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Supreme Court to hear final arguments in National Herald case on 4 December

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Rahul and Sonia Gandhi filed petitions in the Supreme Court challenging Delhi High Court's order refusing to give them relief in the case.
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Akshay Kumar & Sukhbir Singh Badal are friends who bonded over their love for kabaddi

Chitleen K Sethi -
Bollywood star Akshay Kumar & former Punjab deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal have both been summoned for questioning in the 2015 sacrilege row.
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#MeToo effect: Congress youth wing to set up panel to probe harassment complaints

Ratnadeep Choudhary -
Move by the Indian Youth Congress comes after a member of its student wing NSUI accused its president Fairoz Khan of sexual harassment.
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Maneka Gandhi: The rare outspoken minister in the Modi government

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Be it the #MeToo case involving M.J. Akbar or Avni killing, Maneka Gandhi has spoken her mind, demanding punishment for the 'guilty'.
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Ananth Kumar’s demise a big setback for BJP’s Karnataka 2019 plans

Rohini Swamy -
Although not a leader with mass appeal, Ananth Kumar had a reputation of being a sound strategist with expertise in organisational affairs.
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Modi’s carpet bombing will not help BJP in Rajasthan, says Sachin Pilot

Ruhi Tewari -
Rajasthan Congress chief Sachin Pilot says PM Modi cannot ‘dissociate’ himself from Raje govt, which he accuses of ‘mis-rule’. Rajasthan votes on 7 December.
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Modi attacks Congress, says party’s politics begins and ends with one family

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The Prime Minister also hit out at the Gandhis for questioning demonetisation.
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BJP ally RLSP’s chief Kushwaha meets Sharad Yadav, fuels speculation over his next move

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Kushwaha objected to Amit Shah's proposal that both his party and Ram Vilas Paswan-led LJP contest fewer number of seats in Bihar in 2019 than in 2014.
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IED blast in Dantewada as Chhattisgarh goes to the polls, none injured

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A police official said Naxals, who had called for a boycott of the polls, detonated the IED early morning in Maoist hotbed Dantewada.
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Ananth Kumar, a skillful administrator and a political heavyweight

Rohini Swamy -
Union minister Ananth Kumar, who passed away Monday, was an old political warhorse who never lost his Bengaluru (South) Lok Sabha constituency.
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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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