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Topic: Goa Forward Party

Why Congress & TMC’s alliances with Goa regional parties might not be enough to fight BJP

Manasi Phadke -
Congress has tied up with Goa Forward Party, which is just one election old. TMC has tied up with MGP, which ruled Goa decades ago but has steadily lost its glory.

Goa’s GFP rules out merger with Trinamool, says Congress has till Diwali to finalise alliance

Madhuparna Das -
Goa Forward Party president Vijai Sardesai tells ThePrint too many anti-BJP forces are coming to Goa to fight BJP, says we have to think about a strategic alliance, so votes do not get divided.

‘Joined NDA only for Parrikar’ — BJP’s one-time Goa ally set to partner with Congress in 2022

Fatima Khan -
The Goa Forward Party, which was part of the BJP-led NDA until April, is now in talks with the Congress for the 2022 assembly polls. 

Vijai Sardesai, the biggest loser in Goa’s roller-coaster politics

Manasi Phadke -
Goa Forward Party leader Vijai Sardesai saw popularity, success and heady power between 2012 and 2019, before going back to opposition benches.

With Manohar Parrikar indisposed, BJP concerned about ‘go Goa gone’

Ruhi Tewari -
BJP’s quandary stems from the fact that Parrikar did not groom a second rung and the party has few leaders in Goa who carry adequate weight.

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Opinion

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

+TFP Vir Sanghvi -
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

AI is officially ruining social media. It made brainrot boring

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

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

Snehesh Alex Philip -
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

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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