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‘Yes’ or ‘no’? Referendum vote will define Bangladesh’s future, but for many it’s a ‘don’t know’

+TFP Debdutta Chakraborty - February 10, 2026

As Bangladesh heads into simultaneous national elections and a referendum, a first in its political history, a web of legal, political and legitimacy concerns lies beneath the official optimism.

36-hr takedown window cut to 3 hrs: Centre notifies IT Rules amendment to tighten noose on deepfakes

Vrinda Tulsian - February 10, 2026

In ‘step toward normalisation of ties’, India & China hold first ‘strategic dialogue’ in Delhi

Keshav Padmanabhan - February 10, 2026

Ajit Pawar plane crash: Nephew Rohit alleges lapses, raises questions over aircraft, pilot & probe

Kasturi Walimbe - February 10, 2026

Gujarat is the new foreign visitor hotspot. Goa, Tamil Nadu see dramatic drop

Samridhi Tewari - February 10, 2026

RBI is buying time by not cutting the repo rate. Past policy needs a breather to work

Bidisha Bhattacharya - February 10, 2026

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Inside India’s only dark factory in Tamil Nadu. Robots work all night, engineers stay out

Amrtansh Arora - February 10, 2026

BNP’s Tarique Rahman a crowd favourite on Dhaka’s streets. But there’s also the ‘third’ front

Debdutta Chakraborty - February 10, 2026

Men from Haryana, UP, TN, Karnataka harass foreign women in Goa. And Goa gets a bad name

Karanjeet Kaur - February 10, 2026

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EC releases final Assam voters’ list after SIR, 2.43 lakh names deleted from draft roll

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‘Pre-committed purchase pact & 2-minister ping-pong’: Tharoor’s scathing jibe at India-US trade deal

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Sachin Tendulkar invites Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi for son Arjun’s wedding ceremony

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US Vice President Vance heads to Armenia, Azerbaijan to push peace, trade

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Opinion

Dear Deepak Chopra, yes, cute girls are real. So are perverts at Epstein parties

Shobhaa De - February 10, 2026

If Jeffrey Epstein was indeed all that shrewd, sharp and brilliant, why did he leave such a trail of incriminating documents? Unless he wanted the files to be unearthed.

RBI is buying time by not cutting the repo rate. Past policy needs a breather to work

Bidisha Bhattacharya - February 10, 2026

Don’t compare India-US trade agreement with UK, EU. It’s a deal with the only superpower

Dhiraj Nayyar - February 10, 2026

Indians expecting equal benefits from India-US trade deal are missing power realities

Ashutosh Varshney - February 10, 2026

Men from Haryana, UP, TN, Karnataka harass foreign women in Goa. And Goa gets a bad name

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Karanjeet Kaur - February 10, 2026

Japan’s snap election and what it means for India

Swasti Rao - February 9, 2026

NCLT is caught up in wasteful govt-to-govt litigation. Here’s how to change that

Gokul Sunoj - February 9, 2026

Feature

Rajpal Yadav said he has ‘no friends’. Sonu Sood, Tej Pratap Yadav step in to help

Tina Das - February 10, 2026

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Politics

‘Pre-committed purchase pact & 2-minister ping-pong’: Tharoor’s scathing jibe at India-US trade deal

Sourav Roy Barman - February 10, 2026

Thiruvananthapuram MP, who backed the Centre on Op Sindoor, took a swipe at ministers Piyush Goyal & Jaishankar for evading questions on India’s purported pledge to US on Russian oil.

In a first since 1987, Oppn seeks to remove Speaker, accuses Om Birla of being ‘blatantly partisan’

Sourav Roy Barman - February 10, 2026

With new Manipur govt in place, Ajit Lal is MHA’s new Northeast adviser. Retd IPS had overseen Naga talks

Moushumi Das Gupta - February 10, 2026

Bengal SIR hearing: SC seeks DGP affidavit on ECI’s charges of ‘threats & violence’

Apoorva Mandhani - February 9, 2026

BJP cements rural grip in Maharashtra in zilla parishad & panchayat polls, allies not far behind

Purva Chitnis - February 9, 2026

How Congress is sending a message as it considers resolution to remove LS Speaker Om Birla

Sourav Roy Barman - February 9, 2026

Assam BJP’s deleted video showing Himanta ‘firing’ at Muslims draws Congress’s ire—’call to genocide’

Sourav Roy Barman - February 8, 2026

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Opposition should reflect if no-confidence notice against Om Birla is hurting or helping

ThePrint Team - February 10, 2026

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Ground Reports

Inside India’s only dark factory in Tamil Nadu. Robots work all night, engineers stay out

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Meet the VCs powering India’s AI boom. Old rules aren’t working anymore

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How basic Bengali food became a premium experience at Sienna

Tina Das -

Gurugram startup grew a snakeskin shoe in a lab. It wants to make India a bioscience power

Udit Hinduja -

Sport

No boycott, Pakistan now says cricket team will play against India in T20 World Cup clash

Triya Gulati - February 10, 2026

Between Political Lines

Indians expecting equal benefits from India-US trade deal are missing power realities

Ashutosh Varshney - February 10, 2026

Diplomacy

In ‘step toward normalisation of ties’, India & China hold first ‘strategic dialogue’ in Delhi

Keshav Padmanabhan - February 10, 2026

India

ED charges ex-officer at centre of bribery case at its Shimla office. ‘Laundering of over Rs 1 crore’

Mayank Kumar - February 10, 2026

CBI had also charged the ED officer, arrested a year ago, of demanding bribes to give relief to two accused in a scholarship scam in Himachal Pradesh.

Keep enough staff on cybercrime helpline—Amit Shah tells states to improve response time to 1930 calls

Mayank Kumar - February 10, 2026

Ajit Pawar plane crash: Nephew Rohit alleges lapses, raises questions over aircraft, pilot & probe

Kasturi Walimbe - February 10, 2026

‘This is the status of the book’: Gen Naravane’s 6-word X post amid memoir row

ThePrint Team - February 10, 2026

EC releases final Assam voters’ list after SIR, 2.43 lakh names deleted from draft roll

Apoorva Mandhani - February 10, 2026

After report, Adani Enterprises confirms US has sought information on Iranian oil imports

Weilun Soon - February 10, 2026

Rs 100 crore of Swachh Bharat Mission funds unused in Haryana, CM sends charge sheets to 20 officials

Sushil Manav - February 10, 2026

Judiciary

I&B Ministry notified OTT Accessibility Rules under shadow of contempt. Here’s what they say

Ruchi Bhattar - February 10, 2026

Economy

Work from beach: Sri Lanka woos remote workers with digital nomad visa, extends tourist visa validity

Samah Qundeel - February 9, 2026

Companies must enable young talent to become decision makers. It isn’t optional anymore

WEF Team - February 9, 2026

Trapped in debt spiral, Himachal worries it may not have funds for subsidies, pensions in coming years

Saurabh Chauhan - February 9, 2026

The agri balancing act: Farms, dairy shielded in US deal but doors open to nuts, animal feed imports

Sampurna Panigrahi - February 7, 2026

India to eliminate or reduce tariffs on American industrial goods, and some agricultural products

Keshav Padmanabhan - February 7, 2026

Governance

36-hr takedown window cut to 3 hrs: Centre notifies IT Rules amendment to tighten noose on deepfakes

Vrinda Tulsian - February 10, 2026

Rs 100 crore of Swachh Bharat Mission funds unused in Haryana, CM sends charge sheets to 20 officials

Sushil Manav - February 10, 2026

Delhi HC pulls up MCD for not publishing civic records after 20 years of RTI, says it is ‘no exception’

Akshat Jain - February 9, 2026

Amit Shah launches Bharat Taxi, the govt-backed alternative to Ola, Uber. Drivers will be ‘owners’

Udit Bubna - February 5, 2026

Go To Pakistan

Pakistanis say BCCI, ICC won’t survive without their team—‘we are not optional’

Almina Khatoon - February 10, 2026

Science

Do we need a space station around Moon? It faces delays, cost concerns, potential US fund cuts

NASA's Lunar Gateway is designed as a staging point for crewed and robotic missions and as a testbed for technologies crucial to landing humans on Mars.

Health

Lancet study links obesity to 1 in 10 infection deaths globally. What it means for India

Sneha Richhariya - February 10, 2026

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