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Friday, January 30, 2026
TopicState voting patterns

Topic: state voting patterns

Why 2024 marks the return of state politics to the Centre


In the 1990s and early 2000s, Indian voters started voting in the national election as if they were choosing their chief minister. It changed in 2014 with the rise of Modi.

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India’s tech ambitions need private sector investment in R&D. Budget 2026 holds the key

India’s private sector remains hesitant to invest in R&D. This is understandable, as the domestic market often fails to reward differentiated technologies adequately.

Govt panel proposes sharp cut in share of food prices used for calculating retail inflation

A committee proposed cutting food and beverages’ weight in the consumer price index to 36.75 from 45.86 and rejigging categories.

‘LCA man’ Ravi Kota, key in operationalisation of IAF’s Tejas fleet, picked as next HAL CMD

Mechanical engineer & alumnus of IIM-A & IAS France, Kota was General Manager in HAL’s Light Combat Aircraft division. He was selected from a pool of eight candidates.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.