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Fabindia and Shami show how India is trapped between Hindutva and soft-Hindutva

Ruhi Tewari -
Solidarity for Mohammed Shami or Fabindia won't hide the fact that, along with BJP, the opposition also has helped create the toxic atmosphere we see in India today.
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Hathras to Lakhimpur Kheri, opposition is only relying on BJP missteps, not setting agenda

Ruhi Tewari -
The opposition in UP has found its voice, but it needs to dig its own agenda, not merely beat the anti-Modi tin drum.
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Modi can’t behave as if ‘sab changa si’ and not speak up on Lakhimpur Kheri

Ruhi Tewari -
Modi's 35-minute speech in Lucknow, about 150 km away from Lakhimpur Kheri site where four farmers were mowed down allegedly by BJP minister Ajay Mishra's son, was bad timing.
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India has two kinds of chief ministers. Regional stars, and BJP-Congress pick-and-throw

Ruhi Tewari -
Kejriwal, Stalin, Jagan, Mamata are the karta dhartas of regional parties. While CMs of BJP and Congress are at the mercy of moody high command.
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AAP’s ‘Tiranga Yatra’ in Ayodhya is desperate. It lacks the imagination to move beyond Delhi

Ruhi Tewari -
The 'Tiranga Yatra' move shows the AAP's inability to imagine a conversation that would help it take Modi on and establish its footprint beyond Delhi.
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Yogi Adityanath and Himanta Biswa Sarma—two outsiders playing like pros in RSS-dominated BJP

Ruhi Tewari -
As the BJP expands, particularly in new territories, the party remains aware of the limitations of relying compulsorily on the RSS-grooming requirement.
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Modi’s phone call to Neeraj Chopra, Paralympic winners was also a gold — politically

Ruhi Tewari -
Modi has turned the idea of a 'distant' PM on its head, steering interactions with people away from just election speeches and addresses from the Red Fort.
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Modi-Shah BJP didn’t learn any lesson from Covid 2nd wave. Jan Ashirwad Yatras are proof

Ruhi Tewari -
Thirty-nine Modi ministers are taking part in the 'Jan Ashirwad Yatras' across 22 states. This is nothing but an arrogant invitation to the third wave of Covid pandemic.
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Sushmita Dev’s exit says it all – Rahul Gandhi’s ‘young Congress team’ isn’t happening

Ruhi Tewari -
With high-profile exits, Rahul Gandhi's young Congress is collapsing even before it could be built. In this under-renovation party, crucial pillars are missing.
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Assam voted Modi-Shah BJP to power for stability and progress, got chaos and conflict

Ruhi Tewari -
Asaam under BJP has stumbled from one divisive row to another — from NRC-CAA to Cattle Preservation Bill, population control policy and now the border clash with Mizoram.
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West must decide the end goal of war. Ukraine is being destroyed

West must decide the end goal of war. Ukraine is being destroyed

Seema Sirohi -
Putin is also playing a pretend game of sorts. He knows he can’t 'win' against NATO but he can grind on and create a Syria in Europe.
Farmhands operate a thresher while harvesting a wheat field in the Panipat district of Haryana | Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan | Bloomberg

How food prices play out in India this year will depend on global inflation and local rains

Representational Photo | A protest for Kashmiri Hindus | ANI file

Modi govt’s rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits fell flat. They’re strangers in their own land

Economy

PT Pertamina Balongan refinery in Indramayu, Indonesia | Representational image | Bloomberg

Asian refiners to ramp up gasoline exports to US as sky-high prices beckon

Elizabeth Low -
In Asia, gasoline margins have doubled to more than $33 a barrel since the end of March and have edged above those for diesel, which have eased from a peak in early May.

Defence

File photo of a defence personnel armed with a SiG 716 rifle near the Line of Control | Photo: Snehesh Alex Philip | ThePrint

India to ink ‘repeat order’ deal for 73,000 SiG 716 rifles from the US

Snehesh Alex Philip -
In February 2019, 72,400 SiG 716 rifles of 7.62 x 51mm calibre were contracted from SIG Sauer Inc, USA, under government's 'Buy (Global) category', through fast track procedure.

National Interest

How Congress is like the Ambassador & why Indian politics needs a brand new set of wheels

Shekhar Gupta -
Like the car, nothing the party has done to reinvent itself has worked. Only way forward is to offer something looking towards the future, not in image of glorious past.

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