The bypolls were necessitated after 9 MLAs rebelled against Congress in March. Of these, the party has since won in 4 & the BJP in 2. Polls in the remaining 3 will be held on 10 July.
Ruling BJP had inducted Surenderpal Singh into its cabinet on 30 December & allotted him important portfolios. He lost to Congress’s Rupinder Singh Kooner in Karanpur constituency Monday.
BJP won 4 of 6 seats it contested in Bihar, Telangana, UP, Odisha & Harayana. It previously held 3 of these. In the first elections in Bihar since BJP-JD(U) ties ended, the party won 1 & lost 1.
Fauja Singh, 114, died after being hit by a speeding car. His death renews questions about India’s deadly roads, rising accidents, and poor traffic discipline.
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.
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.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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