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TopicAnanth Kumar

Topic: Ananth Kumar

Change of guard, no family card: BJP’s larger message in ticket distribution

BJP's ninth list is symbolic of its efforts to ease out the older guard beyond the obvious names and dismiss the 'family factor'.

Power gets concentrated in fewer hands after Modi govt loses one more minister

Ananth Kumar’s portfolios given to Sadananda Gowda and Narendra Tomar, triggering criticism that power remains concentrated in a few hands in Modi govt.

Ananth Kumar’s demise a big setback for BJP’s Karnataka 2019 plans

Although not a leader with mass appeal, Ananth Kumar had a reputation of being a sound strategist with expertise in organisational affairs.

Ananth Kumar, a skillful administrator and a political heavyweight

Union minister Ananth Kumar, who passed away Monday, was an old political warhorse who never lost his Bengaluru (South) Lok Sabha constituency.

Union minister Ananth Kumar back in India after treatment, still needs to rest

Union minister Ananth Kumar's office in Bengaluru has denied reports that he is suffering from cancer.

The cancer that ails 2 of India’s top politicians & a talent-averse Modi govt

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

As Ananth Kumar passes away, a look at politicians who have beaten or succumbed to cancer

Union minister Ananth Kumar died Monday of cancer, a disease that also afflicts his former ministerial colleague Manohar Parrikar.

Union minister Ananth Kumar undergoes surgery in US, may return next weekend

Minister’s office terms as 'rumours' reports that he has pancreatic cancer. BJP and government silent on nature of illness. 

One of the fastest spreading cancers that ails 2 of India’s top politicians

Even if pancreatic cancer is diagnosed at an early stage, oncologists say the average survival time is 20 months.

On Camera

Why investing in school readiness is critical to achieving the Viksit Bharat goal

The challenge is no longer one of policy intent — the blueprint for a world-class ECCE system exists within the NEP 2020. The task now is implementation fidelity.

Stocks fall, oil prices climb as Trump issues fresh threat to Iran ahead of his deadline

Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.

Western theatre against Pakistan to be headed by IAF, Northern theatre under Army to focus on China

India's military to get Vice Chief of Defence Staff along with one Theatre Commander from each of three services, it is learnt.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.