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THE MONKEYPOX FACT SHEET

July 27, 2022

The WHO has declared Monkeypox as a Public Health Emergency at a time when Delhi is getting its first five cases. While there is reason to be concerned one should not panic because the reassuring news from the medical community is that there is little likelihood of it reaching the pandemic...

Will National Herald be the new Bofors?

July 22, 2022

Today’s optics were all about Sonia Gandhi being summoned before the ED to be grilled in the National Herald Case. Thousands of Congress leaders erupted on the streets and courted arrest as Sonia made her way to the Enforcement Directorate office accompanied by her two children, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. ...

LARGER MESSAGE IS IN THE VICE PRESIDENT’S ELECTION

July 20, 2022

The Presidential ballot has been cast and while the votes are still to be counted, the result is clear—Draupadi Murmu is all set to be the country’s first tribal woman President. Her candidature has got support beyond the NDA vote bank, with the BJD, Shiv Sena, YSRCP, JMM and other...

THE STATE OF PUNJAB

July 13, 2022

The Aam Admi Party is coming in for a lot of flak for its Punjab model. The criticism is that while Bhagwat Singh Mann has been appointed state chief minister, the state is being run by Arvind Kejriwal’s team from Delhi. There has been a MoU signed between the two...

BJP HERE TO STAY

July 6, 2022

At the BJP National Executive in Hyderabad, Home Minister Amit Shah made an interesting comment—that the way he sees it the BJP is here to stay for the next three decades. There is no breaking news in this statement for the way the Congress is going it is clear that...

THE UNEVEN PLAYING FIELD OF UNNATURAL ALLIES

June 29, 2022

As Maharashtra’s Maha Vikas Aghadi government goes from crisis to ICU mode, there is a larger lesson here on coalition politics. At the very outset, the alliance was termed as an unnatural one that saw ideologically opposite parties like the Congress-NCP join hands with the radical right wing Shiv Sena....

THE FIRE IN AGNIPATH

June 22, 2022

The Agnipath scheme is off to a fiery start given the protests across the country, especially in Telangana, Bihar and the national capital. The Congress led a delegation to the Rashtrapati Bhavan complaining that no one was consulted before the announcement, the scheme was not presented before the Parliament Standing...

CAN AGNIPATH BE A GAME CHANGER?

June 17, 2022

The Government has announced its game changing new recruitment drive for the armed forces. Called Agnipath the aim is to recruit 46,000 soldiers, sailors and airmen annually, starting from September 2022. All other recruitment drives for the armed forces will be cancelled. The Agnipath will recruit personnel between the ages...

Will the ED summons help Brand Rahul?

June 16, 2022

The merits of the case aside, will the optics of Rahul Gandhi’s three days in a row trek to the Enforcement Directorate’s Office help his flagging image as a leader? The jury is divided on that one, but the joke within the BJP Headquarters is that since Rahul Gandhi is...

FROM NON-APPOINTMENTS TO DISAPPOINTMENTS

June 15, 2022

The Congress saga of non-appointments turning to crushing disappointments continues with Haryana MLA Kuldip Bishnoi’s vote against the party in the recent Rajya Sabha elections. Apparently, he had sought a meeting with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi recently and even told Ajay Maken not to count on his vote if this...

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