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Tuesday, January 27, 2026
TopicElectoral promises

Topic: Electoral promises

BJP 2024 manifesto on investment, farm income, panchayati raj—lack of clarity is worrying

Promises tend to become irrelevant if care is not taken to create necessary enabling conditions to make them feasible. This is even truer of electoral promises.

Unemployment is now election issue. Can Congress’ Pehli Naukri Pakki apprenticeship swing it?

Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge's job guarantee promise queers the pitch for the ruling BJP, which must now scramble to make a competitive offer. No matter who wins, this is good politics.

Curbs on poll speeches over ‘freebies’ won’t fix fiscal deficit, AAP tells SC

Restrictions on electoral speech would be unconstitutional & court-appointed expert panel on 'freebies' should focus on govts' budgetary allocations, AAP says in submission to SC.

On Camera

Beneath the ice — what a lost US base from the Cold War reveals about Greenland

A failed US plan to hide missiles under the ice now provides vital clues for understanding Greenland’s future and climate risks.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

From action near Myanmar to hand-to-hand combat in Kishtwar, meet this year’s gallantry award winners

Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.