Phase 5 of India election held in Gandhi bastions, Ladakh, Ram Temple town
Voting held for 49 seats across six states and two union territories, the fewest of the constituencies going to the polls in seven-phase election.
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Indian government agency spent millions promoting BJP election slogans
The Central Bureau of Communication is meant to promote government plans. Its ads instead carried Modi’s party’s catchphrases as the agency became the top pre-election spender on Google ads.
Indian voters dissect Modi’s politics while traversing the country by train
ABOARD THE THIRUKKURAL EXPRESS, India (AP) — The 1,800-mile (2,900-kilometer) journey south from New Delhi to Kanyakumari is one of the longest train rides in India, passing through cities, villages, scrub forests and deep ravines.
Ruling BJP's ideological parent aims to restore India's lost glory
NEW DELHI -- As India votes in its six-week-long general election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi continues to draw huge crowds of enthusiastic supporters of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party at roadshows and rallies. One of the key forces behind this mobilization across the country is the party's ideological parent, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
India election: ineligible 17-year-old votes 8 times for PM Modi’s BJP, as rivals claim fraud in polls
Indian police on Monday detained an ineligible 17-year-old for voting eight times for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party, as rivals screamed voter fraud in the ongoing national polls.
Ambitious India-UK trade deal could be on hold amid political uncertainty over Sunak’s losses in local polls
An ambitious trade deal between India and Britain is likely to be delayed until a general election is held to form a new UK government, observers say, amid political uncertainty after British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suffered a string of defeats in local polls.
2 words explain China export ‘surge’: Global South
Contrary to a meme that’s popular among Western policy analysts, there is no Chinese “export surge.” China’s exports to developed markets have stagnated for years, but have doubled to the Global South.
China, India duel for riverine lifeblood of Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s economy faces a perfect storm with double-digit inflation pinching wallets, foreign exchange reserves dwindling and economic growth fading away. To weather the crisis, the government is desperately seeking foreign loans.