Voting in five states-MP, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Telangana, and Mizoram is completed. Before the counting of votes begins on Sunday, Vikram Chandra discusses the crucial state elections, a semi-final of sorts before the 2024 general elections, with experts Sanjay Kumar from Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, and senior journalists Nalini Singh and Kingshuk Nag.
A government inquiry committee will investigate serious allegations by the US accusing an Indian of having a hand in a foiled plot to assassinate a US-based Khalistani terrorist, assumed to be Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. These allegations have surfaced months after Canadian PM Justin Trudeau accused Indian officials of playing a role in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia. What are the geo-political implications of this development and how will it affect the India-US relations in the future? Lisa Curtis and former Ambassador to the US Arun Kumar Singh explain.
And an exclusive interview with India’s environment minister Bhupender Yadav on India’s agenda at the all-important climate summit, COP28 which has just begun in Dubai.