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Dubbing the India vs Bharat controversy a “distraction tactic” and a “panic reaction”, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is currently on a tour of European countries, said in Belgium’s Brussels on Friday that the government is scared and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “disturbed” to the extent that he wants to change the country’s name which is “absurd”.Addressing a press conference here, Rahul Gandhi said: “I am happy with the names that we have in the Constitution. ‘India that is Bharat’ works perfectly for me. I think these are panic reactions, there is a little bit of fear in the…

There are mounting speculations that Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Union government is mulling to amend the Constitution or bring in a resolution to make “Bharat” the official name of the country during the special session of Parliament, scheduled for September 18-22.The speculations were triggered after President Droupadi Murmu’s invite to G20 world leaders for an official banquet addressed her as the “President of Bharat” instead of “President of India”.Back in 2015, a plea seeking directions to the Union government to use the name ‘Bharat’ for all official and unofficial purposes was filed before the Supreme Court by a Maharashtra-based social…

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This was construed as a move by the Central government for changing the name of the country from India to Bharat. Stalin said that in the past nine years since coming to power in 2014, the only contribution of the Narendra Modi government towards the country was probably the idea of changing the name from India to Bharat.The DMK which is ruling Tamil Nadu has been on a confrontation mode with the BJP led Central government on many issues.Stalin also took to social media and said that the opposition bloc had aptly named its alliance #INDIA and that this name…

One such point of discussion is the name of the country with the ruling NDA stressing on Bharat and the opposition parties saying India, that is Bharat.The opposition leaders in Bihar believe that this is a tactical ploy of the BJP to divert attention from the real issues.Shivanand Tiwari, national vice president of the RJD said: “The discussion on India and Bharat is quite old. It comes from the Mahabharata period and started from Bharat, then became Bharatvarsh and now Bharat. A common man would say that it has a long history so why not go for Bharat instead of…

This year, Myanmar will compete in seven sports at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. Over 100 national athletes are committed to achieving their best performance, according to the nation’s sports ministry, reports Xinhua.Thant Zin Oo, 38, captain of Myanmar’s men’s sepak takraw team, voiced his determination to win medals, including gold. He noted that their Asian Games team consists of both young talents and seasoned athletes.”We want gold medals. It is a challenging task, but we’re giving it our all,” said Thant Zin Oo. He acknowledged the growing competitiveness in sepak takraw in recent years, which has made it…

Since then, Sarma has been consistently pushing for Bharat and asserted that the Reserve Bank of India should also be renamed.”Reserve Bank of Bharat should be the name of the central bank instead of Reserve Bank of India. This is a renaissance era. Many changes have been implemented in the Centre as well as in Assam,” he had said.The Chief Minister further claimed that numerous British-imposed customs still exist in the nation and that they must be changed.“Whether it is India or Bharat, I don’t think this is disputed. The Supreme Court has previously declared that the names India and…

As this news emerges, a new controversy has erupted in the country’s politics.The entire opposition, including the Congress, has started questioning the government’s intentions, alleging that the government is afraid of their alliance’s name ‘I.N.D.I.A’ and also accusing it of wanting to change the Constitution.In response to the allegations by the opposition parties, the government and the BJP have launched a sharp counterattack. Several ministers, BJP leaders, and even some chief ministers have questioned why the opposition is so bothered by the name ‘Bharat’?In the midst of the India vs. Bharat controversy, the government has taken a significant step by…

The term “India” is often associated with the country’s colonial past and is the internationally recognised name. On the other hand, “Bharat” has deep cultural and historical roots in India’s ancient texts and traditions.The recent decision by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre to prioritise the use of “Bharat” over “India” has sparked debate over the nation’s identity and history.The opposition has alleged that invitations to the G20 Summit dinner, sent by Rashtrapati Bhavan, featured the term ‘President of Bharat’ rather than the usual ‘President of India.’This has sparked speculation that the government might introduce a resolution…

We live in an insecure world where the issues of security are knocking at everyone’s doors – the State has to protect its own integrity amidst threats, external or domestic, but it is also supremely responsible for the security of its citizens as well.In a democratic dispensation, this can not happen unless people themselves show an awareness about security which makes them a conscious contributor to national security at large. This more than anything else, validates the first principle of security in our times about the ‘mainstreaming’ of this function.Security of an enterprise is no more a matter of outsourcing…