Supreme Court has done well to set a deadline for much-delayed elections for Bengaluru municipal corporations. Bengaluru is a template of urban ruin with crumbling civic infrastructure. Absence of an elected body has crippled grassroots governance. Civic polls will be a verdict on CM Siddaramaiah’s governance model — or lack thereof.
Trump-driven geopolitical turbulence is bringing India-Europe closer
Trump-driven geopolitical turbulence is bringing India and Europe closer with renewed emphasis on aligning strategic interests. 2026 has opened with 19 agreements between the world’s third and fourth-largest economies, Germany and India. More will follow this month as other European leaders arrive in New Delhi – mainly, the long-anticipated India-EU FTA.