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TopicChandrakant Patil

Topic: Chandrakant Patil

Chandrakant Patil’s ‘heavy heart’ gets a soft message from BJP: ‘Know when to speak what’

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren supported NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu in the presidential poll with a 'heavy heart'. In the case of V-P, there is no such compulsion but he's said to go with NDA pick.

What bypoll loss means for Maharashtra BJP chief, Amit Shah aide & ABVP alum who shoots from hip

Chandrakant Patil had proclaimed ahead of Kolhapur North bypoll this month that he would quit politics and take refuge in Himalayas if party did not win. BJP lost the election.

A ‘Congress Singh’ takes charge of BJP’s UP unit as party hopes to win OBC votes

The former journalist is better known as Swantantra Dev Singh. Maratha leader Chandrakant Patil picked for Maharashtra BJP chief post.

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What a viral monkey, an IKEA plush toy, and a US Supreme Court ruling reveal about tariffs

Punch’s attachment to his plush toy is not based on its country of origin, but on the comfort it provides. Similarly, consumers prioritise trust and design over geopolitical labels.

FY23 chosen as new base for India’s GDP as it was 1st ‘normal economic year’ in a while—MoSPI secy

FY 2022-23 was the first normal economic year in recent years, said Saurabh Garg, Secretary of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, in an interview with ThePrint.

IAF’s Tejas fleet undergoes ‘maintenance check’, decision on airframe yet to be taken

The 7 February incident involving Tejas aircraft caused severe damage to its frame. IAF and HAL are working together as part of the Board of Inquiry (BoI) to probe the incident.

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

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