Lok Sabha Election 2024

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Roving Periscope: After China, “India is the 2nd biggest threat,” claims Canada

June 6, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Canada on Thursday claimed that, after China, India is the second biggest threat to the North American nation’s “democracy.” Its claim came in the wake of the victory of two Khalistani militants—Amritpal Singh (from Khandoor Sahib LS constituency, Punjab) and Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa, son of former PM Indira Gandhi’s assassin Beant […]

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Modi 3.0 hopes: Bulls return, as Sensex and Nifty50 recover with 2,300, and 735 pts

June 5, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With a third term of the Narendra Modi government likely to begin on June 8, and reformist Andhra leader N. Chandra Babu Naidu’s possible support to the NDA, the equity markets bounced back on Wednesday, trying to recover the unprecedented losses it suffered a day before. The benchmark S&P Sensex and […]

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Roving Periscope: World leaders congratulate PM Modi; China ready to do biz

June 5, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As world leaders congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his NDA winning a third consecutive term of five years in the just-concluded parliamentary elections, although with diminished strength, China remarked that it is “ready to work” with India. On Wednesday, PM Modi formally submitted his Cabinet’s resignation to President Draupadi Murmu, […]

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Pole-vault: Pro-NDA exit polls pump up Indian stock market ahead of June 4 results

June 3, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With exit polls predicting a massive win for the BJP-led NDA in the Lok Sabha elections ahead of the June 4 results, and anticipating key economic reforms soon, investors gained over Rs 12.48 trillion from a sharp market rally in early trading on Monday. Following the huge rally in equities, the […]

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With exit poll results and BJP’s return, a message: North to South, the Indian voter has evolved

June 2, 2024 Vinayak Barot

(Written by Guru Prakash) With the exit polls predicting a remarkable third term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the subsequent weeks will witness loud discourse about the “integrity of public institutions”. The Congress party, which reflected zero depth and a lack of vision, will target the electoral process, the media and even the average Indian […]

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Roving Periscope: Against Pak Army—Imran, and Nawaz are on the same page!

May 29, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: For the first time, and by a strange coincidence, two arch-political enemies—former Prime Ministers Mohammed Nawaz Sharif and Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi—find themselves on the same page, and against the once-powerful Pakistani Army who had foisted them in Islamabad and then orchestrated their ouster. In the space of a year or […]

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Markets: Ahead of June 4, Sensex, Nifty50 shed weight as S&P upgrades India

May 29, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Although S&P revised India’s outlook to ‘positive’ and maintained its ‘BBB-‘ rating on Wednesday, cautious stock markets shed some weight ahead of June 4 when results of the ongoing Lok Sabha election will be declared. The election campaign for the seventh and last phase of parliamentary elections will close on Thursday […]

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Roving Periscope: The subtle “M” word enters Trump’s campaign lexicon

May 24, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Controversial former US President Donald Trump has done what none of his predecessors could. He stirred up the hornet’s nest by raising the influx of ‘Muslims’ into America, hinting at them without naming them, and promised he would deport them wholesale if he returned to the White House after the November […]

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Markets: Expecting a Modi government return, Sensex up at 75,000k-plus, Nifty50 crosses 22,900

May 23, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A day after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), unlike many struggling central banks wordwise, announced a dividend (surplus) of Rs. 2.1 trillion to the Centre, the country’s stock markets reacted positively with Sensex and Nifty50 hitting record closing highs of 75.418 and 22,967, respectively, on the back of strong gains […]

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LS polls: “PM Modi will return; hope Pak also gets a leader like him”

May 16, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Leading Pakistani-American media commentator and businessman Sajid Tarar has said that Narendra Modi is set to return a third time as the Prime Minister of India, and expressed the hope that Pakistan would also get a leader like him. The Baltimore-based Tarar said PM Modi is a strong leader who has […]