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India-US ties have rarely had superior prospects | Mint Primer | Mint

The India And The Us Have Been Coming Closer, No Doubt, But There Are Still A Few Differences That Have Proven Hard To Resolve And Held Back Ground-Level Engagement. It Is These Gaps That India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi And Us President Joe Biden Will Try To Narrow During The Former’s State Visit To America. Areas Of Business Interest Can Serve As Easily Grabbed Fruit To Offset Differences On The Geopolitical Front, Where New Delhi’s Refusal To Align Itself With The Western Compact, Its Neutral Stance On The Russia-Ukraine War, And Increased Purchases Of Russian Crude Oil May Have Let The West Down.

24 Jul 2023
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Why did Elon Musk cap the number of Twitter posts you can read? | Mint Primer | Mint

Elon Musk Has Stumped Twitter Users Once Again With His Move To Limit The Number Of Posts Users Can Read On The Platform. On 1 July He Tweeted That Users With Unverified Accounts And New Unverified Accounts Would Be Limited To Reading 600 Posts A Day And 300 Posts A Day, Respectively, While Those With Verified Accounts Could Read 6,000 Posts A Day. These Temporary Limits Were Later Raised To 10,000 Posts A Day For Verified Users, 1,000 A Day For Unverified Users And 500 A Day For New Unverified Users. Musk Believes The Move Will Address The Extreme Levels Of Data Scraping And System Manipulation.

18 Jul 2023
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India's Power Play: Cricket to Politics | Mint Explains | Mint

ver the past decade, India has emerged as a cricket superpower, disrupting a colonial hierarchy and demonstrating how market size can create political leverage. India's rise in the International Cricket Council offers insights into how a more powerful India might approach global politics.

26 Jun 2023
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Why China and the US are on a slow but sure collision course | Mint Primer | Mint

Join us as we delve into the intricacies of China's leadership and the recent insights provided by the China Development Forum (CDF), a crucial annual gathering. In this video, we peel back the layers of China's leadership, revealing the delicate dance of power, loyalty, and policy within the government, as observed through Premier Li Qiang's engagement with Western observers.

28 May 2023
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Amul, Nandini and the Karnataka Elections | Mint Explains | Mint

In April 2023, the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) announced the launch of Amul in Karnataka, leading to controversy and opposition from political parties and consumers who fear that the move will harm the Karnataka Milk Federation's (KMF) Nandini brand and farmers' livelihoods. The controversy is rooted in fears of a possible merger between GCMMF and KMF, but the state government denies any such plans. KMF's Nandini brand is one of the cheapest milk brands in the country, making it difficult for Amul to gain a foothold in the state. However, GCMMF's decision to enter Karnataka reflects its ambition to expand its footprint and gain market share in new regions.

11 May 2023
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The geopolitics behind Air India’s Airbus-Boeing orders | Mint Primer | Mint

India has one of the largest construction market. And the experts predict it will only continue to grow in the foreseeable future

11 Mar 2023
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No CM face in Karnataka? Congress to contest polls under collective leadership

The message of collective leadership comes amid ongoing political one-upmanship between Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah over their chief ministerial ambitions

1 min read2 Jul 2022
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Will India’s GenZ chart a new political path?

The growing reach of digital and social media, and rising assertiveness among the youth is changing the way a new generation approaches politics and political issues

4 min read17 Aug 2020
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Thousands in Belarus form 'lines of solidarity' in protest

The human chains grew quickly, and by early afternoon filled the main central squares and avenues while motorists honked in supportNearly 7,000 people have been detained and hundreds injured in a harsh clampdown by police on demonstrators protesting against the official results

4 min read13 Aug 2020
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Pilot being sidelined, shows talent and capability find little credence in party

BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia has launched scathing attacks pertaining to Rajasthan political crisis on Congress Party and on CM Ashok GehlotSachin Pilot being sidelined and persecuted, said Scindia

1 min read12 Jul 2020
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