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From health trackers to Puranas: Andhra CM Naidu’s pivot to alternative medicine

Three-and-a-half years ago, Telugu news channels dedicated sufficient time discussing the health tracker ring worn by Telugu Desam Party (TDP) supremo, then opposition leader and incumbent Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu. A simple, no-nonsense platinum band, it went well with his signature beige attire. At that point in July…

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UP SIR data shows higher voter deletions in BJP seats, including Modi’s Varanasi

In Uttar Pradesh’s draft voter list, published after the recent Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, 50 assembly constituencies recorded more than one lakh voter deletions each. All but three of these constituencies were won by the BJP in the 2022 UP assembly elections. These include high-profile seats the BJP won…

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Ascendis Pharma Hit By FDA Delay As TransCon CNP Decision Slips To 2026

The U.S. Food Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday extended review for Ascendis Pharma A/S‘ (NASDAQ:ASND) New Drug Application (NDA) for TransCon CNP (navepegritide) for children with achondroplasia.

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Did ‘Yadav pride’ songs galvanise support for the NDA in Bihar?

After a post-mortem on its Bihar assembly poll performance, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has decided to crack down on the booming ecosystem of election-time music. On Saturday, the party said it will send legal notices to singers and creators who used RJD flags, symbols or leader names in their…

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Is Modi saving print media? Congrats, you’re paying for it

So, the government in its largesse has decided to increase the rates they pay to print media by 26 percent.

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Bihar 2025: Women trust Nitish’s delivery over Mahagathbandhan’s promises

In Patna, the offices of all three major parties – the Rashtriya Janata Dal, the BJP and JD(U) – are located on the same road, within a short distance of each other. On Friday afternoon, BJP and JD(U) workers were celebrating their stupendous victory in the Bihar assembly elections.

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Bihar’s verdict: Why people chose familiar failures over unknown risks

Bihar’s election results leave very little room for interpretation.

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Axis fails once again. This time in Bihar

The trends have solidified and they’ve blown past what almost every exit pollster dared to predict in Bihar. The NDA is cruising to an easy majority, tracking 201 seats at the time of writing this report. The Mahagathbandhan is marooned at 36. Exit polls broadly called an NDA win, but…

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Landslide for NDA, highest vote share for RJD, Cong blames ‘vote chori’

Bihar is barrelling toward one of its most emphatic mandates in years. The NDA has opened up an unassailable lead, ahead on 205 of 243 seats, while the Mahagathbandhan is left clinging to just 31, with independents and smaller outfits leading on seven.

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In Bihar, mixed fortunes for strongmen and their families this election

Bihar’s romance with strongman politics took shape in the post-Mandal 1990s, when hardened caste loyalties and weakened state institutions created space for bahubalis to rise as parallel centres of power. They stepped into the vacuum, becoming both feared and admired, a dynamic reflected in their electoral successes.

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Bihar deputy CMs set to win big. UC-OBC formula strikes again?

The NDA’s strategy of pairing an influential OBC leader with a prominent upper-caste face appears to have paid off in Bihar. As counting day unfolds, both of the state’s deputy chief ministers, Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, seem to have secured decisive wins.

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Modi's coalition leads in a key Indian state election

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling coalition is leading in a key state election

The Independent UK

Hafta 563: Decoding Bihar’s mandate

In this special NL Hafta Live episode, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan and Raman Kirpal were joined by The Hindu’s Sobhana K Nair and senior journalist Neerja Chowdhury to decode the Bihar poll results.

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Axis predicts NDA lead, but fewer seats for BJP this time

A day after several exit polls projected a clear victory for the NDA in Bihar, two of the most-watched pollsters – Axis My India and Today’s Chanakya – have both estimated a nearly similar trend.

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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.

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‘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.

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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.

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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…

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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.

The Guardian - UK

‘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

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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…

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