‘Cocktail of Hindutva and welfarism’: How Modi’s BJP is wooing Assam voters
Party banks on mix of xenophobic anti-Muslim policies and financial aid schemes aimed at women to retain power in state.

Party banks on mix of xenophobic anti-Muslim policies and financial aid schemes aimed at women to retain power in state.









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Narendra Modi and Benjamin Netanyahu spoke of each other’s countries in civilisational terms to the Israeli Knesset.
India’s prime minister is expected to discuss upgrading security and economic agreements amid rising regional tensions.

‘We should not support a country that is committing genocide.’
As India under Modi openly embraces Israel, New Delhi appears to import more than just weapons.

Activists in India are protesting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s planned visit to Israel.
Under Modi, India, a long supporter of the Palestinian cause, has found a friend in Israel’s Netanyahu despite genocide.
Israeli PM says his country is working to counter what he called ‘radical Shia axis’ and ’emerging radical Sunni axis’.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the world “urgently” needs global regulation of fast-evolving AI.
India’s AI summit was meant to showcase the country’s potential, but controversy and Gates’s exit stole the spotlight.