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Thursday, January 15, 2026
TopicAndhra pradesh

Topic: andhra pradesh

Party loyalist with RSS background, PVN Madhav is Andhra’s new BJP chief, like his father 40 yrs ago

Madhav replaces Daggubati Purandeswari as BJP eyes growth in the state where it remains a junior partner. The OBC leader has risen through the ranks.

‘CEO CM’ 2.0 takes stage with Amaravati as theme. Quantum Valley is Chandrababu’s next centrepiece

After Cyberabad and Genome Valley, Naidu is now set out to outdo the legacy left behind in Hyderabad by building India's first quantum computing valley in his new capital.

How license fee hikes by Karnataka’s Congress govt are driving distillers to neighbouring states

After steep licence fee hike by Karnataka govt, Andhra Pradesh minister offered Mysuru-based craft rum distiller ‘tailor-made excise policy’ if he were to move operations to neighbouring state.

‘Failed to honour promises,’ Jagan Reddy hits at TDP for not supporting students, unemployed youth

The YSRCP chief questioned why students were allegedly assaulted for submitting pleas seeking the Rs 3,000 monthly unemployment allowance promised by TDP during its poll campaign.

How a YSRCP supporter’s death after coming under Jagan’s car has sparked a political firestorm

Leaders of ruling TDP are accusing the ex-CM & his partymen of ignoring police restrictions on his Palnadu visit, while Jagan says inadequate security arrangements caused the death.

Naidu’s Rs 82,000-cr Banakacherla project to link 3 river basins faces opposition from protégé Revanth

Telangana is objecting to Andhra Pradesh govt’s Banakacherla project, terming it ‘against natural justice’. Apex Council meet could be called soon to resolve the dispute. 

5 brothers, 4 of them Maoists. Ravi’s encounter marks end of Gajarla family ties to CPI (Maoist)

Gajarla Ravi alias Uday ‘used to put up posters, run errands for Maoists since age 7’. At the time of his death, he was senior-most Maoist leader in Andhra Pradesh-Odisha border areas.

Andhra Greyhounds kill Maoist central committee member Gajarla Ravi, 5th top leader killed this yr

Along with Gajarla Ravi alias Uday, Andhra Pradesh Greyhounds also killed Aruna, a senior Maoist leader in Andhra-Odisha Border Special Zonal Committee & wife of slain Maoist Chalapathi.

Three maoists killed in an encounter with Andhra Pradesh police

The Operation was based upon intelligence inputs and the identities of the deceased are yet to be identified

Naidu rolls out ‘Thalliki Vandanam’, expanding Jagan’s Amma Vodi scheme. 24 lakh more students covered

On first anniversary of his govt, Andhra Pradesh CM delivers one of ‘Super Six’ promises laid out in manifesto: Rs 15,000 school aid per annum per child for 42.69 lakh eligible mothers.

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A new Indian foreign policy consensus is emerging. That India isn’t a great power yet

After exuberance, India must now not only take difficult and costly steps toward industrialisation, but also convert growth into geo-economic leverage and military modernisation.

Geoeconomic confrontation top trigger for global crisis, cyber insecurity biggest risk for India—WEF

WEF report flags growing erosion of multilateralism, long considered stabilising force. 'Declining trust, heightened protectionism are threatening trade, investment.'

The curious case of Pakistan’s JF-17 ‘orders’

Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines. 

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.