Shashi Tharoor is an Indian politician serving as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, since 2009. He is a former career international diplomat. He is a member of Indian National congress and at present serves as Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs and All India Professionals Congress. Tharoor was a former Minister of State in the Government of India for External Affairs during the period of 2009-2010. Tharror as a writer have authored eighteen best selling works including fiction and non fiction both and he is also author of hundreds of columns and articles in publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post etc.Tharoor was appointed as Director of Communications Executive Assistant to Secretary-General Kofi Annan in 1996. Tharoor became Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information (UNDPI) on 1 June 2002. Tharoor was in controversy when her wife Sunanda was found dead in room number 345 of the Leela Palace hotel in Chanakyapuri, New Delhi.
Read MoreShashi Tharoor is famous for his English speaking prowess and set of words is often referred to as 'Tharoorian vocabulary'. His English was mentioned by an Australian English teacher on his YouTube channel where he revealed the trick behind an "absolutely beautiful" English of the Congress MP.
Shashi Tharoor faced huge backlash from some pro-Hamas groups and a section of Left activists over his description of Hamas as a "terror group" at a pro-Palestine rally organised by Congress ally in the state IUML on Thursday. The Congress leader later issued a clarification over his statement.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that he was present at Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra's birthday which was attended by several other people including his sister.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Congress leader said there could be a surprise result in the election next year as there are chances of the I.N.D.I.A bloc coming to power at the Centre by trouncing the BJP-led NDA in the general elections.
A user asked ChatGPT how Shashi Tharoor would write 'approved', and the response he got did not seem to please the Congress leader. Here is why.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said India has valued relationship with Canada, and the same is expected from Ottawa.
Shashi Tharoor lauded the Modi government over the conduct of the G20 Summit and called the New Delhi Declaration that was adopted on the very first day of the mega event as a "diplomatic triumph for India".
The Congress party, in the latest rejig of its Working Committee has given a spot to Sachin Pilot, Manish Tewari, and Alka Lamba for the first time. Shashi Tharoor has also been included on the list of 39 members.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday released a list of 39 members of the Congress Working Committee (CWC). Tharoor, Pilot and Lamba had hit some headlines for which they were criticised by a section of Congress.
Shashi Tharoor issued a statement on Twitter after the announcement of the ODI World Cup 2023 schedule. Thiruvananthapuram is not allocated a match in the main draw of the tournament.
Congress thanked former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru for ‘popularising’ Yoga, on the occasion of International Yoga Day. Party leader Shashi Tharoor noted that all those who played the role in popularising Yoga should be acknowledged including the Narendra Modi government.
Making his point, the Thiruvananthapuram MP also said that Congress cannot assume that because it worked in one state, it can work nationally.
"Imagine how one would feel. Those who know me personally, know I cannot attack anybody. I never raised my hand even to a child," Congress leader Tharoor told India TV Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Rajat Sharma.
Congress leader and Member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor was responding to questions from India TV Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Rajat Sharma in Aap Ki Adalat.
The wrestlers found that, on one hand, while Delhi Police did not take time in filing FIR against them for trying to break the police barricade during their march to Parliament, the complainants had to go to Supreme Court which had to issue direction to Delhi Police to file FIRs against the MP.
The former Union minister's remarks came after the Law Commission proposed retaining the penal provision for the offence of sedition, saying repealing it altogether can have serious adverse ramifications for the country's security and integrity.
Watch Congress MP Shashi Tharoor in Aap Ki Adalat with Rajat Sharma on Saturday, June 3 at 10 pm.
Tharoor made the remark while citing a report which quoted an RTI reply to the state that more than 2.7 crore passengers could not travel by train in 2022-23 despite buying tickets because of being waitlisted.
The Kerala Story controversy: Adah Sharma is playing the lead role in the film and many political leaders have objected to the film, claiming that it spreads hate and should be banned.
Giving a tight slap to all the protestors, 18-year-old Tabassum Shaik scored a perfect 100 in Hindi, Psychology and Sociology.
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