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In the weeks and months after Operation Sindoor and the hostilities that followed, Indian tourist traffic to Turkey and Azerbaijan, two countries which came out in Pakistan’s support during the conflict in May, fell drastically, according to their latest available tourism statistics. Between the two countries, the drop in the number of visitors from India has been steeper for Azerbaijan, which saw a 56 per cent decline in footfall from India during the May-August period, while Turkey registered a 33.3 per cent drop.
UNION Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah has touched a raw nerve in ally JD(U) by suggesting in a recent interview to India Today TV that the choice of who would be chief minister, should the NDA win in Bihar, remains open. The JD(U) in turn asserted that Nitish, despite his health concerns, remains “the strongest NDA face” in Bihar.
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A sharp jump in sales, especially of electronics and consumer goods; reduced prices for key daily-use items; all adding up to a significant push to consumption which may even reflect in the GDP numbers for financial year 2025-26 — these were some of the key gains, highlighted by the government Saturday, attributed to GST 2.0 reforms rolled out September 22.
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