Had there been proportional representation with a minimum cutoff of 10% (as in Turkey) or 5% (as in Germany), there would have only two parties in Parliament, BJP and INC with 331 and 213 seats resp proportional to their votes.
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Plenary Session 5 | Health and Nutrition in India’s Development
As part of the 25th IASSI Annual Conference, Nalanda University hosted Plenary Session 5 today at Vishwamitralaya, focusing on “Health and Nutrition in India’s Development.”
The session was chaired by Prof. Achin Chakraborty, Visiting Professor, IIT Kharagpur, and Honorary Professor, Institute for Human Development, Ranchi. The keynote address was delivered by Dr. Sanjay Zodpey, President, Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), and Pro-Chancellor, PHFI Institute of Public Health Sciences, Delhi.
The panel featured Prof. Ashish Pandey (IIT Bombay), Prof. Simantini Mukhopadhyay (Visva-Bharati), Dr. Swati Dutta (IHD) and Prof. Arijita Dutta (University of Calcutta).
Discussions examined the challenges of translating public welfare policies into effective outcomes, with emphasis on persistent inequalities, nutrition, universal healthcare, social protection and the role of local governance in advancing inclusive development.
The session underscored the importance of evidence-based approaches and effective programme delivery in improving health and nutrition outcomes across India.
@iassi_india | @Sachin_Chat | @MEAIndia | @iitbombay | @IITKgp | @thePHFI
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Was it something I said @MrinalPande1 ma’am? 😭😭😭😭
BBG or Xinhua? This is nothing but crude propaganda by China's Undie.
Dishonest or ignorant? This seat was held by the SP which retained it.
Lal Bihari Yadav kept the Varanasi Teachers' MLC seat for SP. He beat BJP's Dr Pramod Mishra by about 4,900 first-preference votes: 10,958 to 6,060.
What happened:
→ Yadav is the sitting MLC and SP's Leader of the Opposition in the Council. This was a hold, not a flip.
→ Mishra ran as a teacher leader in 2020 and got 6,830 votes. This time he had the BJP symbol and got 6,060.
→ BJP won both Meerut seats and Bareilly-Moradabad. Western UP held firm for the party.
Why it matters:
→ Fewer than 25,000 teachers voted, but each one speaks to a classroom, a staffroom and a village chaupal.
→ Pensions, postings and pay are grievances, and this vote shows they are real.
→ For SP, it is a foothold in the Varanasi belt, where BJP and its allies swept all eight Assembly seats in 2022.
→ For BJP, this is a warning sign ahead of 2027 polls.
Why this isn't a full mood check for 2027: A few thousand teachers are not 403 constituencies that represent India's most populous state.
But it seems 2027 may well be decided east of Lucknow, and Kashi has sent the first signal.
#UPElections2027 #Varanasi #MLCElection2026 #battlegroundup
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If the certifier is a known political hack, the certifiee is a guaranteed political hack. Thanks for exposing Ritika as an agenda driven corrupt journalist so emphatically ma’am. Even OpIndia couldn’t do what you just did.
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📰 आज के समाचार पत्रों में नालंदा विश्वविद्यालय | 25वें IASSI वार्षिक सम्मेलन
नालंदा विश्वविद्यालय में आयोजित 25वें IASSI वार्षिक सम्मेलन के अंतर्गत शैक्षणिक साझेदारियों, सामाजिक विज्ञान के विभिन्न आयामों पर विचार-विमर्श तथा श्री एस. गुरुमूर्ति जी का व्याख्यान आज के हिंदी समाचार पत्रों के माध्यम से।
इस कवरेज के लिए सभी मीडिया संस्थानों का आभार।
@Sachin_Chat | @iassi_india
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Another moral victory for you @RahulGandhi.
Karnataka is ruled by Congress yet it secured ZERO seats at the MLC elections.
Also heard that the votes were conducted via ballot and not EVM, yet Congress manahed to lose ALL seats.
Heeeeheeeheehahahahahaha
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The fact that the worlds most famous footballer has to apologize for calling Mao a dictator shows exactly what China is.
It’s not a communist country (communists do not believe in nationalism).
It is the union of jingoistic hypernationalism and fascism and pirate capitalism.
A quick video explainer on how I try to justify my hitjob based on work stolen from a colleague and twisted to present a false picture.
A quick video explainer on the Election Commission’s affidavit in the Supreme Court: what it answers, and what it leaves out. Do give it a watch.
youtube.com/watch?v=onJNpv6f…
Some jokes and commediennes write themselves @sougat18 !
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Instead of arguing on social media - you should make yourself a party to the application in @indSupremeCourt rather than making your case of X and YouTube. In fact the @SupremeCourtIND should call you for testimony. @ECISVEEP @MLJ_GoI #GyaneshKumar





























