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Narendra Modi’s Vicious Attack On Muslims Misquoting Manmohan Is A Blatant Violation Of Model Code

By Nitya Chakraborty Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vicious attack against the Muslims, the largest minority community in the country at the election rally in Rajasthan on Sunday misquoting a statement of former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in 2006, has crossed all limits of the Election Commission’s Model Code...

Apr 22 · >

The Current Heatwave May Spoil The Election Tempo, Result Predictions

By Nantoo Banerjee The current heatwave seems to have far overtaken the ongoing Lok Sabha election wave with political combinations such as the NDA and the INDIA are increasingly uncertain about their positions as the heatwave is certain to have an impact on the participation of voters in the...

Apr 22 · >

Artificial Intelligence Has Become A Dominant Tool Of Poll Campaigning In 2024

By Kalyani Shankar Artificial Intelligence, a game-changer in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, has revolutionised traditional campaign strategies. The era of candidates personally visiting voters’ homes and engaging in conversations over tea, even after a five-year hiatus, has given way to a more technologically advanced approach. In the 2014...

Apr 22 · >

Prime Minister Losing Steam As The Going Gets Hot In Ongoing Polls

By Sushil Kutty “Infiltrators” from Bangladesh and Myanmar weren’t evicted in 10 years of muscular Modi rule. Instead, large numbers of the “termites” were beneficiaries of Modi’s welfare schemes including free monthly rations, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Modi’s LPG, Modi’s LED bulbs and Modi’s jan-dhan yojana bank accounts. So,...

Apr 22 · >

A Desperate Modi Is Subverting Electoral Process In His Favour

By Arun Srivastava The electorate turnout being down by 4 percent in the first phase of 2024 Lok Sabha election relative to phase 1 of 2019 has three distinct messages: first, voters have outright rejected Narendra Modi’s constricted rhetoric on polarisation of Hindu votes; second, youths have lost faith...

Apr 22 · >

BJP Can’t Escape Loss Of Seats In Rajasthan Despite All Hypes

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Lok Sabha election in Rajasthan would conclude in the second phase of election on April 26.BJP is contesting on its own with a belief that the party would be easily able to win all the 25 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state, but the party...

Apr 22 · >

BJP Placed Comfortably In Assam As INDIA Bloc Partners Fail To Fight Jointly

By Ashis Biswas Despite her best efforts, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s elaborate campaign to project her Trinamool Congress (TMC) party as the strongest, most credible political alternative to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Assam, has once more run into trouble. . Barely four days after her...

Apr 22 · >

Electronic Warfare Escalates In Middle East With Microwave Missiles

By Girish Linganna Early on during its wildcat strike on Israel on October 7 last year, Hamas carried out coordinated drone attacks on Israeli watchtowers and security cameras designed to blindfold the Israel Defense Forces’ surveillance of Gaza, making it easier for its armed assailants to infiltrate Israel and...

Apr 22 · >

For India, Any Escalation Of Israel-Iran War Is Bad For The Country’s Economy

By Girish Linganna As the polling for the 18th Indian Lok Sabha elections began on April 19, New Delhi is closely monitoring the growing conflict between Iran and Israel. The situation in the Middle East is creating risks for energy, security, and trade that could affect India, now the...

Apr 20 · >

Oil Market Nerves Calmed After Israeli Retaliation Pushes Prices To Weekly Peak

By K Raveendran A sudden spike in the oil price in the wake of Israel’s retaliatory missile attack on Iran seemed to have upset the calculations of a relative stability in the crude oil market, but the unexpected development, both in terms of the retaliation and its market impact,...

Apr 20 · >
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