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AAP, TMC’s national ambitions ignore India’s stark diversity. Southern parties know better
Modern communication technologies can be the potential centripetal force that unify voters across states. AAP has benefitted from this in Punjab.
Inflation raised monthly expenses of 92% Indian families in last 3 months, finds survey
A LocalCircles poll found that 70% of respondents felt their monthly household budget increased by 10% while 55% expected expenses to go up by another 10% in the next 3 months.
Defence
20% of Agniveers in first-batch recruits will be women, says Indian Navy
Nearly 10,000 women have already registered for the online application process later this month; this is the first time that Navy is inducting women as sailors.
Moral, political & ideological questions on Maharashtra: 1st is simplest to answer, 3rd trickiest
What is Shiv Sena’s ideology? We might say it’s been a convenient mix of extreme ethnic chauvinism & unforgiving Hindutva. Within the second, the party retained space to manoeuvre.