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Morning Digest | China releases new official map, showing territorial claims; Assam Rifles files defamation suit against Manipur politician, and more

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Morning Digest | China releases new official map, showing territorial claims; Assam Rifles files defamation suit against Manipur politician, and more

An Indian Army jawan looking at the India-China border through his telescope in Arunachal Pradesh. File. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR Assam Rifles files defamation suit against Manipur politician, seeks apology Assam Rifles, the oldest paramilitary force in the country, has slapped a legal notice against a Manipur politician for causing “considerable harm to … Read more

Edappadi K. Palaniswami | Accidental leader, born politician

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Edappadi K. Palaniswami | Accidental leader, born politician

In politics, accidental leaders eventually fade away after hogging the limelight in the positions to which they were catapulted by circumstances or by their masters. Only a few manage to change the tide in their favour or outwit their political handlers. Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami belongs to that breed of politicians … Read more

Ram Vilas Paswan: DSP who became India’s bellwether politician

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On March 26, 2016, Ram Vilas Paswan wrote on Twitter about how he became a politician. The tweet was in Hindi and its rough translation would go like this: “In 1969, I qualified civil services exam to become DSP [Deputy Superintendent of Police, in Bihar] and was also elected as an MLA. A friend asked, … Read more