem to speak much English”. What’s more, using it “tends to create unnecessary panic at the other…
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman | Photo Credit: PTI Union Budget 2024-25: Nirmala Sitharaman to present Budget for a record seventh time in a row Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be presenting the Union Budget 2024-25 on July 23, 2024. It will be a record seventh consecutive Budget presentation for Ms. Sitharaman. The monsoon session of…
File picture of Democratic Party leader Nancy Pelosi, who has endorsed Kamala Harris | Photo Credit: AP Top Democratic leader and former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday endorsed U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s presidential nominee after President Joe Biden stepped aside amid concerns from within their party that he would…
