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BRING HOME THE MONEY • The second phase of the Centre’s asset monetisation plan, NMP 2.0, more than doubles the target to Rs 16.72 lakh crore, much of it to be mopped up by 2030

NABIN COMES TO THE PARTY

GUJARAT’S BIRD CENSUS CHIRPING AWAY

SEVEN PILLARS FOR A TERROR STRIKE FORCE • India’s new counter-terrorism policy, encapsulated in the seven-lettered acronym PRAHAAR, formally enunciates practices already being implemented

MASSING FOR THE BIG WAR • The late Vijayakanth to counter Vijay? The DMDK switch hit stirs up the Dravidian pot

SIR Gets Judicial Monitors • The millions of pending disputes in Bengal voter deletions spark unusual nth-hour court intervention

WHAT DO THE NEW TRADE DEALS MEAN FOR INDIA

Love, Law and Control • Young adults seeking to marry out of love now face a formidable legal barrier in Gujarat. A new law enforces parental approval as a precondition. Social activists say it extinguishes women’s choice, reinforces caste

Trials in Instant Justice? • A series of ‘deaths by drowning’ of child-rape accused raises questions

Pulp Friction • Alphonso mangoes are caught in a GI showdown between Maharashtra’s Konkan and Gujarat’s Valsad growers

THE GREAT NICOBAR CONTROVERSY • AS THE NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL CLEARS THE `81,000 CRORE PORT AND DEFENCE PROJECT ON THE ISLAND, ENVIRONMENTALISTS FEAR THE LOSS IT WILL INFLICT ON ITS UNIQUE BIODIVERSITY

THE PORT OF AMBITION • The ‘Holistic Development of Great Nicobar Island’ project aims to transform the southernmost island of the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago into a strategic maritime hub

CORALS

FORESTS

MEGAPODE

BIG TRANSHIPMENT BET • The proposed Rs 44,000-crore International Container Transhipment Terminal aims to reduce India’s reliance on foreign ports and draw global traffic, but doubts remain

EYES OVER THE OCEAN • Andaman & Nicobar is a vantage point to monitor the Indian Ocean Region and the Malacca Strait, to counter Chinese posturing and is a lauchpad towards the Indo-Pacific

INDIGENOUS TRIBES

“IT WILL ENHANCE INDIA’S STRATEGIC PRESENCE AND STRENGTHEN ITS TRADING POSITION” • Soon after the National Green Tribunal delivered its verdict clearing the Great Nicobar Project, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change BHUPENDER YADAV agreed to an email interview with india today outlining its importance and what his ministry is doing to balance development with protecting the island’s fragile environment. Excerpts:

CRACK IN THE VAULT • A SUSPECTED Rs 590-CRORE FRAUD AT A CHANDIGARH BRANCH OF IDFC FIRST BANK HAS EXPOSED HOW OPERATIONAL WEAKNESS AND MANUAL PROCESSES CAN UNDO TECH-LED CONTROLS

THE MODUS OPERANDI • Haryana’s Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested four accused in the suspected IDFC First Bank fraud. This is how the funds were allegedly siphoned off

A Rising Tide • INDIAN WOMEN ARE BEGINNING TO SEIZE CONTROL OF THEIR FINANCIAL DESTINY TO EXPLORE OPTIONS OUTSIDE GOLD AND BANK DEPOSITS AND INVEST IN THE MARKETS INSTEAD

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