Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan releases Anil K. Antony's book 'Advantage India: Reshaping the Future for an Equitable World'

27 October 2026 · English Defence

Topics: Defence, Tribal Affairs, Transport & Welfare · 27 October 2026 Current Affairs (UPSC / TNPSC / SSC / RRB)

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On Friday, 23 Oct 2026, Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan released 'Advantage India: Reshaping the Future for an Equitable World' by Anil K. Antony (Rupa Publications) at Uprashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi. Saying 'Advantage India is Advantage to Humanity', he said innovations and emerging technologies must benefit all of humanity rather than remain one country's property. He listed India's strengths – civilisational heritage, democracy, demography, economy, institutions and technology; recalled the African Union's entry into the G20 during India's Presidency and COVID-19 vaccine supplies to over 100 countries; and called for citizens' participation in building Viksit Bharat by 2047. Principal Scientific Adviser Prof. Ajay Sood and EAC-PM member Dr Shamika Ravi attended.

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Background

• Constitution (1): Article 63 – there shall be a Vice-President of India; Article 64 (with Art 89) – ex officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha; Article 65 – acts as President when that office falls vacant, until a new President is elected (within 6 months). Article 66 – elected by an electoral college of all members of both Houses of Parliament (nominated members included), by proportional representation through the single transferable vote, by secret ballot; eligibility – citizen, 35 years, qualified for election to the Rajya Sabha.
• Constitution (2): Article 67 – five-year term; resignation addressed to the President; removal by a Rajya Sabha resolution passed by a majority of all its then members and agreed to by the Lok Sabha (14 days' notice). Article 69 – oath before the President. Article 71 – election disputes are decided by the Supreme Court.
• 2025 election: after Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned on 21 July 2025, the election was held on 9 Sept 2025. NDA candidate C.P. Radhakrishnan won 452 first-preference votes, defeating the INDIA bloc's Justice B. Sudershan Reddy (300). He was sworn in as the 15th Vice-President by President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 12 Sept 2025.
• Author: Anil K. Antony is the son of A.K. Antony, former Kerala Chief Minister and Union Defence Minister; he studied at the College of Engineering, Trivandrum and Stanford University, USA.

Tamil Nadu link: Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan was born in Tiruppur; he won the Coimbatore Lok Sabha seat twice (1998, 1999) and was Tamil Nadu BJP president in 2004–07. He was Governor of Jharkhand (Feb 2023 – July 2024; with additional charge of Telangana and Puducherry as LG for a period) and Governor of Maharashtra (from 31 July 2024). He is the third person from Tamil Nadu to be Vice-President, after Dr S. Radhakrishnan (first VP, 1952–62) and R. Venkataraman (1984–87).

Source: All India Radio News (newsonair), 23 Oct 2026; DD India, 23 Oct 2026; Global Governance News, 23 Oct 2026; AffairsCloud, 27 Oct 2026; Gulf News, 9 Sept 2025; AIR News, 12 Sept 2025

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