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TopicLok Sabha exit polls

Topic: Lok Sabha exit polls

Axis My India head Pradeep Gupta weeps on live TV after 400-seat forecast for NDA goes wrong

Election results showed psephologist’s prediction was wildly off the mark. Afternoon trends showed NDA was falling short of 300 seats, and BJP much lesser than the 303 it won in 2019.

Higher profits, lower debt, ‘Modi stocks’ effect — Adani market cap zooms past pre-Hindenburg levels

Adani Group stocks rose at an average of 7.8% Monday, while Sensex rose 3.4%. The group has recovered all losses in value since the Hindenburg report came out in January 2023.

Exit polls signal triumph for BJP with its strongholds secure & predictions of big gains in south

Outlook for Congress-led INDIA bloc remains bleak despite aggressive campaigning. Official results of 2024 Lok Sabha polls to be announced on 4 June. ThePrint looks at 5 exit polls.

Exit poll results predict a second term for PM Modi, some give BJP-led NDA more than 300 seats

Here are ThePrint's updates on the Lok Sabha election exit poll results

On Camera

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

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.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

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

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.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.