Urban Karnataka’s Surprising Election Twist
Urban Karnataka predominantly voted for BJP, surpassing Congress. The BJP polled 45.7% votes, whereas Congress got 43.0% in urban Karnataka.
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Silver Lining for India: Dismantling Nuclear Gap with China
China was at the forefront of imposing sanctions on India by moving the 1172 resolution in the UN Security Council, along with the US
The Indian-Western Oil Tango
India will be there at the G-7 to remind the West once again that it is playing an important role in the global oil market.
Congress’s Ideological Resurgence: The Karnataka Assembly Election Triumph
Devender Singh Despite the Bharatiya Janata Party’s blitzkrieg where it mobilised all its leadership including chief ministers of some far-off states, holding thousands of rallies, roadshows and whatnots, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself helming the election campaign, with polarising…
Atmanirbharta & Vishwaguru: Will they inculcate pride?
Arun Kumar In a recent interview, Mr. Nripen Mishra, Chairperson of the Committee to construct the Ram Janmabhumi Temple said, `Our youth are very sensitive to the call that India must become a big power … I think we have…
The Dim View on Karnataka
If you poison the water to catch fish, the fact that the person who performed the vile task caught fewer fish than others does not penalise the culprit, nor does it remove the toxin from the water. The fact that the BJP caught fewer fish than the Congress in Karnataka should not take attention away from the substantive challenges to democracy that remain in India.
India’s Nuclear Revolution and Military Strategy: A Work in Progress
On May 11, 1998, India declared itself a nuclear weapon state by conducting a series of tests in the Thar desert. Under Jawaharlal Nehru and Homi Bhabha, India laid the foundation of an elaborate nuclear science programme in 1948, just a year after its Independence. Prime Minister (PM) Indira Gandhi conducted a peaceful nuclear explosion in May 1974. Yet, India took almost five decades to embrace nuclear weapons. No other country in the nuclear age gestated on its nuclear weapon-making potential for so long.