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Topic: Modi

What a Trump victory in November could mean for India

Modi’s personal rapport with both Biden & Trump and bipartisan endorsement of current state of bilateral ties, will further ensure the continuity of this “strategic partnership”.

India Inc-Modi govt friendship is cracking. Lack of level-playing field just one reason

Smaller investors don’t want to enter sectors where India’s big corporate players are dominant, not for fear of market forces, but for fear of non-market ones.

Electoral bonds stink. PM Modi must ask tough questions to BJP fund managers

PM Modi can’t keep track of every donation the party receives and every clean chit a party-led government gives. So it's up to him to rise above the emerging consensus & ask tough questions.

From anti-BJP to pro-Modi, OPS foe to friend — what’s behind the resurgence of TTV Dhinakaran

Dhinakaran is contesting LS polls from Theni, a seat he represented 20 yrs ago. According to political analysts, he is trying to consolidate anti-AIADMK votes for 2026 state polls.

Modi ‘exploring legal options’ to ensure money seized by ED from ‘the corrupt’ reaches the poor

BJP puts out details of PM's phone conversation with Krishnanagar candidate Amrita Roy, during which he told her to 'take my message to the people that I sent this message for Bengal'.

‘Abki baar, 400 paar’ is no mere slogan. It’s crucial to Modi’s agenda if he gets third term

From ‘one nation, one election’ to delimitation and counter-Kejriwal plan, Modi-Shah have an agenda for 2029 poll too. But much will depend on the BJP’s numbers in 2024 polls.

Broken fountains, damp walls — inside Modi govt’s Hazratbal shrine revamp. ‘Minor things,’ say officials

Govt spent Rs 33-cr on facelift for one of country's most revered Muslim shrines. Some components built years ago already worn out, not operational, public toilets have no electricity.

National Creators Award idea proves Modi is influencer-in-chief

Receiving a National award for posting content, a profession you presumably chanced upon, and then being felicitated by the prime minister himself. What a massive win.

Modi inaugurates India’s first under-river metro route & deepest metro station in Kolkata

The 520-mt engineering marvel has been built 13 mts below Hooghly riverbed. A train will cover this stretch in 46 seconds, linking twin cities Kolkata & Howrah, separated by Hooghly.

BJP’s 1st list for LS polls: Modi to contest from Varanasi, Sadhvi Pragya dropped, Shivraj gets ticket

Of the 195 candidates on 1st list, 28 are women, 47 are below age of 50 yrs, 27 are from Scheduled Castes, 18 belong to Scheduled Tribes and 57 are from OBC community.

On Camera

Why India fell off the global middle-class map

A stunted middle class may be a direct result of extreme inequality. Folks at the top don’t see teeming masses as a meaningful market, except for utilities, soap, short videos, and personal loans.

Antitrust watchdog Competition Commission to probe IndiGo flight disruptions

While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.