Madhya Pradesh’s Higher Education Minister, Inder Singh Parmar, has triggered a political storm after he made remarks linking 19th-century social reformer Raja Ram Mohan Roy to British interests.

With the National Democratic Alliance achieving a decisive victory in the Bihar Assembly elections, Janata Dal (United) leader and the state’s longest-serving Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar, is poised to take office for another term.

This is the first time since 2021 that protesters have been allowed to demonstrate outside the UN talks. 

​This is the first time since 2021 that protesters have been allowed to demonstrate outside the UN talks.