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Topic2019 elections

Topic: 2019 elections

Selfless national interest doesn’t quite drive corporate-politician ties: Ratan Tata

Ratan Tata -
Money's corrupting role in Indian politics has only grown since the country's independence, writes Ratan Tata

Why actor Mohanlal cannot become politician Mohanlal

Rohini Swamy -
Actor Mohanlal has reiterated that he will not enter politics, and the pressure to stay away appears to have come from an unusual source — his fan associations.   

BJP backroom boys must go beyond Vadra to scale up anti-corruption mood before election

Seshadri Chari -
The general perception that the Congress’ first family greatly benefitted from corruption will have a great impact in the coming months.

Rahul Gandhi’s race for 2019, and Swachh Bharat in ‘safe hands’

Soham Sen -
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

EC unlikely to yield to opposition demand to verify 50% of EVM results with paper trails

Sanya Dhingra -
EC official calls the opposition's demand arbitrary, says the commission will come up with a solution based on some logical rationale.

RBI’s rate cut comes as pre-election stimulus for Modi govt

Anirban Nag -
Govt officials were quick to praise the cut but economists are concerned that the monetary & fiscal stimulus would be inflationary.

Political ads on Facebook will come with disclaimers on advertisers

PTI -
Facebook's new policy is an effort to bring transparency into political advertisements ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

2 months before Lok Sabha polls, cracks in Haryana Congress are turning into gaping holes

Chitleen K Sethi -
Jind bypoll debacle has sparked a fresh round of infighting among the factions headed by Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Randeep Surjewala and Ashok Tanwar.

2019 Lok Sabha polls will be Modi vs the rest, says Amit Shah

PTI -
BJP chief Amit Shah said the party is different from others, as victory is guaranteed by booth level workers and not by any one leader.

Coming Up: PM Modi’s Lok Sabha campaign blitzkrieg — 10 states in 5 days

Ruhi Tewari -
From 8 Feb, Modi will travel from far Northeast to eastern, southern, central and northern India, looking to carpet bomb with public meetings.
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Read the Kashmir verdict. It’s time to stop treating it like a national security crisis

+TFP Praveen Swami -
Election after election has seen Kashmir’s people demonstrate that, like other Indians, they seek a future shaped by democratic rights and norms

Haryana, J&K results hold one lesson—INDIA alliance should be the face in fight against BJP

China must know India is too important for South Asia to abandon. Muizzu visit is proof

Economy

RBI’s policy-setting body keeps rates unchanged for 10th straight time, changes stance to ‘neutral’

Sampurna Panigrahi -
Change in stance signals possibility of rate cuts, potentially as early as December, depending on inflation trends & global economy. Growth projection for FY 2024-25 retained at 7.2%.

Defence

Massive in size & capable of heavyweight strikes. Russia’s S-70 Okhotnik is unlike any other drone

Smruti Deshpande -
No clarity on whether it was shot down intentionally or accidentally.Some reports suggest that it was purposely brought down to prevent Ukrainians getting their hands on the drone.

National Interest

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

Shekhar Gupta -
How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?

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