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Topic2019 elections

Topic: 2019 elections

Tighter security for PM Modi, MHA says ‘threats to life at an all-time high’

Not even ministers and officers will be allowed to come too close to the prime minister unless cleared by his special security.

What Gowda’s bed yoga and Nitish’s no-yoga may tell us about 2019

On the face of it, Gowda’s and Kumar’s responses to PM Modi’s yoga promotion project gave an impression of restless souls trapped in the wrong bodies. But are they?

Opposition parties must set aside egos to take on BJP in 2019 elections: Tejashwi Yadav

Yadav says issue of prime ministerial candidate secondary, more important for opposition parties to come together.

Upset Amit Shah cracks whip on Haryana leadership, tells them to get their act together now

BJP chief gives party's Haryana unit 10 days to complete organisational tasks such as mass outreach plan and setting up booth-level committees. 

The grand opposition alliance will not work because it doesn’t have a Modi

The alliance is also unlikely to have a strong anchor party to act as the glue or a sufficiently comfortable majority

Forget Congress-mukt Bharat, is BJP planning an ally-mukt party for 2019?

The BJP is ambitious and wants to expand while the allies are suspicious of it.

Controversial Jairam Ramesh has skills, but some in Congress don’t want him to run 2019 war room

Jairam Ramesh is known as someone who has had many lives. The technocrat from IIT has come unscathed from several controversies.

Focus 2019, Modi govt sets ambitious target to finish rural road construction

The BJP-led government plans to complete 61,000 km covering over 19,000 habitations by March next year — the highest target set by it since 2014.

The so-called non-political RSS is setting the agenda for 2019 elections

For the first time, the RSS has come out into the political mainstream. So far the organisation pretended that it was only a cultural body.

Lousy economics & lousier politics: Modi govt acting like any other panicky last-year govt

A series of bypoll losses has pushed the Modi government into panic mode. Uncharacteristically, it’s letting events dictate its actions.

On Camera

Gaza deal is meant to ensure Netanyahu’s re-election and a Nobel for Trump, not peace

In spite of the Abraham Accords and other bilateral agreements with Arab countries and non-Arab trade blocs, many are sceptical about Israel’s long-term agenda for Palestine.

60% increase in India’s carbon emissions by 2050, coal to remain top energy source: BP Energy Outlook

The country will account for 12 percent of global energy demand by 2050 from 7 percent in 2023, adds BP report.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.