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Thursday, November 13, 2025
TopicUPA II

Topic: UPA II

Did Atiq Ahmed help save UPA govt in 2008? Book claims he did, but Parliament records say otherwise

Unnati Sharma -
UPA faced trust vote in July 2008 after Left withdrew support over Indo-US nuclear deal. Records show that Atiq Ahmed, then an SP MP, defied his party whip to vote against govt.

UPA-2 faced the same economic issues Modi govt does now. But there’s one difference

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
The Modi govt has to ensure that the 2024 Lok Sabha election doesn’t entice it to throw fiscal prudence out of the window like UPA-2 did.

How Amar Singh exposed the underbelly (or hypocrisy) of Indian politics

D.K. Singh -
Amar Singh’s friendships across political, corporate and Bollywood spheres made him what he was. The ‘fixer’ tag that came with it was only ‘rajniti’ for him.

Parliament saw more disruptions under UPA-2 when BJP was in opposition, data shows

Fatima Khan -
Data shows Lok Sabha productivity fell from 93% in 2009 to 46% in 2013 before rising after 2014, when NDA came to power.

Anybody out there?

Shekhar Gupta -
Government's inaction down the line is only matched by the silence at its top.

The summer freeze

Shekhar Gupta -
The paralysis in the government is matched by the confusion in the Congress party.

The out, their rage

Shekhar Gupta -
Rajiv Gandhi to V.P. Singh, India has looked even more anarchic and furious than it does now.

The great Indian hijack

SGIN -
It began with the National Advisory Council (NAC) and now five characters in fancy dress have brought the govt to bended knee.

The ides of February

Shekhar Gupta -
UPA 2 has been cursed by its own inbuilt contradictions and conflicting ambitions, and for once the allies take no blame for this.

UPA’s meteoric fall

Shekhar Gupta -
When it comes to political and strategic intellect, the Congress is blessed with an embarrassment of riches.
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Opinion

This era has made journalistic independence harder than ever: New York Times publisher

AG Sulzberger -
Journalist Arthur Gregg Sulzberger delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture on 4 March last year.

Air purifiers are the new water filters. Delhi has quietly accepted a crisis

There’s a new M-Y formula at work in Bihar this time

Economy

Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Sampurna Panigrahi -
Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

Defence

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

Keshav Padmanabhan -
At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Shekhar Gupta -
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.

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