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TopicUttar Pradesh results

Topic: Uttar Pradesh results

How Akhilesh Yadav trumped Modi-Yogi in Uttar Pradesh — ‘sway of caste over communal politics’

Samajwadi Party won 37 Lok Sabha seats in UP, making it the third-largest party in India. It’s a major boost for Akhilesh in his first litmus test after Mulayam Singh Yadav’s death.

The biggest story for the BJP and all political parties is that India is still a poor country

The jolt to the BJP’s politics is so severe that if and when the NDA government is formed, Modi will have to reset his image before he could resurrect the BJP.

Yogendra Yadav live: BJP not only outsmarted SP-BSP caste combine, but also Yogi’s poor image

Uttar Pradesh is causing less damage to the BJP than everyone previously thought.

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Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.