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Topic: Asom Gana Parishad

BJP & allies win landslide in Guwahati civic polls, AAP gets 1 seat, zero for Congress

Angana Chakrabarti -
BJP & Asom Gana Parishad won 58 out of 60 wards in municipal polls held Friday after 9-year gap. Lurinjyoti Gogoi-led Assam Jatiya Parishad got 1 seat.

Will stick with BJP alliance, hope it delivers on Assam Accord promises, AGP’s Bora hints

Karishma Hasnat -
AGP president Atul Bora says party will focus on implementing Clause 6 of Assam Accord, that promises various safeguards to Assamese people.

The Citizenship Bill complements NRC in pushing BJP’s Hindutva agenda: here’s how

Ruhi Tewari -
JPC has upheld most of the provisions in the bill, which has become a political and social flashpoint, given the backdrop of the NRC process in Assam. 

India is a secular country, citizenship should not be conferred on basis of religion: BJP ally Mahanta

ThePrint Team -
AGP chief and former Assam CM Prafulla Mahanta threatens to walk out of NDA if BJP goes ahead with the citizenship bill.

No NRC draft on 30 June as Assam govt moves Supreme Court for extension

Ruhi Tewari -
Any delay that extends the process till the 2019 poll season is expected to help the BJP’s campaign by giving the party a poll...

Why is Assam opposing citizenship bill and how it is different from NRC update exercise

Ruhi Tewari -
AGP has threatened to walk out of BJP-led alliance in Assam if the Modi govt goes ahead with the contentious bill.

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Opinion

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

+TFP Vir Sanghvi -
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

AI is officially ruining social media. It made brainrot boring

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

Snehesh Alex Philip -
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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