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Clearly, the decline in the BJP’s seats and dissent among farmers was not enough to have caused a major upset for the party. The Congress, on the other hand, tapped into rural votes but it did not make up for its lack of inroads in urban belts.

The fuss over Delhi Metro’s fare hike is a test case of how to run such fast-spreading networks

Indian farmers, who commonly overuse fertilisers in almost everything they grow, are being slowly nudged away from the dangerous practice, resulting in productivity gains, a study of the national soil-health-card scheme has shown.

Errr...after all, just what is populism?

Post-Modi, has India's politics shifted gears, from caste and social assertion to individual aspirations? Hang on, policy isn't replacing politics just yet, unlike in, say, Singapore

With growth falling off a cliff and pessimism taking hold, there are now signs that Modinomics is set to change course. In the offing are a series of measures to handhold the economy. Is there a ‘Modinomics 2.0’ in the making?

In its quest for growth, the govt is looking to structurally alter Asia's third-largest economy. What's in store?

Delhi's -- and the country's -- first tailored plan to fight pollution is ready. Unlikely to be a panacea, it aims at preventing the bad from getting worse

Akhilesh Yadav has spun a narrative of development. How has UP fared under him?

Nothing outlandish. Nothing damaging either. Finance minister Arun Jaitley’s fourth budget was a surprisingly measured one

On the wooden deck of Tel Aviv’s revamped seafront, Bayit Banamal, the good times roll.

Why India's farms need a new deal: Agricultural growth can cut poverty twice as fast as industrial growth.

India could be another US soon, but that will be a matter of concern because we are talking in terms of rising inequality here