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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/

The recent failure of ISRO's PSLV-C62 mission has highlighted the need for space insurance among Indian startups. However, the market remains marred by high premiums and limited options. For a country like India, with a weaker currency and a relatively smaller space footprint, insuring space assets often feels financially unrealistic. Link to the story:  https://theprint.in/science/space-insurance...

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

Majority of Bengal Congress's office-bearers are opposed to tie-up with TMC & in favour of discontinuing decade-old electoral alliance with Left Front, it is learnt.

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...

ThePrinAM: What are ED's fresh allegations against Tamil Nadu Minister K.N.Nehru?

Viral videos purportedly show 1993-batch DGP-rank IPS officer K. Ramachandra Rao misbehaving with multiple women in office, while in uniform.  

Viral videos purportedly show 1993-batch DGP-rank IPS officer K. Ramachandra Rao misbehaving with multiple women in office, while in uniform.

The Bureau of Indian Standards has introduced a new rulebook that changes how diamonds can legally be described and it directly affects what consumers see, read, and buy. From now on, if a product says 'diamond', it means a natural diamond. If it’s lab-grown, it must say so clearly, fully, and without marketing spin. For India’s jewellery market, it marks a major step toward transparency. Samah Qu...

Newly elected BJP president Nitin Nabin is a Madhuri Dixit fan. He should, however, listen Shah Rukh Khan playing Raj in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, ThePrint Political Editor DK Singh elaborates in this episode of #PoliticallyCorrect  

ThePrintAM: What are the takeaways from PM Modi-UAE President meet?

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‘We must deny Pakistan an undeserved place in our politics, and in our minds. Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles’— Watch this week’s #NationalInterest with Shekhar Gupta:----more----Read this week's National Interest here: https://theprint.in/nat...

The Left has lost power in India over the 100 years since the Communist Party of India (CPI) was founded in 1925 in Kanpur. #CutTheClutter Episode 1785 looks at the decline & self-destruction of India's Left - how it ruled West Bengal & Tripura for over 30 years to now being wiped out. ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta also explains how the Left's economic ideology still rules India.-...

New Delhi should realise that an unstable Iran, or a pro-American regime in Tehran, is not in India’s interest.  

The European Union is India’s single-largest trading partner when exports and imports with all 27 member-states are calculated. The deal has been almost two decades in the making.  

Supreme Court bench issues guidelines to tighten higher education institutions' response to student suicides, invoking its power to do absolute justice.  

The Supreme Court has ruled that capital gains from Tiger Global’s 2018 exit from Flipkart are taxable in India, even though the investment was routed through Mauritius and backed by a tax treaty. In this video, ThePrint explains why the court held that the offshore structure lacked real commercial substance, how India’s General Anti-Avoidance Rule (GAAR) overrides treaty protection, and what this...

Advocate Poulomi Pavini Shukla told the Supreme Court that homeless children would be ‘orphaned twice’ if stray dogs were removed. She says the case should not be framed as ‘dogs vs children’. https://theprint.in/feature/lawyer-who-fights-for-orphans-rights-enters-sc-fray-for-stray-dogs-last-line-of-defence/2827294/

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After multiple threats of a possible intervention amid protests in Iran, Trump today said Iran ‘has not plan’ for executions. His statement came, as US’ gulf rivals reportedly convinced the US President to avoid any military action in Iran. #CutTheClutter Episode 1784 looks at the change in stand of Iran’s enemies, or the Gulf countries & reasons behind it. ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gup...