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TopicLok Sabha polls 2019

Topic: Lok Sabha polls 2019

Tamasha TV for a tamasha PM: How Indian media covered Modi this election

There are Facebook surveys, WhatsApp polls, interviews in lawns of Modi's home and chats with Rahul Gandhi between rallies and chopper rides.

17th Lok Sabha looks set to confirm Ambedkar’s fears: no vocal Dalits in Parliament

India has a dichotomous situation — vocal Dalits in college campuses and on the streets, and silent Dalits in Parliament.

UP’s 1.3 lakh polling booths: What affects voter turnout on election day

EC’s voter education programme has exhausted its limit as data shows two booth-level factors can affect participation on polling day.

Modi’s BJP lashes out at opposition for ignoring development but abandoned the plank itself

Modi government is unashamedly resorting to anti-Muslim statements and religious or emotional issues to win the elections.

India needs politicians who understand tech, not lawyers who double up as IT ministers

Whether it’s a BJP or Congress government in May, India must pick a true technologist at heart from three options for the post of IT minister.

‘Festival of democracy’ and Advani’s end of poll road

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

Dogs matter more to Indian middle class than people

Why do people who complain that our municipalities are incapable of offering proper shelter to dogs not worry about the pathetic shelter offered to refugees and victims of political persecution?

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.