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Thursday, January 29, 2026
TopicLok Sabha 2014

Topic: Lok Sabha 2014

How BJP’s one-party dominance differs from Congress: it co-opts local elites and opponents

Rahul Verma -
OBC representation, which rose significantly during the 1990s, has either plateaued or decreased in most north Indian states, including UP and Bihar.

Not just Modi’s personality, this key factor was behind BJP’s massive win in 2019 elections

Pradeep Chhibber -
Perceptions around BJP’s performance were hardly enough to put it on driving seat. And yet it got 50% votes in more than 200 constituencies.

This is what changed for voters from 2014 to 2019 Lok Sabha elections: Nothing

Rukmini S -
Issues on voters’ minds, and belief in Modi's abilities, have not changed significantly between 2014 and 2019 elections.

After an election all about Modi, it’s President Kovind who may decide India’s fate

Vidyadharan MP -
With 2019 election results almost certain to throw a hung Parliament, who President Kovind invites first could make all the difference.

Making Mayawati India’s prime minister in 2019 will fix its casteist past and present

Sobran Kabir -
Whites in the US showed their humane side by twice electing Barack Obama, a black minority. Can India’s upper castes ever support a Dalit PM?

Wins in state polls do have a bearing on Lok Sabha elections, if held within 2 years: Study

Aneesh Nathani -
Elections in two-party states like MP, Rajasthan indicate who will win in Lok Sabha polls but the trend isn’t true for multi-party states.

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Opinion

How Djokovic & his luck outplayed opponents in major tournaments—walkovers to retirements

Anindya Dutta -
By the 2024 US Open, ESPN noted that Djokovic had advanced via opponent retirements or walkovers 16 times at Majors, the most of any male player in the Open Era.

India is resigned to a new status quo with China

India’s bravest fought the battle of Rezang La in 1962—yet there’s no official record of it

Economy

India among top 5 for expanding research in critical technologies, despite low R&D investment

Soumya Pillai -
The Economic Survey 2025-26 shows India among the top five countries in 45 out of 64 critical technologies in the Critical Technology Tracker.

Defence

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Debdutta Chakraborty -
Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

National Interest

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

Shekhar Gupta -
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.

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