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Trump’s 50% tariffs will hit the farmers, artisans, spices growers, & fishing & dairying communities. Speaking at the M.S. Swaminathan centenary commemorations PM Modi vowed to protect them whatever the risks or costs, & whatever price he might have to pay for it personally. The question: what is the price he & the country may have to pay? – Watch this week's #NationalInterest with @ShekharGupta

CutTheClutter: Palantir, the $400bn tech 'upstart' with Indian CTO, & why Trump trusts it for security,defence,data

India’s crude oil trade has evolved from a purely economic exchange into both a geopolitical test of strategic autonomy and a measure of the constraints in its energy policy. Over the past three years, India has gone from being a marginal buyer of Russian crude to one of its largest importers, carefully balancing ties with the US, Europe, and shifting global energy markets. That balance is now under pressure from Donald Trump’s 50 per cent tariff offensive, aimed selectively at India and leaving little ambiguity about his objectives—and in Trump’s world, what he wants, he usually gets. So what will define India's next energy strategy? ThePrint Consulting Editor (International & Strategic Affairs) explains, in this week's column.

Similar schemes are already in operation in neighbouring Telangana & Karnataka, both Congress-ruled states. ‘Stree-Shakti’ scheme is expected to cost AP govt Rs 1,942 cr each year.
 

Thirteen Allahabad HC judges have urged their Chief Justice to convene a full court meeting & refuse compliance with the SC order against Justice Prashant Kumar.
 

CutTheClutter: Trump's trade war in numbers: Which Indian sectors will be worst-hit & why some exports are exempt

Jains are protesting a decision of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to shut down all 'kabutarkhanas' in Mumbai & penalise those feeding pigeons.