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Not only will the support commanded by ‘Sushashan Babu’ Nitish Kumar by managing complex caste dynamics and delivering on governance be hard to emulate, Samrat Choudhary faces intra-party doubts in his leadership, financial mismanagement, and other administrative issues

The study examines how smallholder farmers in Karnataka make decisions about planting trees on their land

Admiral Tripathi highlights the Navy’s steady progress towards becoming a “combat-ready, credible, cohesive, and future-ready force”

Justice Varale finds TDB argument why women cannot go to other 999 temples ‘little harsh’. TDB clarifies that it meant how genuine belief can be questioned in a PIL

The Hyderabad-based comedian was arrested in Prayagraj of Uttar Pradesh, says Kakinada SP

Centre should consider a matrix that distributes weightage between the current population, population growth indicators such as the Total Fertility Rate, and the existing share of Parliamentary seats to arrive at a delimitation formula, he says.

A critical Iran-US ceasefire deadline looms with no agreement, fueling uncertainty. Pakistan is actively mediating, dispatching a high-level delegation to Tehran with a new US message and aiming for further talks. Key disputes over Iran's nuclear program and the Strait of Hormuz persist, as both nations issue mixed signals regarding the truce's future

S&P Global in its latest report titled India's Strong Fundamentals Would Cushion The Blow Of An Oil Shock says India is equipped to handle some strain. The report assumes a base case scenario of oil prices at an average of $130 per barrel for 2026 and $100 in 2027.