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Modi rules Gujarat because there’s a vacuum. Even cultural celebrities can’t fill it
Bhajan singers from Gujarat are a rage on YouTube—as popular as Punjabi rap singers—and dozens of their songs have garnered one crore or more views.
Wheat price surges to all-time high as Russian invasion cuts off supplies from Ukraine
Ukraine and Russia together account for over a quarter of global trade of wheat. The war has closed major ports in Ukraine, and severed logistics and transport links.
Defence
The biggest challenges Nirmala Sitharaman will face as India’s new Defence Minister
Sitharaman, who is only the second woman defence minister in India's history, is expected to work closely with the Finance Minister to take key industry-related decisions
G-20(24): How ‘Vishwaguru’ can get new strategic space & Modi another stage in pre-election year
Modi has been balancing India’s interests, playing US & Russia and keeping China off his back. You can trust him to exploit this year-long opening to India’s benefit. And to his own.