OPINION

The entire stretch of road on which the car moved after the incident covered more than one police station area but not one policeman or PCR vehicle, if present on duty, swung into action. A public spirited witness reportedly rang up the Control Room but there was no immediate response of the kind that an emergency call should have evoked.

It is the springboard year for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections that will witness the BJP fighting to retain its third term at the Centre and the Opposition wanting to dislodge Narendra Modi at any cost. The fight will be to the finish between Modi's BJP and the rest of the Opposition. Whether the Opposition unites for a combined fight against Modi or individual aspirations sees them divided, remains to be seen. And for the BJP, Narendra Modi continues to be the sole power point.

The countrywide lockdowns of all activities, be they personal or commercial, brought the world to a standstill. Like all others, the entertainment industry also came to a stop. No shootings for films or television, no film releases, no television serials or stage shows. Just nothing. Things started to ease midway through 2021 with a hiccup here and there. Businesses and the entertainment industry as well were opening up gradually with controls being eased. It was a phased process, but it offered hope.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will join the rest of India in making foray into the new calendar year 2023.No Indian state and no community will be awaiting the Prime Minister's political decision in the new year with so much expectation as the state of Nagaland and of course the Nagas in Nagaland and also in neighbouring states of Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam. For Nagas - Prime Minister Modi resembles an image of a Hope. But the cautionary line is more the 'hope'; more can be the frustration if the country's most decisive Prime Minister fails to take a final call.

In India, the passing away, on February 6, of Lata Mangeshkar (92), the voice of generations of Hindi film heroines from Madhubala to Madhuri Dixit and many more, ended a long standing melodious career, while the death of United Kingdom's Queen Elizabeth II (96) - for many generations of Britons, the only monarch they knew - on September 8 after a record over 70-year-long reign ended the second Elizabethan era.

The seemingly coordinated attacks, at least in terms of timing, if not operations, has triggered speculation that the Pakistan Taliban, formally called Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), have begun to work together against the Pakistani state.

The relationship had been sailing high until then, fueled mainly by US President Joe Biden's escalation of engagements with the Quad carrying over from 2021 and the focus on the Indo-Pacific, with China in the crosshairs. Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine in February changed all that, testing India-US ties like no other issue in recent years.

Biden's party has historically lost congressional elections in the first midterm of their first term, and by big margins. Former President Barack Obama called his defeat -- 63 seats -- a "shellacking". His successor President Donald Trump also got a walloping -- 40 seats -- but didn't care to find a word for it. So how badly would Biden lose? Polls predicted a disaster for him and a "red wave" of support for Republicans.

2022 has been one of the most bruising years in the Conservatives' history. former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, lacking substance, full of scandals, but a great survivor, finally bit the dust in July after a three-year roller coaster ride. He was succeeded by Liz Truss, described as "a human hand-grenade", who predicted self-destruction in 44 days, thus setting a dubious record for the shortest occupancy of 10 Downing Street.

The creator of the video claimed how millions of Indians are being 'fooled' into believing astrology and it is nothing but just a sham. The video's claims regarding the veracity of astrology and other mystical disciplines like numerology seem too bold to be supported by any evidence or in-depth understanding of the topic presented.