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Topic2019 elections

Topic: 2019 elections

One year since it rolled out, GST remains a potent political tool to beat Modi govt with

Seshadri Chari -
A good tax system like GST, if badly implemented, can lead to high inflation and price rise, resulting in a political setback.

It will be a ‘victim’ Modi versus the rest in 2019

Ruhi Tewari -
Despite five years of incumbency, this narrative allows Modi to project himself as the underdog in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Rahul Gandhi’s Congress appointments reveal strategy – win or lose 2019, gear up for 2024

Kalyani Shankar -
Rahul Gandhi is trying for a smooth transition in the party order, as the old guard must be accommodated at least until 2019.

Even without grand alliance, BJP could face trouble next year, shows 2014 poll data

D.K. Singh -
Analysis shows BJP would have lost 64 Lok Sabha seats in 2014 if Congress, SP, BSP, RLD, JMM, JVM, and JD(S) had fought together.

Eye on 2019, BJP dangles quota carrot to bring disgruntled castes back into the fold

Kumar Anshuman -
The Raje government's decision to grant 1% reservation to Gurjars is in line with her party's efforts to placate communities ahead of 2019.

Indian firms offer staff social media lessons as online bigotry threatens bottom lines

Jeanette Rodrigues -
The reputational risks to companies of an increasingly polarised political and social discourse online are relatively new in India.

Congress and RJD trying to form a mahagatbandhan in Jharkhand too

PTI -
In talks with first CM Babulal Marandi's Jharkhand Vikas Morcha and Shibu Soren's Jharkhand Mukti Morcha ahead of 2019 general and state polls.

All parties that attended Kumaraswamy swearing-in may not contest together in 2019: Deve Gowda

PTI -
Says he favours third front to take on BJP; adds that JD(S) will ally with the Congress in Karnataka.

Facebook looking into election panel’s request to block political ads 2 days before polls

PTI -
Social media giant is considering to provide a window or button that will flag violation of election laws.

To be relevant in 2019, Congress must rewind to 1996-2004

Roshan Kishore, HT -
Congress should try to get back to its 135 seat share in 1996-2004 rather than aim for the 206 of 2009.
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Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

Swasti Rao -
The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Mamdani must face blind spots of his Muslim identity—and the wrongs done in its name

SIR drive isn’t NRC-CAA—it can exclude millions of genuine voters, not just Muslims

Economy

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

+TFP Debdutta Chakraborty -
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

Defence

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

Keshav Padmanabhan -
At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

National Interest

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

Shekhar Gupta -
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.

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