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Rajya Sabha election results are one more indicator of how hungrily BJP fights to win. And the party is aided by Congress harbouring the wrong kind of ambition BJP’s unexpected success in Rajya Sabha polls in UP and Himachal is yet another pointer to its overwhelming hunger for success and burning ambition to dominate all
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BJP keeps sharpening its strategy. Congress fails to spot dissent before it blows up Cross-voting by 6 Congress MLAs in Rajya Sabha election for Himachal’s single seat should not have triggered the uproar it did. Party whips in assembly do not extend to RS elections. So, RS cross-voting – technically – doesn’t impact assembly. Qualifying
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America’s median age is less than 39. Both Biden and Trump are doubly older. Across the pond, France has a 34-year-old PM. More than their years though, it is the many instances of their ‘forgetfulness’ that have critics questioning Biden-Trump’s fitness for the world’s most powerful presidency. Experts, however, suggest that these concerns are rooted
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For the first time in 40 years, a small group of Indians is set to venture into the perilous and untamed wilderness that lies beyond our atmosphere. Yesterday, Modi feted four test pilots – Prasanth Nair, Ajit Krishnan, Angad Pratap and Shubhanshu Shukla – who are to become the first Indians in outer space since
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Jug Suraiya A former associate editor with the Times of India, Jug Suraiya writes two regular columns for the print edition, Jugular Vein, which appears every Friday, and Second Opinion, which appears on Wednesdays. His blog takes a contrarian view of topical and timeless issues, political, social, economic and speculative. LESS … MORE In a
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Fairness creams are no longer as popular as they used to be, says a surprising piece of consumer data from NielsenIQ, reported by Economic Times. Younger audiences are seeking glow rather than fairness, say companies, and fairness creams have grown significantly slower than ‘clean’ skincare and sun protection. Is this wholesome trend a sign of
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Their life is our soap opera. It is our interest in the super-rich that shows like Billions and Succession cash in on. But what family dysfunctions in these shows often miss is the extent to which the greatest wealth creation often comes from families cohering towards this end generation after generation. With the death of
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That urban, rural spend on food is falling shows rising incomes. But consumption growth is lagging GDP growth India’s economic data has a modular design. Many population sample surveys are carried out to get a closer look at specific areas such as consumption. Based on that, macro measures such as GDP and consumer price index
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Accepting the idea that a person has the power to change society is very Indian. But it’s as valid as Western ideas that privileges institutions or a document or a God/state over any leader His fans and followers adore him, and will not tolerate any criticism of him. His opponents only want to criticise him.
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Proxy data proves an open secret: urban population is severely undercounted. This leads to policy distortions, and needs correction India’s future is decidedly urban. Legacy overhang however is, perhaps subconsciously, contrarian and pulls us in the direction of demonstrably untrue statements such as, ‘India is a rural agrarian country and India lives in villages.’ This
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