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The political pulse felt by the majority of analysts in the five poll bound states – Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Telangana – suggests that “Modi Factor” has failed to emerge as decisive aspect so far. Rather, the roles of BJP’s state leaders have become crucial for final outcome of the election results.

Voting for elections to the assemblies of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, and Mizoram are to take place from November 7 to 30. Counting of votes will be on December 3 and by evening of the day, the results will be plain to all and sundry and the question whether the Israeli-Hamas war affected the outcomes would be known to discerning political analysts.

Major tea growers in Assam, facing a smaller crop yield this August, fear that there could be an overall 10% drop in production over a 12 month period. Among major reasons for the decline in output are changing climatic patterns characterised by increasingly hot weather and erratic rains.

What is common in Mumbai Trans Harbour Link, the light rail transit system in Mauritius and Abu Dhabi International Airport Complex? They were built by Larsen & Toubro.

India has recorded around 878 cases of hate speech and hate crime under the RSS Pariwar union government from 2014 to December 31, 2022. Of this, cases of hate speech were 54 percent and hate crime 46 percent. During the period, highest number of cases was recorded in 2017. Hindutva groups are the core facilitators of hate speeches and hate crimes in India. Groups of killers do not formulate spontaneously, and enumeration through inflammatory public speeches has always preceded mass violence. There is no official data on hate speeches and hate crimes maintained by the NCRB, (National Crime Records Bureau). However, human rights related social research organisations and foreign human rights watchdogs have compiled data on such crimes.

New Delhi: Chirag Shetty-Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, on Tuesday earned the distinction of becoming the first Indian doubles pair in history to take the world No. 1 spot, according to the latest BWF World Rankings.

New Delhi: India Hockey team captain Harmanpreet Singh on Tuesday promised a much better showing in next year's Paris Olympic Games saying, "We have time, we will work on the areas where we need to improve upon and we will do our best to convert the Olympic Bronze to Gold."

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hailed Indian athletes' performance in the Asian Games saying "You have done country proud".

New Delhi: Odds are heavily staked in favoure of hosts India when they take on Afghanistan in their second ICC World Cup match in the Arun Jaitley Stadum at Ferozeshah Kotla here on Wednesday.

It is now a full-fledged war between Palestinian militants and Israel. In the last four days, nearly two thousand have been killed. All indications point to further escalation involving the other militants friendly with Hamas on the one side, and big assistance to the far-right Netanyahu regime by the US and other western nations. So far, no world body including the United Nations has talked of the cessation of the hostilities. Both Hamas and the Israel are determined to fight till the end, it seems.