NEWS TO BE READ

THE HINDU

1. Retail inflation eases to a five-month low of 4.31% [Page 1]
2. SC to hear pleas challenging validity of CEC appointment law on Feb. 19 [Page 1]
3. Budgeting for a gender-inclusive ‘Viksit Bharat’ [Page 6]
4. Should convicted persons contest elections? [Page 8]
5. Because of freebies, people don’t want to work: SC judge [Page 12]

THE INDIAN EXPRESS

1. N-reactors, missiles, engines: India and France deepen ties [Page 1]
2. The PLI push: $1 billion over 3 yrs to 19 firms, fuels record surge in handset exports [Page 1]
3. We owe this to the youth [Page 10]
4. For good and for all [Page 11]
5. Ranveer Allahbadia row: What does law say about obscenity? [Page 14]

(The articles given above and their respective page numbers are in accordance with the Delhi Edition.)