Sharad Pawar’s NCP is leading in 56 seats and looks well on its way to improving 2014 tally of 41. In NCP bastion of Western Maharashtra, party is ahead in 26 of 28 seats.
BJP is set to form govt in Maharashtra and is frontrunner in Haryana, but the nature of its wins, despite opposition being in disarray, should serve as a warning sign.
Five years ago, Devendra Fadnavis was seen as an erudite legislator and nothing more. Now, he has carved out his own space and led his party to success.
The BJP, which set a target of 75 seats, is leading in just 37 while the Congress is leading in 35. The JJP, contesting its first elections, has won 3 seats and is leading in 7.
A Jat consolidation appears to have benefitted Dushyant Chautala's JJP, a breakaway of INLD, as the party is leading in a number of seats in the Jat belt.
Ratan Tata’s political naiveté and his complete inability to engage in the ‘deal-fixing’ culture of Indian businesses made him a great ally during the PepsiCo battle of the 1980s.
Change in stance signals possibility of rate cuts, potentially as early as December, depending on inflation trends & global economy. Growth projection for FY 2024-25 retained at 7.2%.
Maj Gen CS Mann, ADG, Army Design Bureau, cites national security concerns. This comes after intelligence agencies flagged use of Chinese components in drones purchased by armed forces.
How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?
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