Should India Continue Following Embarrassing Customs Of The Colonial Era? 72 years after independence, India continues to be saddled with vestiges of the colonial era. Here's a report

Gravitas: India remains saddled with vestiges of Colonial era

Stark Warning From Australia's Climate Experts On The World Environment Day It's the World Environment Day. But stark climate warning continues to threaten the future of humankind in the planet. A group of Australia's climate experts say that humans will perish in 31 years due to climate change. Palki breaks down the report

Gravitas: Key points to ponder upon on World Environment Day

World Bank Slashes Global Growth Forecast, But Retains Projections For India U.S.-China trade war, Brexit uncertainty ; World Bank lowers global growth forecast, but India's economic growth is pegged at 7.5% for 2019. Here's a summary of the World Bank's assessment on the risks in front of global economy

Gravitas: World Bank cuts global growth forecast

Search Continues For The Missing IAF AN-32 Aircraft Why is the search for missing AN-32 aircraft taking so much time? What are the challenges before the search & rescue team? Are the slow procurement procedures to blame for the problem? Palki analyses the issue with expert opinion

Gravitas: Search continues for missing Indian Air Force plane

U.S. President Pats Queen On Her Back During His Visit To United Kingdom. Traditional Brits Accuse Him Of Breaking Tradition

Gravitas: Royal protocol - is it relevant?

India's New Navy Chief Is Not Someone To Allow Expenditure Of Unnecessary Protocol. Here's A Gist Of Admiral Karambir Singh's Instruction On The Issue

Gravitas: India's Navy Chief takes a stance against unnecessary protocol

Pakistan Says Military Won't Get An Increase In Allocation Due To The Ongoing Economic Crisis Imran Khan lauds Pakistani Armed Forces for 'voluntary cuts' in defence spending despite multiple security challenges. But is it really a cutdown in spending, given that Pakistan spends similar amount of money to arm itself? Is Pakistan continuing with high defence spending when prices of essential commodities soar up? Palki explains

Gravitas: Pak military budget cut a sham?

Smriti Irani Takes oath as Cabinet Minister and she defeated Rahul Gandhi and won from Amethi

Gravitas: Smriti Irani Takes oath as Cabinet Minister

Israeli lawmakers have voted to dissolve parliament after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a coalition government.

Gravitas: Netanyahu fails to form Coalition

Rajnath Singh takes oath as cabinet minister today in PM's swearing-in ceremony

Gravitas: Rajnath Singh in Modi's New Cabinet

Nirmala Sitharaman today took oath as a Union minister at the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.

Gravitas: Nirmala Sitharaman takes oath as Union minister

Leaders of the BIMSTEC member countries attended Prime Minister Narendra Modi's oath ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan

Gravitas: PM Modi renews push for 'Neighbourhood' first

Jagan Mohan Reddy, who led his party to a landslide victory in Andhra Pradesh, took oath as the Chief Minister of the state in the presence of nearly 30,000 people.

Gravitas: Jagan Mohan Reddy Sworn in as CM of Andhra

Time magazine has changed its track on PM-elect Narendra Modi. A recent article on Time's website says "Modi United India". But despite the decisive mandate, some critics are trying to deny legitimacy to Modi's victory. Palki Sharma Upadhyay has the story. Did any other world leader get a sweeping victory like Narendra Modi? No other world leader has a decisive mandate like India's Prime Minister-elect.

Gravitas: Does any world leader have a bigger mandate than Narendra Modi?

Former Afghan govt senior adviser says members of administration offer posts in exchange of sexual favors. Former govt consultant Mariam Wardak comes under attack for backing the claims. Palki Sharma Upadhyay gets you the report.

Gravitas: Major Controversy In Afghanistan; Sex Scandal Hits Government

Can you sue a government for climate change? The French govt is facing a lawsuit for air pollution in Paris. This report from Gravitas tells you where India stands on combating pollution.

Gravitas: Mother & daughter sue France for failing to protect them against air pollution

Overcrowding on Mount Everest has taken another life. So far 11 people have died. Crowds of climbers have been stuck in a queue to the summit. Watch the full report from Gravitas.

Gravitas: "Traffic Jam" On Mount Everest Takes 11 Lives

A knife-wielding man stabs 19 people in Japan's Kawasaki. Two people have died. Japan is perceived to be nearly crime free. Then why has this incident shocked the world? This report tells you the story behind low crime rates.

Gravitas: Mass Stabbing Incident Shocks Japan

The Pakistan government has sought the help of the World Health Organization (WHO) to probe the recent outbreak of HIV in the country's Sindh province, which has till now affected over 600 people, mostly children, according to a media report.

Gravitas: Pakistan Seeks Help From WHO To Investigate HIV Outbreak

ISIS eyes India moves closer to the neighborhood and hopes to gain ground in Tamil Nadu and Kerala

Gravitas: The Rise of ISIS in South Asia

Conservative and Unionist Parties to pick Next PM. Theresa May to leave PM Office next week

Gravitas: With May's Exit, What Happens to Brexit?

Congress was trounced by Modi’s party in 2014 and reduced to its worst ever showing of 44 seats. It improved on that result on Thursday, but loss of Amethi and the BJP’s penetration of the country’s east, north-east and south confirmed that Gandhi’s party has been superseded as India’s only national political force.

Gravitas: Congress off-shoots earn voters trust

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday extended best wishes for his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for his dynamic leadership as the BJP-led NDA is heading towards a comfortable majority in the Lok Sabha elections

Gravitas: World leaders congratulate PM Modi over a historic victory

Elections in India has been summed up now, PM Modi led BJP+ gets massive mandate and surely done a serious damage to opposition. People choose 'chowkidaar' over 'Naamdaar' again for the next 5 years.

Gravitas: PM Modi's star to shine bright on world stage

The district unit president of the Congress, Yogendra Misra, on Friday resigned, taking responsibility for the defeat of party president Rahul Gandhi from Amethi.

Gravitas: Rahul Gandhi loses in his bastion

Narendra Modi relected as India's PM with a heavy mandate. The stats are very huge and sweeps away each and every opposition party in India. Looks like today India shows that they had choose development over the 'Dynasty' rule.

Gravitas: India rejects dynastic politics

He combined BJP's core planks of Hindutva and hardcore nationalism with a development narrative and set up a huge ground-level organisational setup to execute it — the BJP's 'Chanakya' Amit Shah blazed such a trail that the 'Modi Wave 2.0' surpassed its own original avatar with a much bigger saffron surge.

Gravitas: Amit Shah: 'The Chanakya' of BJP

The Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 that were announced on Thursday evening declared the BJP-led NDA as the winner. As per Election Commission, BJP won 303 seats out of 542, witnessing a landslide win. Congress was contained at 52 seats.

Gravitas: Unprecedented mandate for BJP; wins over 300 seats

Elections in India has been summed up now, PM Modi led BJP+ gets massive mandate and surely done a serious damage to opposition. People choose 'chowkidaar'over 'Naamdaar' again for the next 5 years.

Gravitas: PM Modi's swearing-in likely on May 30th

Iran-US Tensions Looks Set To Worsen As Tehran Increases Uranium-Enrichment Capacity.

Gravitas: Iran Quadruples Uranium-Enrichment Capacity

What Is The Strategic Counter To BRI's Ambitions?

Gravitas: What Is The Quad? Can Quad Counter China?

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