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VOL. VI | Issue 35 | FRIDAY | NOVEMBER 21 | 2025                                          NY-NJ-CT&PA • IL • CA&TX • US 50C
















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        PRASHANT KISHOR : When a
        Master Strategist Misread the                   COVER
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                                                                           Prime Minister Narendra Modi at BJP office on Friday (File photo)
                                                                  BIHAR ELECTIONS WIN

                                                          MODI’S BIG MOMENT



        India Pivots Hard on Critical
        Minerals as Cabinet Clears Royalty           The NDA’s emphatic Bihar victory was not an accident but a calibrated
        Overhaul and ONGC Expands into               political, social, and strategic project—one that strengthens PM Modi’s
        Rare Earths  uu  32                          national grip and sets the stage for a push into West Bengal







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                            INDIA–US RELATIONS                                           South Africa Eye History as
            A New Phase with Defense Convergence,                                Bavuma and a Fired-Up Proteas Brace

             Trade Frictions and a High-Stakes Reset                                        for India’s New Test Era
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