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Topic2022 assembly election

Topic: 2022 assembly election

Shiv Sena & NCP take partnership outside Maharashtra, will fight Goa elections together

Both parties will contest 10 seats each. They have nominal presence in Goa & tried to get MVA ally Congress — single-largest party in Goa in 2017 — to join alliance, but failed.

EC allows authorised media persons to cast vote through postal ballot in upcoming polls

Railways employees, All India Radio and BSNL workers are among others that have been categorised as essential services who can cast their vote through postal ballot.

EC announces poll dates for 5 states, voting to take between 10 February and 7 March

UP elections will be held in 7 phases between 10 Feb and 7 March, while Punjab, Uttarakhand & Goa will vote on 14 Feb. Manipur will vote in 2 phases on 27 Feb and 3 March. Results on 10 March.

EC carries out ‘complete review’ of Covid situation in 5 poll-bound states

In a meeting with Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, EC emphasised the need to ensure complete vaccination of all eligible persons in the five states.

Akhilesh Yadav’s SP isn’t giving up against Yogi Adityanath’s BJP. They have a 3-point plan

A lot will depend on the ‘corrective measures’ Akhilesh Yadav takes to galvanise the Samajwadi Party and win them back the voters they lost to BJP.

What Yogi told Modi in their viral photo, and trickle-down effect hits India’s health sector

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

Cracks appear in Samyukt Kisan Morcha as some unions make ‘political moves’ ahead of Punjab 2022

Farm leaders like Gurnam Singh Chaduni say agitations and political activities can go hand in hand, but other Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) say politicking farmers will be shown “black flags”.

SP’s Nitin Agarwal files nomination for UP assembly deputy speaker post in BJP leaders’ presence

Uttar Pradesh will get its first Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly after a gap of over 14 years.

BJP ‘crushed farmers’, will ‘crush Constitution’ after winning 2022 polls — Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav Tuesday kickstarted the 'Samajwadi Vijay Rath Yatra' in Kanpur, which will cover all 403 assembly segments in Uttar Pradesh ahead of 2022 polls.

Modi seems unassailable, opposition is targeting its own but UP 2022 can change 2024 script

If BJP doesn’t win UP, or wins it narrowly, mood for 2024 will be different. Congress retaining Punjab, Shiv Sena & friends staying in charge of BMC can make Modi’s road tougher.

On Camera

US has misread India. New Delhi will hedge, push back, and assert

India’s foreign policy today is driven less by Western alignment or global liberalism and more by domestic political imperatives — economic, ideological, and electoral.

Smartphones, gems, pharma: Which Indian exports will be worst hit by Trump tariffs, which will be spared

Electronics—specifically smartphones—& energy & pharma products make up 30% of Indian exports to US. 25% tariff on India came into effect Thursday, extra 25% to kick in by August-end.

Pakistan army chief Asim Munir to attend CENTCOM chief’s farewell, second visit to US in two months

Munir was earlier in America in June when he had a two-hour luncheon meeting with the US president at the White House.

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.