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Bypoll trends: 2019 ‘rehearsal’ going awfully wrong for Yogi’s BJP in Gorakhpur, Phulpur

The trends led to uproarious scenes in the UP assembly as SP members celebrated, leading speaker Hriday Narayan Dixit to adjourn the house briefly.

Audio clip puts Haryana’s Khattar govt at centre of bribery row

Opposition corners BJP on a viral purported conversation about the Haryana staff selection commission chairman taking bribes for jobs

What Rex Tillerson’s departure means for the US and its relationships with key allies

The instability we’ve seen in the White House, illustrated by a high turnover rate in key positions, is viewed as a red flag by the international community.

China’s investment in Pakistan is not just a ‘game changer’ but a ‘fate changer’

As long as it receives benefits through association, Pakistan doesn't care if China is using it as a transit route in the CPEC.

A definitive list of people that India can really do without

From Amitabh Bachchan to Gen. Bipin Rawat, from Arundhati Roy to Sri Sri, these unlovely individuals infest every aspect of the luckless nation’s life.

Counting of votes in Yogi Adityanath’s first big test begins in Gorakhpur, Phulpur

The bypolls, termed by Adityanath a “rehearsal” for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, saw a contest between 10 candidates in Gorakhpur and 22 in...

From now on, animal activists in India have no official ID cards

Board cites misuse of cards by individuals; activists claim AWBI is taking away the only document that could prove their animal welfare credentials.

BJP has been busy poaching people it once hated and attacked

Naresh Agarwal and Narayan Rane are just two of the people whose old ‘sins’ were washed away by aligning with the party — the list is much longer.

Outspoken in Parliament, star campaigner: What makes Jaya Bachchan indispensible to SP

The actor-politician has filed her RS nomination for fourth time, has been vocal about issues related to women and children inside and outside Parliament.

It took 2 years, 4 protests and meticulous planning for farmers to make themselves heard

While the protest was largely made up of farmers from Nashik, Thane, Palghar & Ahmednagar, a number of them from other districts joined in on the last 2 days.

On Camera

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.