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Naftali Bennett sworn in as Israel's PM, ending Netanyahu's 12-year rule

Naftali Bennett was on Sunday sworn in as Israel's new Prime Minister, ousting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from power after an uninterrupted 12 years at the helm of affairs. Bennett, the 49-year-old leader of the right-wing Yamina party, took oath of office after the Knesset (Parliament) elected him as the 13th Prime Minister of Israel by a 60-59 vote in the 120-member house. One lawmaker abstained. His government has 27 ministers, nine of them women. The new government - an unprecedented coalition of ideologically divergent political parties drawn from the Right, the Left and the Centre, along with an Arab party - has a razor-thin majority in a 120-member house. Mickey Levy of Yesh Atid party was elected as the speaker of Parliament with the support of 67 lawmakers. Earlier, Bennett presented his new government's ministers in the Knesset (Israeli parliament) in a speech constantly interrupted by supporters of 71-year-old Netanyahu. Amid incessant heckling from rival bloc's

Why the poor are leaning right

How support for left and right-leaning parties is changing in social composition

Amid political turmoil, provincial lawmaker threatens to kill Nepal PM Oli

Amid the ongoing political turmoil in Nepal, a provincial lawmaker from the opposition Nepali Congress has threatened to kill caretaker Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli

Best of BS Opinion: The price of a life, the virus unravels, and more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Saturday

The virus unravels

The hunt for the origin of coronavirus shows science, democracy and sense of inquiry can overcome politics, ideology and omerta codes

When future's in the past

Sunanda K Datta-Ray discusses the double standards that pervade the Indian political establishment's embrace of unproven scientific nationalism

An international order with Chinese traits?

The fluidity of the geopolitical landscape has amplified anxieties in Asia and placed India in an unenviable situation

Sub-African India

Much of Africa is doing better than India while our mis-governance, lousy identity politics, corruption, self-congratulation, empty triumphalism, are threatening to catch up and ruin our self-image

Epic cherry-picking

Book review of Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe

Alapan Bandyopadhyay chapter is over, says Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

Bandyopadhyay has already started working as the chief adviser and was present at Wednesday's meeting of the state Irrigation department presided over by Banerjee.

The importance of EQ over IQ for politicians

Humility, not hubris, should be the middle name of any Indian politician who wants to achieve his goals

Industrialist Siddharth Shriram's zest for life: A son remembers

A writer on a wide variety of issues as a result of his interest in creating construct­ive debate for challenges facing India, he was instrumental in founding Delhi Policy Group

The next three years

It is possible to imagine a different future for India

Best of BS Opinion: China's scientific muscle, sovereign rating risk & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Tuesday

Today, what really is essential?

We've cheered "Essential Workers", as the light has been shone on the people in the shadows, who actually make the world go round

A story of ambition

New Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma's political journey to the current position is an interesting story

Floating bodies, sinking states

Politics and economics are at the heart of the Covid tragedy in UP and Bihar. The misery is a result of voting in the name of religion, caste and nationalism

Kerala 'Iron Lady' in politics KR Gowri passes away

Often referred to as the 'Iron Lady' in Kerala politics, legendary Communist K.R. Gowri passed away at a private hospital here on Tuesday, said family sources.

Amit Shah slams opposition for 'doing politics' over Covid-19 crisis

Union Home Minister Amit Shah took a dig at the opposition for 'doing politics over the Covid-19 crisis when the 'Centre is adopting all possible measures to safeguard the lives of the people

MLAs are getting richer; politics is getting dirtier, shows ADR report

Kerala assembly has the worst criminal track record, Tamil Nadu will be the richest