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TopicNitish Kumar

Topic: Nitish Kumar

Nitish Kumar’s resignation leaves more than a political vacuum. Bihar women need to be paid

Subhasish Ray -
The Rajya Sabha is Kumar’s way of stepping outside the circuit through which Bihar’s women could have held him to the Rs 2 lakh promise.

Day after Nitish’s Rajya Sabha win, his ‘comrade for half a century’ KC Tyagi quits JD(U)

Neelam Pandey -
The senior leader & former Rajya Sabha MP doesn't see much of a role for himself in the party anymore, with the BJP looking to install its own CM.

‘Diplomacy yielding results’—Jaishankar says talks with Iran best way to deal with Hormuz blockade

Vidhi Bhutra -
Global media also looks at how Nitish Kumar shaped 'the Bihar of today', and the 'rare sense of optimism’ in Nepal after Balendra Shah’s ascent.

Yes we kin: Nishant Kumar’s entry makes JD(U) ‘parivarvaad’ party, undercutting PM’s anti-dynasty pitch

Prashant Srivastava -
NDA is is now home to a legion of parties running on family fuel: TDP, LJP, NCP, Hindustani Awam Morcha, and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) among them.

Simon says listen to Donald & making manners great again

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Nitish Kumar’s exit is good for Bihar. It needs a dynamic, visionary CM

ThePrint Team -
ThePrint view on the most important issues.

‘Unke kurte mein kabhi daag nahi laga’: Amit Shah hails Nitish’s return to Delhi as Rajya Sabha MP

Neelam Pandey -
Nitish Kumar’s move to the Rajya Sabha clears the way for a new Bihar chief minister, widely expected to be a BJP leader.

Nitish’s exit is good for Bihar. It’s the beginning of JD(U)’s end and BJP’s supremacy

+TFP D.K. Singh -
The JD(U) may still have 12 members in the Lok Sabha and 85 in the state Assembly, but without Nitish Kumar as its face, the party is confronted with a big leadership vacuum.

Why Bihar govt restricted media access to assembly as CM Nitish filed Rajya Sabha nomination

Neelam Pandey -
It's the first time media restrictions have been put in place before the filing of nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha polls.

Nitish eyes Rajya Sabha seat, paving way for 1st BJP CM—‘relationship with people of Bihar to continue’

Neelam Pandey -
Thursday being the last day for nominations for 16 March RS polls & JD(U) workers rallying outside his residence, CM Nitish Kumar has broken his silence on entry to Upper House.
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Acts of God cases are Acts of State now. The courts are not convinced

TFP+ Gokul Sunoj -
The 'superior force' striking your contract is less likely to be a storm or a war. It is most possibly the stroke of a regulator's pen.

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Economy

Saudi Arabia raises price of main oil grade to Asia to a record high premium

Yongchang Chin -
Saudi Aramco will increase flagship Arab Light crude prices for May sales to a premium of $19.50 over regional benchmarks for refiners in Asia, still less than what traders anticipated.

Defence

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

Keshav Padmanabhan -
French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

National Interest

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

Shekhar Gupta -
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.

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