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Modi dares Congress to make someone from ‘outside the family’ party president

PTI -
Gandhis have still not come to terms with the fact that a 'son of a poor mother' can become the country's prime minister, he said.
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Congress triggers race for CM as it fields all old warhorses in Rajasthan polls

Neelam Pandey -
Unlike in MP, the Congress has decided to field senior leaders Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot, CP Joshi and Girija Vyas in Rajasthan polls.
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In MP town where Ambedkar was born, Dalits are made to feel like ‘gandi naali ke keede’

Ruhi Tewari -
Dalit voters of MP’s Mhow are in a quandary: To vote for BJP, which has ‘done nothing in the last 15 years’, or Congress, ‘which did nothing before’.
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BJP will trace and drive out infiltrators after 2019 polls: Amit Shah

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BJP chief Amit Shah said infiltrators had been coming to India since 1971 and formed the "vote bank" of opposition parties like the Congress and TMC.
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118 candidates file 151 nominations in poll-bound Rajasthan

PTI -
So far, 269 candidates have filed 343 sets of nominations. The last date for filing of nominations is 19 November.
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As leaders quit BJP in Rajasthan party brass worries about poor optics, impact on LS polls

Ruhi Tewari -
As Dausa MP Harish Meena and MLA Manvendra Singh joined Congress, BJP’s central leadership is trying to focus on how to contain the damage.
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ABVP asks DUSU president Ankiv Baisoya to resign, suspends him over fake degree row

Nikhil Rampal -
Baisoya is accused of using fake undergraduate degree. ABVP says action necessary as row tarnishing DUSU’s image. 
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BJP braces for trouble as second Rajasthan poll list leaves out 3 ministers, 15 MLAs

Pragya Kaushika -
Under Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, BJP has been known to deny tickets to sitting MLAs to beat anti-incumbency.
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Pakistan doesn’t want Kashmir, can’t even manage its 4 provinces: Shahid Afridi

Sajjad Hussain -
In a viral video of his address to students in London, Afridi is heard saying that since Pakistan is against giving Kashmir to India, the region should be given independence.
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China on mind, India-US-Australia-Japan Quad to meet in Singapore today

David Tweed -
This will be the third meeting of the group since its revival last year as a counterweight to China’s growing economic and military might.
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Opinion

University townships — India’s chance to build its own version of what America got right

Suresh Prabhu -
India’s university towns initiative is an opportunity to do something we have never managed at scale: build knowledge ecosystems rather than knowledge silos.

Modi’s Nari Shakti pitch is fake. Men hold real power in BJP

BJP wants to be the party of Nari Shakti. Here’s a list to make that happen

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Economy

FTA partners drive India’s trade surge as reliance on non-FTA countries dips, says NITI Aayog report

Udit Bubna -
Share of trade with FTA partners rose from 4.6% in 2006 to 28.8% in 2024. India is currently negotiating or advancing agreements with US, Israel, GCC, Canada & Mexico.

Defence

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

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

National Interest

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

Shekhar Gupta -
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.

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