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The Analysis of the US Mid-Term Elections 2026 Results

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We already discussed the role and relevance of the midterms in the USA. We are here to discuss in depth the US midterm election results in 2026, which are a referendum on Trump's second term.  US midterm elections comprise the race for the US Congress- House of Representatives, Senate, Gubernatorial Race, Secretary of State, etc. The Midterm Election is the second most important election in the USA after the General Election, aka the Presidential Election. T he last Midterm election was in 2022, following the presidential election of 2024, which gave a resounding victory to Donald Trump. In 2025, we had mini elections in New Jersey, Virginia and New York gubernatorial and mayoral races.  Note: Counting is still going, and we will be updated as the results come in. Our Coverage of the US Midterm Elections 2026 Analysis of the Results US House of Representatives Interesting Flips Pennsylvania CD 1, 7, 8, 10 New York CD 17 Arizona CD 1 (Phoenix and surrounding areas) Kentucky CD ...

Important takeaways from Indian Financial Budget 2021

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On February 1st 2021, the Finance Minister of India, Mrs Nirmala Sitharaman presented the financial budget for the financial year 2021-2022. It was a significant budget this time as the country is going through the biggest pandemic of the century. On 29th January, the minister had submitted the Economic Survey for the year 2020-2021.  Credits- The Indian Wire Challenges to the budget Economic revival  Increase public spending  Employment generation  Fiscal deficit (9.5%) The main takeaways from the budget A major push for digitalisation, as the FM read out the budget from a Made in India tablet. An app was also unveiled for people to know and understand the budget as well.  The speech was just over one and a half hours.  Increase in Health spending for this year at Rs 2.2 lakh Cr and Rs 35,000 Cr for Covid-19 vaccination.  Introduction of PM Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana for improving healthcare infrastructure.  No change in Income tax slabs th...