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TopicKashi Tamil Sangamam

Topic: Kashi Tamil Sangamam

Modi-Shah’s 2024 goal is to diminish Dravidianism. It is the next frontier

The Modi-Shah-Yogi Trimurti has decided to bring an Article 370-like disruption in Tamil politics in 2024. BJP wants to squeeze out the separatist Dravidian impulse from Tamil cultural politics.

BJP all set for Kashi Tamil Sangamam 2.0 ahead of 2024 polls, but says it’s ‘not an election campaign’

Cultural exchange event to start Sunday with PM in attendance. Tamil Nadu BJP's spiritual & temple development wing chief says part of activities to 'take central govt initiatives to people'.

How Sitharaman’s ‘Kashi yatra’ could help BJP boost Tamil connect, counter DMK

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is on 2-day visit to Varanasi to attend Kashi Tamil Sangamam, a month-long cultural event organised by Union govt with some 2,500 attendees from TN.

Varanasi’s mini-Tamil Nadus live in mutts, family shivalayas and stories of saints

Centuries-old cultural connection between Varanasi and Tamil Nadu has resurfaced in public conversations since PM Modi inaugurated the Kashi Tamil Sangamam at BHU recently.

Modi’s Tamil-Varanasi outreach is BJP’s ‘Look South’ strategy. Fort DMK better watch out

BJP adopts different approaches for different states. Bulldozer in UP, ED raids in Maharashtra, Delhi and West Bengal. For Tamil Nadu, it is looking at Tamil culture.

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A ratings monopoly in India has led to lack of technological variation, resulting in sluggish systems detached from market dynamics.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

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Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

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Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

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.