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The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), despite polling almost the same number of votes as the Mahagathbandhan (MGB), has managed to retain power in Bihar. What does this tell us about the state of various political formations in the state?

The perception of Manmohan Singh as a weak prime minister under Sonia Gandhi’s thumb was a major reason for Narendra Modi’s 2014 success. Now, Nitish Kumar has joined the ranks of feeble leaders who are beholden to a powerful partner who will be calling the shots.

India-friendly Joe Biden’s ascendency to the top job in the United States means a lot for India, especially in the area of trade and economic relations as the country is looking for large foreign investments from diplomatic allies to grow its domestic industry and boost employment. Contrary to the official data on sources of FDI inflows into India from April 2000 to December 2019, putting the USA as the fifth largest investor after Mauritius, Singapore, Japan and the Netherlands, nine out of the top 10 foreign companies in India today are from the US.

Every election has a winner and a loser, but the recently held election to the Bihar assembly has only losers. The first major loser has been the Chanakya of Bihar politics, Nitish Kumar who was today elected as the leader of the Bihar NDA legislator party and would eventually take the oath of office.

The Bihar verdict has compelled many political commentators to wonder how come the incumbent National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government led by chief minister Nitish Kumar of JD(U) was able to come back to power again amid the coronavirus pandemic. After all, it’s a fact that the Nitish government failed to address the worst migrant crisis in recent times that the state had to face during this pandemic. The Biharis working in other states were forced to move out during the lockdown to reach back their homes — as a result the state showed a sudden rise of unemployment level.

New Delhi: Promising hockey striker Gursahibjit Singh feels that physical strength plays a important role for an international striker.

When announcing his coronavirus task force on Monday, President-elect Joe Biden forcefully declared, “This election is over.” That reality—already proven in the vote count—is not stopping Republican leaders from joining outgoing President Donald Trump’s dangerous game of refusing to recognize the results.

In the wake of the pandemic it is the sheer suffering of the most vulnerable sections of society which takes the uppermost priority, the numbers about GDP growth or shrinkage would automatically gets addressed when the activity tends towards normality.

ON the fourth anniversary of demonetisation, Narendra Modi has claimed that it succeeded in curbing black money. He probably believes he can get away with making this claim because of the passage of time. But most people in the country know this to be a lie for a simple reason.

Jugad is a classic manifestation of Indian ingenuity. The word itself may be north Indian, but both the concept and the practice are pan-India. For centuries, Indians have improvised on simple things to make them capable of handling complicated tasks.