With several corporations throwing up fractured mandates & an intense tug-of-war for power, especially among Mahayuti allies, hectic parleys are on to stake claim to urban local bodies.----more----https://theprint.in/politics/unreachable-corporators-unusual-alliances-how-parties-are-scrambling-to-control-urban-maharashtra/2834261/

State IT Minister Nara Lokesh said Andhra Pradesh was studying Australia’s recent under-16 social media ban and examining the need for strong legal safeguards.----more----https://theprint.in/india/as-andhra-considers-australia-like-social-media-ban-for-kids-parents-experts-warn-against-rushed-law/2834423/

Nitin Nabin’s appointment shows that BJP is like other political parties, where party elites decide the head of the party organisation by strictly controlling the election process.----more----https://theprint.in/opinion/nitin-nabin-appointment-bjp-president-selection-not-election/2833524/

Mahayuti govt wants to build memorial at Burari where Maratha general Dattaji Shinde died fighting ahead of 3rd battle of Panipat.----more----https://theprint.in/politics/maharashtra-plans-a-maratha-memorial-in-delhi-to-highlight-states-sacrifice-for-national-security/2832657/

In spite of being reduced from 104 to 66 assembly seats in 2023, it has a good track record in Bengaluru as seen in its vote share. Plus, all four parliamentary seats are with BJP.----more----https://theprint.in/politics/bmc-in-its-grip-why-bjp-is-now-betting-big-on-bengaluru-civic-polls/2833035/

ThePrintAM: WHAT ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF TRUMP's DAVOS SPEECH?

The Union Budget can signal this transition by allocating fewer resources to surplus management and more toward enabling diversification, while acknowledging that short-term price controls can undermine long-term capacity. The economic principle is evident: unstable incentives foster dependence. Import dependence is not an inevitability; it is a matter of policy and policy can be rewritten. Watch the latest column by Bidisha Bhattacharya, Associate Fellow, Chintan Research Foundation. #theprinteconomix

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