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Blog: If Democrats Lose, Biden A Lame Duck President
What do you look for on November 9 morning? If the silent majority that the Democrats hope for come out, then there could be tight Senate races in North Carolina and Ohio. If the Republicans win in New Hampshire, then Biden is in deep trouble.
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Blog: Highways To Sudden Death
With just 2 per cent of the road length, National Highways account for almost 37 per cent of all road deaths.
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Opinion: Agnipath - Reform Or Money-Saver?
'Agnipath' has certainly lived up to its name. It has ignited flames of discontent among India's youth much like the agitation over farm laws.
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Gandhis And Congress - For God's Sake, Go
If you thought that after the humiliation of 2019, Congress would push to win the next rounds, you are wrong. They failed in Haryana, they did badly in Maharashtra, they were blown away in Assam.
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Blog: Punjab - Has AAP Finally Come Of Age?
Punjab is a state where the BJP hasn't mattered much, and the Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) matter a lot.
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Blog: Angry Voters And Divided Opposition In Goa. Who Will Win?
Our little village in Goa is very quiet, full of nature sounds - birds chirping, dogs barking. The only manmade sounds are church bells at dawn, the honk of the pohawallah, the fishwallah, and the occasional two-wheeler passing by.
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Blog: As Western UP Votes, BJP's Fear Factor
Uttar Pradesh, Amit Shah has said, will decide the fate of the country. The first phase in UP's richest and most developed region, lying between the great rivers Ganga and Yamuna, could decide the fate of UP.
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Opinion: An Insipid Budget That Nobody Will Remember
For the average Anil, there was nothing. No tax relief, no change in tax rates and no suggestion that there would be some in the future.
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Blog: Who's Going To Pay For The Budget Goodies?
If you look at the pink newspapers, you would believe the budget is like Christmas and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is Santa Claus.
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Blog: What's The Rush, Election Commission?
Did the Health Ministry pull the wool over the eyes of the Election Commission last Thursday (January 6) when the commissioners went for a briefing?
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Blog: India's Risky Plan Betting On A Mild Omicron
The party is over. Covid is back with a bang and we could be getting into a worse outbreak than summer this year.
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Blog: Biden Blew It. Now The Democrats Are In Deep Trouble
The Biden Presidential pregnancy lasted the full term of nine months and 16 days. It gave birth to a lame duck.
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Blog: One Covid Shot Is No Protection, Cut The Gap For The Second
Vaccination and curbs are not going to stop breakthrough cases as no vaccine is 100% effective, but almost all of them, when fully vaccinated, provide very high levels of protection from severe illness and death.
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Blog: To Deal With Third Wave, Government Needs To Be More Transparent
While planning for the third wave, and may be a fourth, we need properly-formulated guidelines that trigger local restrictions without the long political infighting and fear of economic downturn.
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Blog: In Uttar Pradesh, BJP Gets A Black Eye
Should the BJP begin to panic now on account of the panchayat election results in Uttar Pradesh? Has the Covid bug finally bitten the voters in India's most-populous state?
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Blog: TINA. We Need Lockdowns
What a mess we have made. All of our own making. Each one of us has at some point been derelict. Avoided a mask, didn't observe social distance or worse, didn't report or test when we had mild Covid symptoms.
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Blog: Covid - Treat The Second Wave As An Emergency
Today, as the fear of a second wave engulfs us, it seems we have learnt nothing from how the world wasted February 2020, allowed COVID-19 to spread. Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned yesterday that if we did not act fast, this time rural India could be severely hit and if that were to happen our medical system would collapse.
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Blog: What Budget Delivers - And Where It Falls Too Short
This is a budget that promises to boost the economy through infrastructure spend and promises continuity in tax policies. If these hopes are translated by the political will of the Government, then we could see a faster recovery next year. And it's a good idea to keep adjusting spends with receipts so that the fiscal deficit remains within the years target.
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Blog: Biden Is President-Elect But He Almost Blew It
Joe Biden may be president elect, but he and then Democrats failed to generate the "blue wave" that would have swept nine battleground states. Instead, he has squeaked by in four and marginally won another three.
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Blog: The US Polls Just Became More Thrilling
A fortnight ago almost every pollster had written off Donald Trump. Today, on Election Day, everyone is not that sanguine. Even "sleepy Joe" has been forced out of the comfort of his Delaware home into a last week of high-pitched campaigning in key states. If Joe Biden loses, the pollsters will be totally discredited; but Joe will be blamed for hoping that an electron...
