Congress sets up a battle of ideologies for 2024, pulls its politics out of dreary giveaways
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Congress sets up a battle of ideologies for 2024, pulls its politics out of dreary giveaways

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50 word edit | ThePrint team

50 word edit | ThePrint team

Congress has chosen RSS headquarters Nagpur to launch its 2024 campaign, setting up a battle of ideologies. It pulls their politics out of dreary giveaways and pitches it as one over contested views on nationalism. It’s a step forward from ‘Mohabbat Ki Dukan’. Only ideological coherence can challenge the BIP.

Ennore Creek has suffered environment illiteracy, policy indifference. No time like now to wake up

Encroachments, industrial pollution, lack of residential zoning, absence of mandated contingency plan, fisherfolk cleaning oil slick without safety gear… The list goes on but we have only 50 words. The bottom line: Ennore Creek has suffered environment illiteracy, policy indifference. It’s late, but no time like now to wake up.

NPAs fall to lowest in a decade as part of wider cleanup. But avoid over-reliance on write-offs

Bank NPAs have fallen to 3.2 percent by September 2023, the lowest in more than a decade. This is a vital improvement. It is part of wider banking cleanup by the RBI and government. Now, actual recoveries need to be stepped up substantially and over-reliance on write-offs should be avoided.