On his first visit to Delhi after assuming office as Chief Minister, Stalin said he urged PM Modi to operationalise the Union govt's vaccine manufacturing facilities in Tamil Nadu.
Palanivel Thiaga Rajan is an alumnus of MIT Sloan School of Management. He takes over as TN finance minister at a time when the state is reeling under high debt and huge fiscal deficit.
The prime minister also extended his greeting to Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, who heads the Left front in the state, and DMK supremo M K Stalin, whose party won in Tamil Nadu.
The DMK is eyeing a comeback by dethroning AIADMK and has stitched up a rainbow coalition comprising the Congress, the Left, MDMK, VCK and other smaller outfits.
Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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