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Saturday, July 19, 2025
Topic2024

Topic: 2024

2024 warmest year in India since 1901, says Met Dept

Annual mean land surface air temperature across India in 2024 was 0.65 degrees Celsius above the long-term average of 1991-2020 period.

Dushyant plays down talk of BJP-JJP rift after Nadda says BJP prepping to win all Haryana LS seats

Chautala’s remarks come two days after BJP president J.P. Nadda said his party would win all 10 seats in Haryana, signalling his unwillingness to part with any seat for the JJP. 

Will Hindutva be enough for Modi-BJP as crises pile on before 2024? It better be

The Karnataka election loss, Balasore tragedy, wrestlers' protest, and Jack Dorsey's comments have all come in quick succession. The Modi govt's invincible facade is chipping away.

Rahul Gandhi’s acceptability as PM nearly doubled since 2014. More than half are non-Congress

There’s an increase in proportion of people willing to vote for Congress ‘if elections were held tomorrow’. But this appears to be coming at the cost of ‘other’ parties, not BJP.

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Critical minerals are the new oil. India can’t afford to depend on China

Mineral security is no longer just an economic concern but a national security imperative, underpinning the country’s ambitions in clean energy, defence self-reliance, and advanced manufacturing.

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

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.

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

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.

RSS chief Bhagwat draws the line at 75. India’s politics stares at the Modi Exception

BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.