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Snapshot of the day

June 6, 2024

Siddharth Varadarajan

There are two days left to go before Narendra Modi is sworn in as Prime Minister for the third time. He claims he is the first PM since Nehru to be elected three times. Unfortunately for Modi, this is another false claim. He has certainly not equalled that