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Mostly jealous of how well Kendrick can write on a deadline

'It is because of people like him that your conscience keeps knocking”

Rajmohan Gandhi, Gandhi's grandson, on Harsh Mander being a relentless critic while facing FIRs, raids & probes. Betwa Sharma's finely reported case study of a democracy in decline article-14.com/post/the-prose…

Many historically accepted precepts will change, warns EAM Jaishankar, says commitment that 'Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, that is part of India, will return to India', remains.

As Uttarakhand’s forests burn, Vaishnavi Rathore digs into the question of why locals are more likely to help fight the flames in some places than in others:

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'Indians don't cast their vote, they vote their caste.'
'Indians aren't attached to parties'

In the fifth of the CASI 🇮🇳 Election Conversations 2024 series, we speak to Francesca R. Jensenius about research that has upended conventional wisdom on Indian voters.
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PART 5 of IiT's CASI Election Conversations 2024: IiT Consulting Editor Rohan Venkat speaks to Francesca R. Jensenius (@UniOslo) about 'Misconceptions About the Indian Voter' casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/election-c…

'Gujarat is where the scale of the BJP’s ambition becomes clear. It isn’t just aiming for hegemony. It has already achieved that. What it seems to want is an Opposition-free state.'

Read Supriya Sharma's report.

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ET: Are the Five-Eyes ‘targeting’ India?

Indian external affairs minister: I don’t have a conspiracy view of the world. I’m a liberal, understanding, easy going guy. I don’t buy this view that foreign governments are out to get us....

The French government this week wanted to organise a big conference on working 4 days a week, but then realised Wednesday and Thursday are bank holidays and everyone is taking Friday off.

France in May: you can't even get enough people for a meeting to discuss working less

Though European naval capabilities in Indo-Pac won't be competitive, they 'will need to increase & be coupled via bi-, mini-, or multilateral cooperation with like-minded partners such as South Korea, Japan, India & Australia.' - Nicolas Blarel Niels van Willigen
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'France’s forward Indo-Pacific strategy... led to charges that Paris was being unrealistically ambitious... Yet France has recently toned down its rhetoric... [an] approach [that] mirrors a statement made by Indian EAM S Jaishankar.' - Gesine Weber warontherocks.com/2024/05/31143/

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Not your grandmother’s burden-sharing. The idea that 2% (or 3) would still be a golden ticket in DC under President Trump is an illusion. As long as it plays domestically to berate Europeans, he will. Spending more won’t keep the US in (but, crucially, might keep Russia out).

In Amit Shah's Gandhinagar seat, 16 candidates have withdrawn from the election race.

Some of them told Scroll.in they faced pressure from Guj Police and local BJP politicians. One had a mob arrive at their home. #2024LoksabhaElections

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A great explainer from Jean Dreze, clarifying the debate on wealth and inheritance taxes in India.
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