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WhatsApp privacy case: Why shouldn’t user sharing personal data not be paid part of ad revenue, SC asks

Ruchi Bhattar - February 3, 2026

SC flags gaps in Digital Personal Data Protection Rules 2025, indicating how it falls short in addressing issues concerning ‘value’ and monetisation of personal data.

Hillock butchered, HC tears into Haryana govt for ‘environmental plunder’ at Charkhi Dadri mine

Sushil Manav - February 3, 2026

BJP Meitei MLA Yumnam Khemchand to be new Manipur CM, deputy CMs from Kuki-Zo & Naga communities

Moushumi Das Gupta - February 3, 2026

SC mediation panel writes to states, urges ‘serious attempts’ to resolve cases involving govts

Bhadra Sinha - February 3, 2026

NIA drops human trafficking charge in US deportation case, 2 Karnal ‘agents’ get bail

Mayank Kumar - February 3, 2026

As rich nations cut aid, Lancet study warns of 22 million preventable deaths by 2030

Sneha Richhariya - February 3, 2026

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Buried with her favourite red dress. How Manipur gangrape survivor’s family dealt with her death

Sagrika Kissu - February 3, 2026

Chandigarh was India’s envy. Now it’s losing the edge, becoming just another Indian city

Manisha Mondal - February 3, 2026

Don’t ask what to do with boys who rape. Ask what turned them into assaulters in the first place

Karanjeet Kaur - February 3, 2026

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Russia’s crude exports hold steady as China emerges as top buyer while flows to India plunge

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Trade deal with US likely to lift Rupee & stocks, say investors

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India’s $500 bn US purchase plan to span existing projects, data centres & energy

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Why Rahul Gandhi wasn’t allowed to read an excerpt from General Naravane’s memoir

Amitabh Dubey - February 3, 2026

General MM Naravane’s memoir—Four Stars of Destiny—reveals that he was left hanging by political leadership for more than two hours as Chinese tanks drove towards Indian positions.

How neo-casteists set up a symphony orchestra to make UGC equity guidelines fail

Aarushi Punia - February 3, 2026

Don’t ask what to do with boys who rape. Ask what turned them into assaulters in the first place

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Karanjeet Kaur - February 3, 2026

Increase in STT is small but it signals a shift in how India views risk

Bidisha Bhattacharya - February 3, 2026

47% rise in Budget outlay won’t revive co-operatives without internal stock-taking, reform

Sanjeev Chopra - February 3, 2026

Xi’s military shake-up — stripping power from China’s central military command

Atul Kumar - February 2, 2026

India needs derivatives for high economic growth. STT hike is a bad move

Renuka Sane - February 2, 2026

‘With Jio, Sikhya will take Indian cinema to new horizons’—Reliance push excites industry

Tina Das - February 3, 2026

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BJP Meitei MLA Yumnam Khemchand to be new Manipur CM, deputy CMs from Kuki-Zo & Naga communities

Moushumi Das Gupta - February 3, 2026

Former Manipur cabinet minister, Yumnam Khemchand Singh, known to be from the anti-Biren Singh faction, has been named as the leader of the BJP legislature party in Manipur.

What Modi said at NDA parliamentary party meet: India-US trade deal, Budget to Nishikant’s diligence

Neelam Pandey - February 3, 2026

New Deputy CM Sunetra Pawar now takes over husband Ajit’s guardian ministership for Pune & Beed

Manasi Phadke - February 3, 2026

Epstein files flare-up in RS: AAP MP raises Modi reference, BJP says only ‘national song sung’ in Israel

Moushumi Das Gupta - February 2, 2026

Mamata vs Election Commission on SIR: Bengal CM walks out of meet, calls EC chief ‘BJP broker’

Sourav Roy Barman - February 2, 2026

Rahul quoted from ex Army chief Naravane’s unpublished memoir in LS. Why it sparked showdown with govt

Sourav Roy Barman - February 2, 2026

BJP starts setting the stage to restore its govt in Manipur as clock ticks on President’s Rule

Moushumi Das Gupta - February 2, 2026

Shortly after ‘mother of all deals’, came the big daddy deal. It’ll propel India-US ties back on track

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Kala Academy was Goa’s cultural heart until Rs 75 cr govt renovation. ‘It is a tragedy’

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Increase in STT is small but it signals a shift in how India views risk

Bidisha Bhattacharya - February 3, 2026

Artemis II ‘wet dress rehearsal’ was a damp squib. Why the mission matters

Almaas Masood - February 3, 2026

Defence budget through the years: Big leap for 2026-27, but what numbers since 1999 reveal

Keshav Padmanabhan - February 3, 2026

Hillock butchered, HC tears into Haryana govt for ‘environmental plunder’ at Charkhi Dadri mine

Sushil Manav - February 3, 2026

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked the Haryana chief secretary to submit an affidavit with measures to redress 'environmental plundering' of Charkhi Dadri district.

NIA drops human trafficking charge in US deportation case, 2 Karnal ‘agents’ get bail

Mayank Kumar - February 3, 2026

How Haryana is trying to end its long-running power buying tariff row with Adani Power

Sushil Manav - February 3, 2026

Karnataka says Foxconn tax issue resolved, but anger over outsiders’ employment persists in Devanahalli

Sharan Poovanna - February 3, 2026

Indian refiners seek clarity on future of Russian oil purchases after Trump deal

Serene Cheong - February 3, 2026

Reliance, Adani stocks jump after India-US trade deal

Alex Gabriel Simon Thattil - February 3, 2026

Trump cuts India tariffs in deal he links to Russian oil

Skylar Woodhouse - February 3, 2026

Agriculture & dairy protected, says Piyush Goyal, as final contours of US trade deal being negotiated

Keshav Padmanabhan - February 3, 2026

Trade deal with US likely to lift Rupee & stocks, say investors

Shruti Srivastava - February 3, 2026

Floundering PM Internship Scheme has seen 44% drop out since 2024 launch. Budget deals drastic blow

Udit Bubna - February 2, 2026

Seafood industry welcomes Budget’s fisheries push. ‘Lays groundwork for becoming global player’

Deepika Amirapu - February 2, 2026

India spooks investors instead of calming them

Andy Mukherjee - February 2, 2026

Andhra Pradesh missing from Budget spotlight, why Chandrababu Naidu’s still happy

Prasad Nichenametla - February 2, 2026

Hillock butchered, HC tears into Haryana govt for ‘environmental plunder’ at Charkhi Dadri mine

Sushil Manav - February 3, 2026

How Haryana is trying to end its long-running power buying tariff row with Adani Power

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99 problems, one-text solution: Mana Mitra, the WhatsApp helpline simplifying life in Andhra Pradesh

Deepika Amirapu - February 3, 2026

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Prashant Srivastava - February 3, 2026

Pakistan cricket on a sticky wicket & separating the art from the AI

ThePrint Team - February 2, 2026

Big private players showing interest in India’s nuclear sector: Jitendra Singh on SHANTI Act

One of the most significant introductions in the SHANTI Act was allowing private players to enter the operations side of the nuclear power sector, which has always been tightly guarded by the government

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Asim Munir & Shehbaz Sharif are jokes in Pakistan. Deal with India is another betrayal by Trump

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