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Mumbai’s hawkers: A law unimplemented for 12 yrs & a crackdown that raises more questions than it answers

Officially, Mumbai has space for 23,000 licensed street vendors. It has lakhs. A law meant to bridge that gap was not implemented for over a decade.

45,000 mangroves at stake: Actors, activists rally as courts clear decks for Mumbai coastal road project

Plans to cut 45,000 mangroves for Mumbai’s proposed Coastal Road between Versova and Bhayandar have sparked protests over the environmental impact and BMC’s afforestation claims.

Dhurandhar’s Bangkok shoot shows there is no Ease of Filming in Mumbai for Bollywood

Just like Dhurandhar, Ek Tha Tiger, Baaghi and many other Bollywood hits were shot in Thailand, a popular destination for Indian filmmakers to shoot action sequences.

Class trouble: Why over half of Mumbai’s BMC school students drop out along the way

New report says only 48% of students who joined BMC schools in Class 1 in 2015–16 stayed till Class 10. Limited secondary schools and missing dropout data make it harder to track where students go.

Mumbai’s BMC is running schools offering free Cambridge and IB education, and parents are lining up

From midday meals to protein bars for students, BMC's IGCSE and IB schools in Matunga and Vile Parle are quietly rewriting expectations of what a municipal school can be.

In 1st budget under BJP mayor in 44 yrs, BMC hikes outlay to Rs 81k crore, focus on big-ticket infra

India's richest civic body’s outlay is 8.77% higher than last year’s, with the biggest allocation being made for infra growth. BMC also proposed an AI boost to its service delivery.

Denmark to Mumbai’s Coastal Road. Which other cities have musical roads?

The Mumbai coastal road arrived a little late; the world has been enjoying the grooves of melody roads for a few decades now.

BMC power tussle—BJP, Shinde Sena agree on mayor post, but haggle over standing committee chairships

BJP is set to get BMC mayor’s post & the Shiv Sena (Shinde) the deputy’s position, but the BJP is not willing to part with the standing committee chairperson’s position.

AIMIM’s biggest civic poll breakthrough in Maharashtra yet with wider footprint—Marathwada to Mumbai

Overall, the party has won 125 seats across the 29 municipal bodies, a significant improvement from 81 it bagged in the 2017 polls.

Marathi manoos to ‘Adanistan’: 5 talking points of Maharashtra’s high-stakes civic polls campaign

With unopposed wins & shifting alliances, the high-voltage campaign for municipal corporation elections in the state was dominated by a host of volatile issues.

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The math behind India’s elections—Why proximity matters

It is one of the most consistent findings in electoral politics: voters are more likely to support candidates who come from their local area.

US ends oil waivers but Russian crude flows to India ‘likely to remain steady’ amid Hormuz disruption

India will need to recalibrate crude sourcing strategy as US ends waivers for Russian & Iranian oil, energy experts say. But Russian crude will likely remain central to energy basket.

Why Siliguri Corridor is strategically important for India & how it is being secured | Cut The Clutter

This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.