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Topic: Licence

Before Malviya Nagar fire, B&B owner tried to get licence for another guesthouse; was rejected for being unsafe

Ananya Bhardwaj -
After being denied licence for guesthouse by MCD because it lacked a fire safety clearance, owner Bajaj obtained a licence for it under Delhi govt's B&B scheme.

Andhra to be 1st state to give discom license to pvt firms outside power sector amid data centre boom

Deepika Amirapu -
A new policy will allow private companies to directly procure electricity from power-generating firms through purchase agreements, reducing their dependence on state utilities.

Street vendors face constant threat of eviction. Valid licences & law to protect them don’t help

Risha Chitlangia -
There is a gap between the intent and implementation of the Street Vendors Act across states and UTs, according to vendors and officials.

Governments have to step in to lay down the rules of the game, not close down the hospital

Shailaja Chandra -
Under the principles of natural justice, you have to hold an enquiry, give a show-cause notice, wait for the reply and then pass the order.

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Opinion

Srinagar’s cinemas may have gone dark. Kashmir’s love for films never did

Triya Gulati -
It seemed like J&K's battered past had taken a backseat, even if it was for the four days of the international film festival.

Apple killed the base iPhone. Its status game is no longer subtle

Mirzapur’s Beena Tripathi is proof — a woman doesn’t need a gun to wield power

Economy

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Faseeh Mangi -
Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

Defence

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

Debdutta Chakraborty -
In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

National Interest

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

Shekhar Gupta -
India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.

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