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UNBELIEVABLE: 2 - The Untold Story

Exit polls predict clear majority for NDA. Can they be correct this time?

Although two major pollsters – Axis My India and Today’s Chanakya – are scheduled to post the results of their exit polls tomorrow, the others have predicted an overwhelming majority for the governing NDA.

Newslaundry

‘Jeevika’ scheme: Women empowerment or freebies for Bihar polls?

Three years ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called India’s “freebie culture” a threat to the nation. But just a month before the 2025 Bihar polls, the NDA government in Bihar announced a new benefit: women associated with the Jeevika self-help programme would receive Rs 10,000 each to expand their businesses.

Newslaundry

Cheers, criticism and questions: The mood at Modi’s rally in Bhagalpur

On November 6, while polling was underway in 121 seats in Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a crowd in Bhagalpur. The audience seethed with excitement, telling Newslaundry that under the NDA, the state’s roads and rations had improved, and that the “government was working so well”.

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TV Newsance 320: Bihar elections turn into a meme fest

On this week’s episode of TV Newsance, we dive into the bizarre, the viral, and the downright baffling side of political news in India.

Newslaundry

NDA claims vs Bihar women’s reality: Away from capital, many still wait for toilet, college, and a chance

Large hoardings outside the offices of the BJP and JD(U) in Patna proclaim how much the NDA government has done for women’s empowerment. From Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, leaders repeat at rallies that no other government has changed women’s lives in Bihar the way theirs…

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ABP deletes post on ex-minister’s big allegations against Adani

Days before the first phase of Bihar polls, BJP leader and former union power minister Raj Kumar Singh accused the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government of a Rs 62,000 crore electricity scam in an interview with ABP News. Singh alleged that the Bihar government had signed a deal with Adani Power…

Newslaundry

If manifestos worked, Bihar would’ve been Scandinavia with litti chokha

If manifestos could transform Bihar, this land would be Scandinavia with litti-chokha. But they can’t, and everyone knows it. That’s why each election brings a familiar performance, from the glossy launch to the silence about cost or accountability.

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NDA manifesto in Bihar: 60 promises in a 60-second press conference

Days before Bihar votes in its assembly election, the NDA released its manifesto in a press conference attended by Nitish Kumar, JP Nadda, Chirag Paswan, Samrat Chaudhary and Sanjay Kumar Jha. The manifesto promised free rations, electricity and medical treatment for sections of the population, along with promises for employment…

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NDA’s ‘jungle raj’ candidate? Interview with Bihar strongman Anant Singh

In this ground report from Mokama constituency in Bihar, Sreenivasan Jain speaks to JDU’s strongman candidate Anant Singh and his supporters to understand why the bahubali politician continues to thrive, despite Prime Minister Modi’s recent claim that the NDA has ended the ‘Jungle Raj’ of the Lalu Prasad years.

Newslaundry

‘It’s Sellafield or nothing’: what life is like growing up in the shadow of Europe’s oldest nuclear site

Young people growing up in Whitehaven on England’s north-west coast rely on the power plant for everything from jobs to civic investment. But for those who see their future elsewhere, options can be limited

The Guardian - UK

Nissan's Cost-Cutting Carnage: Two Design Studios Shuttered

Nissan’s draconian plan to reduce costs is about to claim even more victims. Two design studios will close, with the axe set to fall on NDA (Nissan Design America) in San Diego, California, and NDLA (Nissan Design Latin America) in São Paulo, Brazil. As if that weren’t bad enough, the…

Motor1

More men die in Bihar, but more women vanish from its voter rolls

Paradoxical as it may sound, women appear to be dying at a faster rate than men in Bihar – at least if the Election Commission of India is to be believed. This defies state records, which peg deaths among women being lower than men.

Newslaundry

PTC Therapeutics Faces FDA Rejection On Rare Disease Treatment Over Efficacy Concerns

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Complete Response Letter (CRL) on Tuesday related to PTC Therapeutics, Inc.‘s (NASDAQ:PTCT) New Drug Application (NDA) for vatiquinone for Friedreich’s ataxia.

Benzinga

Telegraph front page calls out EC ‘obfuscation’, ToI has NDA’s V-P pick as lead story

In a rare press conference on Sunday, the Election Commission of India sought to counter Rahul Gandhi’s charge of “vote fraud,” calling such language an insult to the Constitution. Flanked by his colleagues, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar insisted that the poll body stood with voters and was above partisan…

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Benzinga

Praxis' Epilepsy Treatment Shows Promise With Decreased Seizures

Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. (NASDAQ:PRAX) stock experienced a volatile trading session on Monday, after the company announced positive topline results from its Phase 2 RADIANT study evaluating vormatrigine in patients with focal onset seizures and generalized epilepsy.

Newslaundry

Book excerpt: How Vajpayee family courted journalists, PMO hounded magazines

These are excerpts from Abhishek Choudhary’s book ‘Believer’s Dilemma: Vajpayee and the Hindu right’s path to power (1977-2018)’.

The Independent UK

Report lays out ‘failure’ at nuclear power plant

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Britain’s ‘most hazardous building’ could leak radioactive water for 30 more years, MPs warn

The former nuclear power plant still poses ‘intolerable risks’

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The Guardian - UK

Sellafield nuclear clean-up too slow and too costly, say MPs

Parliamentary committee raises concerns over ‘suboptimal’ workplace culture at ageing waste dump

The Independent UK

UK’s most hazardous building still leaking radioactive water, MPs warn

The Commons Public Accounts Committee criticised the speed of decommissioning work at the former nuclear power plant.

Newslaundry

Hafta 535: World Press Freedom Day, aftermath of Pahalgam attack

In a special episode for Press Freedom Day, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by historian and author Ramachandra Guha. The panel begins with a discussion on the history of press freedom in India. Ram reflects on the similarities and differences between 1975’s Emergency…

Newslaundry

AICC meet: Congress skims over INDIA bloc agenda, offers unclear roadmap for alliance

As the All India Congress Committee session concluded this week in Ahmedabad – only the sixth time in its 150-year-old history that it was held in Gujarat and the first since 1961 – there seems little clarity about how the party aims to stem the drift in the Indian National…

Motorsport

Update: The FIA's "disappointing" response to Motorsport UK's legal threats

In early March, chairman David Richards wrote a letter to the members of Motorsport UK, addressing the FIA while taking aim at the organization's president Mohammed Ben Sulayem and his approach to governing F1 and the whole of its motorsport operations. Just a month later, the FIA finally posted a…

Dynamite News

Supreme Court gets fresh plea challenges on validity of Waqf Act, 2025

President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday gave her assent to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, which was earlier passed by Parliament after heated debates in both Houses. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Bihar: Rahul Gandhi to join Cong's march in Begusarai

Rahul Gandhi said the aim is to make the whole world see the spirit of the youth of Bihar, their struggle and their suffering. Read further on Dynamite News:

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