03:17⇢Merz Takes Berlin
⌨The newspapers extensively cover Friedrich Merz's victory in German elections, with his CDU/CSU alliance winning 28.5% against SPD's 16%. Merz, known for his pro-US stance and strict immigration policies, will seek to form a coalition government (Aaj Tak, Firstpost, The Hindu, News18). In Delhi, the new BJP government begins its first assembly session, with CM Rekha Gupta claiming AAP left an empty exchequer (Times of India, Zee News, The Print).