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13 Padma awards went to Tamil Nadu followed by Bengal, 11, Kerala, 8, & Assam, 5. All these states are headed to polls & so is Puducherry which had one personality in the list.

Ops Sindoor was a conflict that saw use of long range vectors, both air to air and air to ground along with massive use of drones, loitering munitions and air defence in play. ThePrint’s Editor - Defence and Diplomacy Snehesh Alex Philip tells us more about a report on Ops Sindoor by Swiss military think tank Centre for Military History and Perspective Studies in #DefenceScope

Trump sees any rules-based multilateralism as undermining American power and will no longer negotiate with or in a group.
The middle power phenomenon is here to stay with truth in America lost. With Germany, France, Japan, Canada, and much of Europe exploring this new world, is this time for a new NAM? 
Watch this week’s #NationalInterest with Shekhar Gupta. 

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.

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.

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.

Mahayuti govt wants to build memorial at Burari where Maratha general Dattaji Shinde died fighting ahead of 3rd battle of Panipat.

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.