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Rahul Gandhi is as polarising as Modi but Indian liberals won’t use that word for him

As Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi battle it out for the 2019 elections, Indian liberals’ hold over language will also be severely tested.

With Dhanush howitzer, Artillery Corps lends a major combat arm to Indian Army at LoC

Dhanush howitzer makes outranged Pakistani artillery units more vulnerable to Indian counter-battery fire, something India has wanted since the Kargil War.

Under Modi government, the PMGSY road scheme is connecting every last Indian

Beneficiaries of the programme from Manipur, Meghalaya and Odisha talk about how their lives were transformed thanks to the newly built roads.

Opposition parties will have to copy Modi’s permanent campaign trick, sooner or later

The opposition begins campaigning before elections whereas Modi is always campaigning.

Why Pakistan champions Islamic causes globally but ignores Uighur persecution by BFF China

At home, China persecutes minority Uighurs merely for practicing their faith; overseas, Beijing supports hardened Pakistani terrorist Masood Azhar.

Modi govt’s data war: Economists & accountants are fighting for political power like rivals

An impression that you can replace economists with accountants or vice versa will undermine the value of expertise in government policymaking.

For RSS, this Lok Sabha election is more about defeating the radical Left

The RSS is looking at the 2019 Lok Sabha polls as one of the crucial battles which will have an impact on its larger war of ideology with the Left.

Communists who once sided with BJP now irked over no alliance with Congress in West Bengal

With a chequered history, where the Left Front had ‘aligned’ with the BJP, it is impossible for the CPM cadre to adjust themselves with the Congress.

Who after Modi: With Amit Shah’s nomination, BJP sets up a succession plan for 2024

BJP president Amit Shah wants to enter the Lok Sabha because that would be the first step towards his recognition as a mass leader.

Yeddyurappa diaries: Time for Supreme Court to clearly note what constitutes evidence

In the 1991 Jain brothers hawala case, the Supreme Court had said that corroborating evidence is a must to convict the person named in the diaries.

On Camera

Mumbai woman who shouted at minister spoke for many Indians, exposed BJP’s protest politics

Had it been a poor woman shouting at Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan over the roadblock, the police would likely have arrested her, raided her home, and terrorised her family members.

India’s online gaming rules to take effect on 1 May; most games exempt from registration

The rules, which come into force on 1 May, establish an Online Gaming Authority which will determine whether a game is an online money game or online social game in only three situations.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.