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In Nepal, RSP & Balen’s win brings the dawn of a new era. The sun sets on Maoists, old guard’s reign

Debdutta Chakraborty - March 8, 2026

Founded by Rabi Lamichhane in 2022, Rastriya Swatantra Party is the next big thing on Nepal’s political horizon, likely to secure two-thirds majority in this year’s national election.

Russia ‘will benefit’ from West Asia war, focus shifting from dealing with China, says Polish minister

Keshav Padmanabhan - March 8, 2026

‘Boys’ club’—1 woman for every 5 men among lawyers who represent Centre in HCs. The gap is ‘no surprise’

+TFP Ruchi Bhattar - March 8, 2026

Iran conflict LIVE UPDATES: Iranian oil sites targeted in overnight strikes by Israel

ThePrint Team - March 8, 2026

What happens when use of GLP-1 drugs is stopped? What UK researchers found on tracking patients for a yr

Sneha Richhariya - March 8, 2026

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Shekhar Gupta - March 7, 2026

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India’s ‘cleanest village’ Mawlynnong banned tourists on Sunday. Villagers need a break

Nootan Sharma - March 8, 2026

2 girls, 15 km, a world apart — the distance between school and child marriage in Rajasthan

Vanita Bhatnagar - March 7, 2026

As semaglutide goes off patent, weight-loss gold rush begins. Pharma bets big, court case lingers

Sneha Richhariya - March 7, 2026

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Centre seeks explanation from Bengal govt over ‘protocol lapses’ in President Murmu’s state visit

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Two detained in attempted bomb attack outside NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s residence

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US, Israel consider sending special forces to seize Iran’s uranium stock: Axios report

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Trump says US doesn’t need Britain’s help to win Iran war

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Opinion

Real cooperation between man & woman not possible without social, economic, political justice: Hansa Mehta

Hansa Mehta - March 8, 2026

On 19 December 1946, Hansa Mehta delivered an address in the Constituent Assembly, calling for equality of status and opportunity for women in independent India.

Modern lovers don’t kiss and tell. Only ChatGPT knows the relationship problems

Ratan Priya - March 8, 2026

North Indians need a crash course from Malayalis. Civic sense can be taught

Aamaan Alam Khan - March 7, 2026

US will try to derail India’s rise. New Delhi must put behind innocence in ties

R Jagannathan - March 7, 2026

Indian welfarists destroyed right to property by guaranteeing rights to life, liberty

G Jayachandran - March 7, 2026

Oil crisis to trade disruption—why India must try to reshape regional balance in West Asia

Seshadri Chari - March 6, 2026

Exploiting Iran’s ethnic fault lines can solve one problem for US-Israel—and create several more

Swasti Rao - March 6, 2026

Feature

Ramayana through Sita’s eyes, writing in ChatGPT era—Delhi celebrates Women’s Day with poetry

Vitasta Kaul - March 8, 2026

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Politics

Rahul Gandhi declares UDF’s guarantees for Kerala, takes poll fight to LDF’s welfare pitch

Aneesa PA - March 7, 2026

The pledges include free bus rides for women, Rs 1,000 for college students, a health insurance scheme, a minister for elderly welfare, and loans to start businesses.

Gold ring, Rs 2,500 a month: TVK’s welfare package for women to outbid rivals ahead of TN polls

Shweta Tripathi - March 7, 2026

‘India can win T20 World Cup final if Modi stays away from stadium,’ says Priyank Kharge

Sharan Poovanna - March 7, 2026

Cracks in the red fortress: CPI(M) battles rebellion in Palakkad, Alappuzha and Wayanad ahead of polls

Aneesa PA - March 7, 2026

Yogi Adityanath is going around UP taking ‘candid feedback’ from RSS workers

Prashant Srivastava - March 7, 2026

Stalin pitches himself as torchbearer of Dravidian legacy, releases ‘Stalin statement’ for poll-bound TN

Shweta Tripathi - March 6, 2026

Ruling DMK makes ‘star campaigner’ jibe as Governor RN Ravi’s stormy Tamil Nadu tenure ends

Shweta Tripathi - March 6, 2026

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EAC-PM paper flags sharp rise in tobacco consumption. India stares at a crisis

ThePrint Team - March 6, 2026

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Ground Reports

India’s ‘cleanest village’ Mawlynnong banned tourists on Sunday. Villagers need a break

Nootan Sharma - March 8, 2026

2 girls, 15 km, a world apart — the distance between school and child marriage in Rajasthan

Vanita Bhatnagar - March 7, 2026

Grown in Karnataka, sold as American — Inside India’s gherkin empire

Manisha Mondal - March 6, 2026

DU protest ban has united rival student groups. ‘ABVP, NSUI, Left are all together’

Sagrika Kissu - March 6, 2026

Books

Lawrence Bishnoi regrets that his younger brother followed his footsteps in crime

Jupinderjit Singh - March 8, 2026

Great Speeches

Real cooperation between man & woman not possible without social, economic, political justice: Hansa Mehta

Hansa Mehta - March 8, 2026

Diplomacy

Russia ‘will benefit’ from West Asia war, focus shifting from dealing with China, says Polish minister

Keshav Padmanabhan - March 8, 2026

India

As 31 March deadline nears, 130 more Maoists surrender in Telangana. ‘State committee has vanished’

Deepika Amirapu - March 7, 2026

Those who laid down their arms belonged to CPI (Maoist), and they worked underground as state, regional, divisional, & area committee members.

100 sites, 21 cities across states—Search on for retd IAS wanted in Rs 960 cr Jal Jeevan fraud case

Samridhi Tewari - March 7, 2026

Haryana cops seek lookout circular for Badshah over ‘Tateeree’ song, rapper issues apology on Instagram

Sushil Manav - March 7, 2026

After 2019 polls, YSRCP govt junked automated liquor supply system to favour firms paying ‘kickbacks’—ED

Samridhi Tewari - March 7, 2026

How a hacked-email marketplace fuelled hoax bomb threats—and how police bought their way to the seller

Samridhi Tewari - March 7, 2026

‘Assumption of jurisdiction’—Why Delhi court junked ED chargesheet in UPA-era coal block allocation case

Mayank Kumar - March 7, 2026

Ban first, figure it out later? Why Andhra, Karnataka ban on social media for kids may run into firewall

Vrinda Tulsian - March 7, 2026

Reel Take

Saath Saath begins where most Bollywood love stories end—after the wedding

Triya Gulati - March 8, 2026

Economy

Amid the new war in Middle East, ‘God’ surfaces in oil and commodities contracts

Bob Van Voris - March 7, 2026

Queues, price hikes and shortages as Asia battles fuel crunch

P. R. Sanjai - March 7, 2026

Maharashtra Budget: Fadnavis hands farmers another loan waiver even as 6 lakh await benefits of 1st one

Purva Chitnis - March 6, 2026

6 yrs after writing ‘Budgets Made Easy’, Fadnavis delivers his 1st, dedicating it to late deputy Pawar

Manasi Phadke - March 6, 2026

Gold stuck in Dubai due to the war being sold at steep discounts

Yihui Xie - March 6, 2026

Governance

Ban first, figure it out later? Why Andhra, Karnataka ban on social media for kids may run into firewall

Vrinda Tulsian - March 7, 2026

‘Unwarranted sensationalism’: Centre suspends TRP ratings of news channels amid Iran war

Vrinda Tulsian - March 6, 2026

Ministries get marching orders to ready roadmap as Centre gears up to induct AI in governance

Vrinda Tulsian - February 27, 2026

At two-year mark, Revanth govt in Telangana transfers 45 IAS officers in major reshuffle

Deepika Amirapu - February 26, 2026

The Dating Story

Modern lovers don’t kiss and tell. Only ChatGPT knows the relationship problems

Ratan Priya - March 8, 2026

Science

Water from desert air? Nobel laureate Omar Yaghi can do it without electricity

Large-scale units, about the size of a 20ft shipping container, to harvest water from the air in arid regions are in development. They can generate up to 1000 litres of water a day.

Health

What happens when use of GLP-1 drugs is stopped? What UK researchers found on tracking patients for a yr

Sneha Richhariya - March 8, 2026

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