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Now that we know Yogi is no Modi, here is some chicken soup for his defeated UP soul

Sandip Roy -
UP proved that, as of now, Yogi Adityanath is no Modi. The Prime Minister might not be too unhappy about that at least.
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Secularism is just a word, but opposition will resist BJP bid to drop it from Constitution

Shashi Tharoor -
The word itself may not be essential, but its removal will symbolise an assault on the spirit of Indian pluralism and religious freedom.
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UP bypolls: It is not just a vote against Yogi but also against Modi

Maneesh Chhibber -
These by-elections may effectively set the tone for 2019, more than the recent BJP successes in the three states in the northeast.
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UP bypolls prove that the BJP has only one vote-catcher: Narendra Modi

Shekhar Gupta -
There are dangers in extrapolating today’s events to what might happen 14 months from now. But anti-BJP parties will believe it is beatable.
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Modi-Shah might have lost today, but the BJP is not going to mourn for long

Ruhi Tewari -
Complacency and hubris are a lethal mix at the hustings, and with Wednesday’s verdict, BJP has learnt that the hard way.
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Gorakhpur bypoll loss damages image of ‘Yogi samrajya’ and weakens his position in BJP

Pragya Kaushika -
Senior BJP leaders are of the view that Yogi had been given the task of retaining the Gorakhpur seat and he failed in it.
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Gorakhpur bypoll: Make no mistake, this is Yogi Adityanath’s defeat

Kumar Anshuman -
The Gorakhnath temple has been at the centre of local politics and only the candidates believed to “have its blessings” have ever won elections from there.
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Emmanuel Macron told Rahul Gandhi he’ll tell him what Modi won’t

Kalyani Shankar -
The French side conveyed to Rahul that they had no objection to revealing details of the Rafale deal, but it was the Modi government, which was not keen.
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God help us if this PDP-BJP govt lasts for another three years: Former J&K CM Omar Abdullah

Rahiba R. Parveen -
Alliance partners PDP & BJP are both responsible for the mess in Jammu & Kashmir, former CM Omar Abdullah tells ThePrint in an exclusive interview.
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The controversial past of the man behind the media block in Gorakhpur

Deeksha Bhardwaj -
Rautela is known to be a close associate of Uttar Pradesh CM and former five-term Gorakhpur MP Yogi Adityanath, who hand-picked him to head the administrative set-up of his home district.
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Opinion

Ube is all set to kick out matcha from Indian cafes. Expect purple frappe, boba tea, kulfi

Triya Gulati -
Ube’s sweet, nutty, almost vanilla-like flavour doesn’t need convincing. You don’t have to acquire a taste for it. And matcha fatigue is all too real.

How India’s Sparrows outsmarted Pakistan and conquered Siachen in 1984 Operation Meghdoot

Anil Kapoor and the rise of angry Dalit-Bahujan hero

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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