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Thursday, August 21, 2025
TopicBihar Assembly Polls

Topic: Bihar Assembly Polls

Bihar’s Covid numbers are remarkable, but experts say it’s ‘very difficult to explain’ how

Poll-bound Bihar has the second lowest positivity rate in the country, and is testing over 1 lakh samples every day, with a case fatality rate of just 0.5 per cent.

Nitish Kumar ko gussa kyun aata hai, asks India Today, Mehbooba’s ‘sedition’ on News Nation

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

With each passing rally, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar is losing his ‘Mr Cool’ image

Nitish has lost his temper at hostile sections of the crowd, and launched vicious attacks on his rival Tejashwi Yadav, his father Lalu and their family.

Nitish Kumar makes no mention of Chirag Paswan in Ram Vilas Paswan’s native assembly seat

Chirag Pawan has been hitting out at Nitish Kumar on a daily basis, but the Bihar CM has chosen not to react to him and maintained the same approach during his Saturday rally in Alauli.

It’s raining jobs in parties’ manifestos in Bihar but unemployed youth keep them on tenterhooks

Opposition says 25% IAS and IPS officers hailed from Bihar over the last decade but only 12% people between 15 and 59 have a regular income stream in the state.

RJD manifesto promises to scrap farm laws, Tejashwi explains 10 lakh jobs arithmetic

The Grand Alliance chief ministerial face also promises loan waiver to farmers in the state, and reduction in electricity tariff.

Chirag, Nitish, caste, Naxals and land reform — Modi’s 5 messages to Bihar voters

PM Modi kicked-off his Bihar assembly polls campaign Friday with rallies at Sasaram, Gaya and Bhagalpur. CM Nitish Kumar was present at two.

Why Bihar’s ‘Sushasan Babu’ Nitish Kumar risks losing his reputation even if he wins

There is visible anger directed at the CM — with Nitish Kumar’s moniker of ‘Sushasan Babu’ giving way to terms such as ‘Paltu Ram’, ‘Paltu Kumar’, ‘Dal Badlu’.

Tum mujhe vote do, main tumhe vaccine doonga — Zee, Times Now says all’s fair in elections

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

‘Even better than father Lalu’ — how Tejashwi 2020 is a stark contrast to Tejashwi 2019

Tejashwi Yadav is drawing huge crowds but there is also a marked change in his campaigning, with the RJD leader striking a chord with the electorate and exuding confidence.

On Camera

Tariffs, chips, and China — how Trump’s trade playbook affects India

Trump’s OBBB is framed to augment domestic semiconductor production and enhance trade protection, even at the expense of certain social programs such as Medicaid, food stamps, and student loans, as well as a projected ballooning federal deficit from US$2.8 to 3.3 trillion

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?