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Modi, Citizenship Bill gamble & Himanta Biswa Sarma come together to help BJP in Assam

Ruhi Tewari -
Trends show BJP is ahead in 10 of Assam's 14 seats. This, despite anger over its aggressive push for the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.
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In Odisha’s IAS vs IPS battle, BJP’s Aparajita Sarangi set to defeat former Mumbai top cop

Moushumi Das Gupta -
BJP’s Aparajita Sarangi, a former municipal commissioner of Bhubaneswar, is contesting against BJD’s Arup Patnaik, the former commissioner of Mumbai Police.
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India wins yet again, says PM Modi as trends put BJP far ahead of majority mark

PTI -
The BJP are headed for a landslide victory as they lead in more than 300 seats while the Congress trails far behind with 50 seats.
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2019 message — India tired of dynasts with a foot in London, New York or Dubai

Jyoti Malhotra -
Elections 2019 send a strong message to dynasts like Jyotiraditya Scindia and Rahul Gandhi who think politics is a weekend picnic.
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Varanasi is a no-contest for Narendra Modi yet again

Aditi Vatsa -
Narendra Modi will likely better his victory margin this time as he leads by more than 4 lakh votes. In 2014, he defeated Arvind Kejriwal by over 3 lakh votes.
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Despite Modi wave, BJP loses Manohar Parrikar’s Panaji assembly seat

Manasi Phadke -
BJP accepts 'some discontent among people' regarding its candidate, but is safely placed in the Goa assembly after the bypolls to 4 seats.
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KCR’s federal front dreams crumble as BJP makes inroads in new southern turf Telangana

Rohini Swamy -
BJP is leading in 4 of Telangana's 17 seats, three seats up from its 2014 tally, while the TRS is ahead in nine.
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BJP crushes Congress hopes in Rajasthan, MP & Chhattisgarh, set to sweep all 3 states

Neelam Pandey -
Trends show BJP leading in all 25 seats in Rajasthan, in 28 out of 29 seats in MP and in 9 out of 11 seats in Chhattisgarh.
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Naveen Patnaik, a man with ‘two set of clothes’, is returning as CM for fifth time

Moushumi Das Gupta -
As Naveen Patnaik returns for his fifth term as Odisha CM, ThePrint takes a look at the secret behind his consistent electoral run.
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Congress-JD(S) is the villain in the disastrous performance of their alliance in Karnataka

Rohini Swamy -
Against their expectations of getting between 10-14 seats, the Congress-JD(S) alliance is leading in just two of Karnataka's 28 seats.
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Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

MA Venkata Rao -
Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

NJ 9842 launched the Siachen conflict. Where is it actually located?

Gen Z and the art of the side quest—why purposelessness is the ultimate flex

Economy

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

Hallie Gu -
War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Defence

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

Adurthi Ashwin Swarup -
From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

National Interest

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

Shekhar Gupta -
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.

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