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India ‘largest flailing democracy’, says Hamid Ansari, talks of ‘growing authoritarianism’ globally

Former V-P was talking at launch of book by ex-law & justice minister Ashwani Kumar. Ansari described it as a 'set of writings depicting a contemporary vision of our democracy'.

TMC wants seat-sharing talks with Congress wrapped up by 31 Dec, ready to give only 2 seats to ally

Congress, however, is learnt to be eyeing at least 6 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal. TMC presented seat-sharing formula at INDIA bloc meeting Tuesday, say party leaders.

Congress learnt ‘valuable lessons’ from recent assembly polls performance, says Kharge at CWC meet

Urging party workers to focus on the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge assures that party would avoid repeating the same mistakes.

Mayawati condemns INDIA bloc members for ‘unnecessary comments’ on parties not part of alliance

The comments came following reports that Samajwadi Party opposed the inclusion of Bahujan Samaj Party into INDIA alliance during the fourth meeting of the bloc Tuesday.

RSS says caste census should be used to ‘uplift’ society, exercise shouldn’t break ‘social harmony’

Remarks by RSS's Sunil Ambekar come a day after another functionary opposed caste census. Congress claims RSS & BJP afraid of census giving 'Dalits, backward classes equal rights'.

Another BSP MP bats for ‘INDIA’, says Mayawati out of sync with ‘majority’ view within party

BSP MP Shyam Singh Yadav says many within party are in favour of joining INDIA alliance. However, TMC chief Mamata Banerjee has said Mayawati will not join INDIA bloc.

After Amma, an Anni to lead a party in Tamil Nadu — who is Premalatha, DMDK’s new general secretary

Last week, actor-politician Vijayakanth handed over reins of his party DMDK to his wife Premalatha. But questions were raised about the manner of this power transfer.

‘Rahul should touch his feet:’ BJP to hold nationwide protests over ‘insult’ to Dhankhar

BJP Kisan Morcha chief calls TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee 'shameless' for mimicking Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar & accuses Congress MP Rahul Gandhi of 'insulting OBCs' by filming the act.

Kejriwal heads to 10-day silent meditation course in Hoshiarpur, likely to skip 2nd ED summons

AAP chief & Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, expected to reach Hoshiarpur's Dhamma Dhaja centre today, has been summoned for the second time by ED in the Delhi excise policy case on 21 December.

Shinde visits RSS founder’s memorial, says decision on caste census after consulting all stakeholders

This comes a day after RSS functionary Shridhar Gadge opposed a caste census, which Congress has been strongly demanding, saying it won’t be good socially and for national unity.

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Sapiosexuals are just snobs who are bad at small talk

This bold I-only-go-out-with-smart-people crowd opens Hinge chats by asking you what you're reading these days. They name-drop Kafka and Nietzsche and use the word 'nuance' a lot.

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.