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Topic: United Progressive Alliance

‘Even Parliament could’ve been claimed as Waqf property’: Kiren Rijiju defends amendment bill in LS

Bill was tabled in Parliament Wednesday. It seeks to streamline management of properties & address loopholes in Waqf Act. Critics dub it as an attempt to curb Waqf Board's autonomy.

Pragmatist who could make or break coalitions: The many facets of CPI(M) stalwart Sitaram Yechury

For better part of last two decades, Yechury was among most recognisable Communist leaders in Delhi, admired for his political agility in a Left riven with many contradictions.

INDIA bloc pulling Modi-led BJP below halfway mark, setting country on course for coalition govt

As of 5.30 PM, INDIA is leading in 231 seats, while NDA is ahead in 295. BJP has won 36 seats and is leading in 203, while Congress has claimed nine wins and is leading in 90 seats.

Rises and falls in Lok Sabha polls of last 20 years. And a new law that matters for 2024

The last two decades of Lok Sabha elections saw UPA’s rise and fall, Left’s decimation, and BJP’s juggernaut. Now there’s a new law to choose election commissioners.

Ailing banking sector, inflation, scams — White paper slams UPA for putting economy on ‘road to nowhere’

White paper also stresses on how Centre has sought to strengthen states amid protests over tax sharing policy. Introduction of GST was much-needed structural reform, it adds.

Fact sheet on Nehru & Indira’s ‘blunders’, white paper on economy — how BJP plans to target Congress

The BJP is learnt to have asked state units to not only publicise Modi government’s achievements but also highlight the ‘misdeeds’ of Congress govts since 1947.

UPA backed it, Goa Congress rejected it, Modi to launch it — the twisty story of Mopa airport

Rs 2,870-crore Mopa airport project is getting off the tarmac after decades of delay. PM Modi will inaugurate it Sunday and it will officially start operating from 5 January 2023.

Why Sonia-Rahul’s Congress began its race to the political bottom in 2004 & is now winning it

Indira Gandhi had begun returning Congress to the Centre after realising she’d pushed it too far to the Left. Rajiv, Rao & Manmohan stayed the course. Sonia & Rahul reversed it, became indistinguishable from CPI(M) & just as unelectable.

Italian court finds no scam in IAF’s Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter deal

A Milan court has released a detailed order explaining reasons for the acquittal of two top executives in the VVIP chopper scam case.

On Camera

The key difference between India and China’s response to Gen-Z protests in Nepal

China is desperate to keep Communist Nepal ally intact. India must worry.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?