Author: Ethan Johnson
Suddenly, the aura of invincibility surrounding Narendra Modi was shattered.Although India's election slogans had promised a landslide victory and Prime Minister Modi had repeatedly portrayed himself as sent by God, the results announced on Tuesday were unexpectedly grim.The 73-year-old Modi is expected to secure a third consecutive term as India's prime minister – a feat only achieved by one other Indian leader – and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won far more parliamentary seats than any other party.But far from winning by a landslide, the BJP lost dozens of seats and found itself at the mercy of its coalition partners…
A new podcast produced by VPM focuses on local government and community issues in the Richmond region. Randolph-Macon College political science professor Rich Meagher hosts the biweekly show, “RVA's Got Issues,” which airs on Wednesdays.VPM News Features Editor Whitney Evans spoke with Meagher about what he hopes to accomplish with the new podcast.This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity. WHITNEY EVANS: Rich Meagher, you're a professor of political science first and foremost. I'm sure you have some clue about what people need, what young people want, how they can be more engaged, how they can be more…
pictureEveryone knows about the problem Ruthie Rice I put myself in this offseason. Kansas City Chiefs The team is facing a PR nightmare after watching their rising young star wide receiver get embroiled in legal trouble.But the team is rooting for him, and he has accompanied them to their games. White House Visit Last week, despite being in the middle of a legal process, I did so. But it wasn't that easy.Joe Biden receives symbolic gift from Chiefs during White House visitWhy Ruthie Rice was allowed to visit the White House with the Chiefsby Chief of Communications, United States Secret…
A government spokesman blasted right-wing and far-right parties for attacking Begoña Gomes.A Spanish court has summoned the wife of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez as part of a corruption investigation that the government is accusing of being a political assassination. A Madrid court said on Tuesday that Begoña Gomez will appear in court on July 5 to be questioned about allegations that she used her position to influence business deals. Gomez has yet to speak publicly about the allegations, but Sanchez has called it a “smear campaign” aimed at damaging the leftist coalition government led by the Socialist Workers' Party. Spanish…
The world's most populous country, India, is also one of the most vulnerable to climate disasters, not just because of heat and floods exacerbated by global warming, but also because many of its 1.4 billion people are vulnerable to it in the first place: Most of them are poor by global standards and have no safety net.Early results from Tuesday's election suggested the party led by Hindu nationalist two-term Indian prime minister Narendra Modi is on track to win the most seats in India's parliament but may need to team up with smaller parties to form a coalition government.The government…
The Spanish government has proposed legislation to protect children from online threats, including virtual restraining orders for felons and raising the age for opening social media accounts.by Joseph Wilson Associated PressJune 4, 2024, 9:14 AM• 2 min readBARCELONA, Spain — The Spanish government has proposed legislation to protect children from online threats, including de facto restraining orders for felons, raising the age for opening social media accounts and medical tests for teenagers to detect any related emotional disorders.”The health, well-being and safety of children and the tranquility of families are at stake,” Justice Minister Felix Bolaños said Tuesday as he…
Safe & Green Holdings Co., Ltd.Additional work orders exceeding $1 millionTechnology Modules for Military CustomersMIAMI, Fla., June 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Safe & Green Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SGBX) (“Safe & Green Holdings” or the “Company”), a leading developer, designer and manufacturer of modular structures, announced that it has been awarded an expansion contract worth over $1 million for the construction of 11 additional container modules and related services for government contractors for use by a major U.S. government agency.”We are pleased to announce another contract expansion with a major government contractor, demonstrating the quality of our work, our ability…
Aerial photograph of a solar power plant and large-scale wind turbines. From obscure academic topic to major campaign theme, ESG (environmental, social and governance) investing has catapulted itself onto the political stage. Forecasts suggest that assets in ESG funds are expected to grow from roughly $20 trillion in 2022 to a staggering $40 trillion by 2030. Our new paper is Santa Clara Journal of International Law We consider whether the rise in ESG is due to market forces or government intervention, and conclude that government policies, rather than investor preferences, are primarily driving ESG. Governments around the world have imposed…
Credit: Natalia Maksimenko The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced further steps to make the domestic chicken market “more competitive, affordable and transparent.” The report said the proposed rules under the Meat Processing and Livestock Act “will support market fairness for contract poultry farmers and further improve beef market transparency through expanded data tools.” The measures announced yesterday (June 3) are the Biden administration's latest attempt to address what it sees as inequalities in the poultry industry and the meat industry in general, which has been hit by price-fixing scandals in recent years. In September 2022, the company…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party will likely need support from minority allies to form a government under the rules of India's parliamentary system, early election results released on Tuesday showed.In the 2019 general election that saw Modi win a second consecutive term, his Bharatiya Janata Party won 303 of the 543 seats in the parliament, far more than the 272 it needed to govern on its own.This time, exit polls released over the weekend had suggested the BJP would again easily win more than 272 seats. But official results as of early Tuesday afternoon suggested the BJP would win…