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TopicVD Satheesan

Topic: VD Satheesan

Marxist turncoats, signal to Ezhavas. Congress’ Kerala candidate list mixes risk with optimism

The major difference between 2021 and 2026 is that party leaders discussed each seat threadbare, including the caste, religious and gender permutations and combinations.

Congress 1st Kerala list out, but suspense lingers over Kannur & Konni, seats eyed by heavyweights

Kerala will go to polls to elect 140 members of the state assembly in early April. V.D. Satheesan and Sunny Joseph to defend their seats.

K-Rail stalled, Pinarayi govt’s nod to RRTS ahead of polls sets stage for Centre-Kerala flashpoint

Leaving K-Rail behind, the Kerala Cabinet Wednesday gave its in-principle approval for the new 583-km RRTS project.

‘Invited as vlogger, not spy’—Congress-led UDF backs Kerala govt amid row over Jyoti Malhotra’s visit

Jyoti Malhotra visited the state for a routine tourism campaign handled by external agencies, says Kerala Tourism Minister Mohammed Riyas as BJP attacks his govt over her 2024-25 trips.

Nilambur isn’t Kerala. UDF must look beyond Muslim votes to win 2026 polls

Congress-led UDF seems to be taking the wrong lessons from the Nilambur bypoll. The ruling CPI-M is leveraging even the loss to build its narrative for the assembly election.

Kerala’s Vizhinjam port inauguration brings CPI(M), BJP and Adani together; Congress out

Though absent, Leader of Opposition Satheesan shared a video of late chief minister Oommen Chandy’s speech about the port in the Kerala Assembly from 2015 on social media.

Is VD Satheesan eyeing control of Kerala Congress? Chandy Oommen’s outburst lays bare tug of war

Satheesan's stocks are high after his successful election engineering post Palakkad bypolls. And the old guard have seemingly come to resent his growing dominance in Congress party.

Can Congress fight CPI-M in Kerala today? ‘Dark horse’ in Tharoor could get UDF back in power

Shashi Tharoor should get the Oomen Chandy faction’s backing, but K.C. Venugopal, V.D. Satheesan and Ramesh Chennithala can gang up to deny him the opportunity.

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Syringes, MRI to ventilators, West Asia war squeezing India’s medical supply chain—costs up 10 to 50%

Industry says manufacturers have 2-4 weeks of buffer stocks, but prolonged disruption could push up shortage risks, especially of consumables like IV and syringes.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.