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TopicTribal seats

Topic: Tribal seats

BJP can’t win Jharkhand with just catchy ‘roti-beti-mati’. It needs reserved tribal seats

Hemant Soren's release is likely to garner sympathy from the Adivasi community. The JMM has recieved 41 per cent credit for the state's formation.

1st win in ‘tribal’ Mandvi — why BJP ‘rewarded’ Kunvarji Halpati with Gujarat ministerial berth

Three of the five Gujarat assembly seats where BJP has won for the 1st time are from the tribal belt and Halpati, a tribal leader, was made minister of state for tribal affairs Monday.

Tripura polls: BJP’s seat sharing deal is stuck over just one tribal seat

BJP has sought for itself 11 out of 20 tribal seats leaving just 9 for ally IPFT, hopeful of early resolution to the logjam.

On Camera

How Djokovic & his luck outplayed opponents in major tournaments—walkovers to retirements

By the 2024 US Open, ESPN noted that Djokovic had advanced via opponent retirements or walkovers 16 times at Majors, the most of any male player in the Open Era.

Flagging growing obesity & heart disease risk, Economic Survey recommends hiking taxes on junk food

The Economic Survey linked ultra-processed foods (UPFs) with worsening diet quality and higher risks of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and mental health conditions.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

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.