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NOTA FOR 1984 – WHY AAP LOST PUNJAB

SGIN -
The party lost because it took a communal view of the state, stirred old angers, and embraced radicals That defeat is an orphan is a...
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Maximum Modi, maximum opportunity

Shekhar Gupta -
Narendra Modi is now the new colossus of Indian politics. The question is no longer winning 2019, but what will he do with the new status
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Anti-establishment conformist’s age

Shekhar Gupta -
Even as it seeks political power, AAP has maintained anti-establishmentarianism as its core.
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Writings on the Punjab wall

Shekhar Gupta -
Voters don't care if AAP is a party of outsiders, AAP is set to rise as a national force.
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Of the tweeple, by the tweeple, for the tweeple

Shekhar Gupta -
Social media can be dangerous if it replaces traditional governance, politics or debate.
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One belt, one road to world leadership

Shekhar Gupta -
China's superpower ambitions are out in the open. India must move on from its 1962 mindset & respond strategically.
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Read my lips, forget the camera

Shekhar Gupta -
Say the central forces' angry soldiers. They need reform, committed leaders. And very sensitive handling.
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Strong arm, over the cricket

Shekhar Gupta -
Market forces have made Indian sports thrive. Using a sledgehammer to fix some ills can cut down a game at its peak.
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The power of one

Shekhar Gupta -
That's all it takes to protect an institution - just one person with no past & no greed for future.
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The race to demonetise Modi

Shekhar Gupta -
Demonetisation is Modi’s make-or-break gambit for 2019. Opposition leaders see a vulnerability and won’t gift pre-eminence to Congress.
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Opinion

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

+TFP Ashutosh Varshney -
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

Radhika Yadav’s murder proves the khap panchayat never left—it just moved back into the family

Bihar ADG linking farmers to rising crime uncalled for. Data just doesn’t support such claims

Economy

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Defence

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

Snehesh Alex Philip -
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

National Interest

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Shekhar Gupta -
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.

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