Jobless engineers, MBAs: The hidden army of Indian election ‘consultants’
These ‘politically neutral problem solvers’ do short stints in political campaigns and are valued for their data skills.
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India votes in Phase 2 of mammoth election as Modi raises campaign pitch
The Indian prime minister pricks challengers by focusing on hot-button issues such as religious discrimination, affirmative action and taxes.
Farm suicides, anger haunt Indian villages that Modi promised hope
Villages where Modi launched his farm outreach a decade ago have seen deaths and debt mount since then. And the goodwill for the Indian PM is evaporating — turning into staunch criticism.
India election 2024 phase 2: Who votes and what’s at stake?
Across 13 states, 88 constituencies go to the polls on April 26 in the second phase of the world’s largest election.
Life Before Land
Distant weather warnings are now full-on alerts in Bangladesh as it faces the brutal effect of climate change.
Modi wants to turn the election into a Hindu-Muslim war
And the Election Commission of India is allowing it.
Cost of doing business with Iran? US warns Pakistan of sanctions risk
Iran’s Raisi visited Pakistan as the neighbours seek to mend ties after tit-for-tat military strikes this year.
‘Absolute power’: After pro-China Maldives leader’s big win, what’s next?
The parliamentary polls sweep by Muizzu’s party raises fears of a return to ‘tyranny’ and questions whether Beijing will step in to alleviate Maldives’s economic woes.