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TopicElection expenditure

Topic: election expenditure

From 56% to 274% in 10 yrs: How the BJP–Congress election spending gap exploded in 2024-25

Apoorva Mandhani -
Data submitted to EC shows BJP spent Rs 3,355 crore on elections & propaganda, dwarfing Congress’s Rs 896 crore. Experts say resources give advantage but don’t guarantee votes.

Does India need a ceiling on election expenditure? We’re better off without this fiction

+TFP Yogendra Yadav -
I am told this time that no candidate in Telangana is expected to spend less than Rs 100 crore in each assembly constituency

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Opinion

Indian judiciary must stop panicking over AI

Siddarth Raman -
To assume courts weigh every word committed to paper is to ignore reality. The Indian judiciary has long had a "Control+C" problem.

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

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

India eyes 6th generation FCAS, looks at tying up with France for possible collaboration

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Initial talks held on the possibility of India entering the programme that was started in 2017 between France, Germany and Spain to ensure European sovereignty in defence and security.

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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