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Dhaka summons India’s envoy over Assam CM Himanta’s remarks on ‘pushing back Bangladeshi infiltrators’

Keshav Padmanabhan - May 1, 2026

Dhaka reportedly conveyed to Acting High Commissioner Pawan Badhe Badhe that the CM's remarks were 'disparaging' to bilateral ties & expressed their 'displeasure'.

India’s workforce is stuck in low productivity. Here’s what must change

Farzana Afridi - May 1, 2026

The all-new Hansraj College. Cows, Gayatri mantra, BJP videos, FIRs & principal Rama Sharma

+TFP Saman Husain - May 1, 2026

Why Shiv Sena (UBT) is opposing Maharashtra minister’s renaming proposal for Mumbai’s KEM Hospital

Purva Chitnis - May 1, 2026

Is masala dosa India’s new soft power? It’s ranked world’s 6th best pancake

Triya Gulati - May 1, 2026

Multiple transfers, now a suspension: Meet Kerala IAS B Ashok, who’s had run-ins with both UDF & LDF

Aneesa PA - May 1, 2026

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For love & Lutyens: Haryana, the dream posting for India’s civil service power couples after marriage

Sushil Manav - May 1, 2026

That yellow mango may be a chemical trick. What calcium carbide ripening does to your fruit & body

Sneha Richhariya - April 30, 2026

Now, 10-minute delivery of fresh air, escape. Delhi’s affair with hidden lakes, secret trails

Manisha Mondal - April 30, 2026

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The rupee at record low will end India’s cheap- money era

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BJP stops TMC vehicle in WB’s Bhabanipur, alleges EVM tampering in polls

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Himanta wife passport row: SC grants Pawan Khera anticipatory bail in forgery, defamation case

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Death toll rises to 9 in Jabalpur boat capsize incident

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Opinion

UAE exit from OPEC isn’t about oil. Iran War making Gulf states seek new shelters

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Praveen Swami - May 1, 2026

Britain’s failure to secure the oil of Arabia in the 1950s was no misjudgement. The sun was setting on the Empire, and a new hegemon had emerged. Is another anarchy on the rise now?

India’s workforce is stuck in low productivity. Here’s what must change

Farzana Afridi - May 1, 2026

How Scotland protects what India neglects. Chicken Tikka Masala for a start

Amana Begam - May 1, 2026

Indian companies sourcing from Chinese suppliers are the latest victims of US-China trade war

Deep Pal - May 1, 2026

UAE’s exit from OPEC means a Gulf energy system that’s more responsive to Asian demand

Raamish Siddiqui - May 1, 2026

Keeping CAPF in Bengal for 60 days raises constitutional questions. It’s not an occupying force

K.B.S Sidhu - April 30, 2026

History of Indians in the Arab world—port builders, Jat governor, translators, and slaves

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Anirudh Kanisetti - April 30, 2026

Features

Noida, Gurugram, Ghaziabad fire departments are horribly under-equipped

Saman Husain - May 1, 2026

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Why Shiv Sena (UBT) is opposing Maharashtra minister’s renaming proposal for Mumbai’s KEM Hospital

Purva Chitnis - May 1, 2026

Minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha has written to BMC proposing change in name of King Edward Memorial Hospital to ‘Kaushalya Eklavya Memorial Hospital’.

Exit polls bet on LDF upset in Kerala, BJP & DMK return in Assam, Tamil Nadu; edge for BJP in Bengal

Neelam Pandey - April 29, 2026

Pink toilets to house tax exemption, BJP makes a women-first pitch for Haryana civic polls

Sushil Manav - April 29, 2026

‘Healthy politics’? What’s behind Akhilesh’s hospital visit to BJP MLA injured while burning his effigy

Prashant Srivastava - April 29, 2026

A KCR comeback on the cards? What’s behind BRS founder’s reappearance on political stage

Deepika Amirapu - April 29, 2026

BJP sweeps local body polls in Gujarat, Congress improves tally; AAP fails to pull off 2021 repeat

Purva Chitnis - April 28, 2026

Why Rahul attacked Mamata in West Bengal poll rallies and what it means for INDIA bloc

Esha Mishra - April 28, 2026

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Bengal drama shows ECI is facing a collapse of trust

ThePrint Team - May 1, 2026

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Ground Reports

The all-new Hansraj College. Cows, Gayatri mantra, BJP videos, FIRs & principal Rama Sharma

Saman Husain - May 1, 2026

Now, 10-minute delivery of fresh air, escape. Delhi’s affair with hidden lakes, secret trails

Manisha Mondal - April 30, 2026

NIMHANS set to bring India’s first digital repository of psychiatric disorders

Soumya Pillai - April 29, 2026

‘Calendar artist’ to Rs 167 cr sale—how Raja Ravi Varma still defines India’s imagination

Sakshi Mehra - April 29, 2026

Tele-scope

Newspapers, TV channels hesitate to name a victor in Bengal. ‘Kaante ki takkar’

Shailaja Bajpai - April 30, 2026

Books

Every woman must be high maintenance. The ‘chill girl’ is just a performance

Harnidh Kaur - May 1, 2026

Global Pulse

Battle for Bengal draws global media gaze & the ‘will India age before it grows wealthy’ question

Vidhi Bhutra - April 29, 2026

India

Multiple transfers, now a suspension: Meet Kerala IAS B Ashok, who’s had run-ins with both UDF & LDF

Aneesa PA - May 1, 2026

Officer finds himself in middle of new row after being suspended for slamming LDF govt on social media, accuses the administration of harbouring 'IAS caucus'.

For love & Lutyens: Haryana, the dream posting for India’s civil service power couples after marriage

+TFP Sushil Manav - May 1, 2026

‘RSS HQ, metro lines sprayed with radioactive Caesium-137’—anonymous letter sparks panic in Nagpur

Mayank Kumar - April 30, 2026

Bengaluru wall collapse: Siddaramaiah govt orders audit of hospital buildings, engineer’s suspension

Sharan Poovanna - April 30, 2026

When AI stereotypes, it doesn’t guess, it defaults

Gautam Mukunda - April 30, 2026

India’s real estate will meet the reality of agentic AI

Andy Mukherjee - April 30, 2026

Ghaziabad high-rise fire: Residents recall the chaos. ‘Tenders had low water pressure, cars blocked way’

Samridhi Tewari - April 30, 2026

World

Tel Aviv-Beirut ceasefire teeters as Hezbollah influence in Lebanon faces new test

Jaydeep Gadhavi - April 30, 2026

Economy

The rupee at record low will end India’s cheap- money era

Andy Mukherjee - May 1, 2026

Adani’s giant copper plant hits technical setbacks in first year

Julian Luk - April 29, 2026

Lesson for India from the West: AI is hollowing out white-collar jobs & birthing a new middle-class elite

+TFP Saurabh Mukherjea - April 28, 2026

As govt weighs mandatory silver hallmarking, new report flags economic & operational bottlenecks

Ajay Mathur - April 27, 2026

Strategic petroleum reserves: Why India needs bigger oil buffers & how others compare | Cut The Clutter

Shekhar Gupta | Cut The Clutter - April 25, 2026

Governance

Multiple transfers, now a suspension: Meet Kerala IAS B Ashok, who’s had run-ins with both UDF & LDF

Aneesa PA - May 1, 2026

As govt weighs mandatory silver hallmarking, new report flags economic & operational bottlenecks

Ajay Mathur - April 27, 2026

India’s drug approval system set for big digital overhaul to weed out multiple portals, glitches, delays

Sneha Richhariya - April 25, 2026

‘Romanticising organised crime’: Govt tells Zee5 not to release Lawrence Bishnoi docuseries

Chitleen K Sethi - April 24, 2026

Readers' Editor

Eight journalists, four states and 1 UT—how ThePrint covered 2026 Assembly elections

Shailaja Bajpai - April 30, 2026

Science

Severe pregnancy vomiting has genetic roots—6 new genes discovered in major study

A new study in Nature Genetics identified six new genes linked to hyperemesis gravidarum — severe nausea and vomiting in pregnancy — across European, Asian, African, and Latino ancestries.

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ThePrint Team - April 29, 2026

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