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Economic Survey 2025-26: The top 10 takeaways for India

Bidisha Bhattacharya - January 29, 2026

Economic Survey 2025-26 presents a picture of an economy that is stronger, more resilient. But it also makes one thing clear: India’s biggest challenge now is execution.

India ‘tamed’ inflation in FY26, but Economic Survey projects it to remain higher in FY27

Sampurna Panigrahi - January 29, 2026

India launched 393 foreign satellites, earned $143 million in 10 years, says Economic Survey

Soumya Pillai - January 29, 2026

New UGC rules on hold: Why Supreme Court believes they are ‘regressive’, can deepen caste divisions

Ruchi Bhattar - January 29, 2026

‘Bottom-up, application-focused’—Economic Survey on how AI should be deployed in India

Sampurna Panigrahi - January 29, 2026

Economic Survey flags MGNREGA ‘gaps’, amplifies VB-G RAM G with a pros and cons list

Apoorva Mandhani - January 29, 2026

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Ajit Pawar’s death is another ‘what if’ moment in Indian politics

Vir Sanghvi - January 29, 2026

Clock ticking: With Ajit Pawar gone, what lies ahead for NCP

Purva Chitnis - January 29, 2026

Brahmins weren’t always ‘dominant’ in medieval India. How history can decode UGC controversy

Anirudh Kanisetti - January 29, 2026

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Pakistan court’s 17-yr jail term to human rights lawyers over social media posts sparks global backlash

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At Wings India 2026, Indian Oil agrees to supply SAF to Akasa Air. What does this mean?

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‘Moving together on same page,’ says Tharoor after ‘good’ meeting with Rahul, Kharge

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SC refuses to issue directions to Centre, states for welfare measures of domestic helps

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Opinion

India’s bravest fought the battle of Rezang La in 1962—yet there’s no official record of it

Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) - January 29, 2026

In the annals of Indian military history, no other battle equals the valour displayed at Rezang La.

Cars cheaper, wine smoother — how TV news channels sold India-EU FTA to viewers

Shailaja Bajpai - January 29, 2026

How Djokovic & his luck outplayed opponents in major tournaments—walkovers to retirements

Anindya Dutta - January 29, 2026

Brahmins weren’t always ‘dominant’ in medieval India. How history can decode UGC controversy

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Anirudh Kanisetti - January 29, 2026

Ajit Pawar’s death is another ‘what if’ moment in Indian politics

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Vir Sanghvi - January 29, 2026

As tech and tariffs collide, pharmaceuticals become the next weapons in global trade

Lakshmy Ramakrishnan - January 29, 2026

India is resigned to a new status quo with China

Mihir Sharma - January 29, 2026

Features

Subhas Chandra Bose’s early portraits show why he became iconic in freedom struggle

Saptak Datta - January 29, 2026

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Politics

A teary farewell in Baramati: In death, Ajit Pawar brings political rivals, entire Pawar clan together

Kasturi Walimbe - January 29, 2026

Maharashtra deputy CM’s last journey drew massive crowds from across state, united in grief at Baramati, his political launchpad & a seat he represented in legislature since 1991.

Congress calls India’s GDP numbers ‘suspect’, alleges manipulation by Modi govt

Sourav Roy Barman - January 29, 2026

President’s Rule set to end, why fresh tension has cast shadow over BJP bid to reclaim Manipur

Moushumi Das Gupta - January 29, 2026

Clock ticking: With Ajit Pawar gone, what lies ahead for NCP

+TFP Purva Chitnis - January 29, 2026

Why row over new UGC equity rules has put Congress in a quandary

Sourav Roy Barman - January 29, 2026

Agony of this death is felt by Maharashtra, don’t bring politics into it, says emotional Sharad Pawar

Manasi Phadke - January 28, 2026

‘Scam & a clean chit’, a Maha rebellion & a coup—episodes that defined Ajit Pawar’s political career

Purva Chitnis - January 28, 2026

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Economic Survey 2025-26 says India is doing well. The real challenge now is delivery

ThePrint Team - January 29, 2026

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Ground Reports

Indian video games finally bring mythology into storyline. Taking it to AAA level

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How Skill India lost its way by creating a parallel NGO universe of frauds

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Shahjahanpur inter-caste couple who jumped — ‘All the talk now is about us being Brahmin-Dalit’

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Northeast Hoolock gibbons are facing extinction. The lesser apes are being counted now

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Tele-scope

Cars cheaper, wine smoother — how TV news channels sold India-EU FTA to viewers

Shailaja Bajpai - January 29, 2026

Judiciary

New UGC rules on hold: Why Supreme Court believes they are ‘regressive’, can deepen caste divisions

Ruchi Bhattar - January 29, 2026

Health

Economic Survey flags digital addiction risk for India’s youth, advocates for balance over bans

Sneha Richhariya - January 29, 2026

India

At Wings India 2026, Indian Oil agrees to supply SAF to Akasa Air. What does this mean?

Almaas Masood - January 29, 2026

The announcement at Asia's largest civil aviation event brings together a major fuel producer and one of India’s youngest carriers.

India’s $360 billion stock rout raises stakes for Modi govt’s Union Budget 2026

Ashutosh Joshi - January 29, 2026

India is resigned to a new status quo with China

Mihir Sharma - January 29, 2026

Union Budget 2026 expected to boost spending, push reforms to counter Trump

Shruti Srivastava - January 29, 2026

A woman’s decapitated body, an unlikely clue: Golden nail paint helps Agra Police crack murder case

Amir Qureshi - January 29, 2026

198 in UP, 160 in Bengal: HCs begin reporting data for pending acid attack cases sought by SC

Ruchi Bhattar - January 29, 2026

‘At least I’m not dead’: Life inside a Kuki relief camp as President’s Rule nears end in Manipur

Sagrika Kissu - January 29, 2026

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Which international airports now allow you to carry over 100 ml liquid? Heathrow isn’t alone

Samridhi Tewari - January 29, 2026

Economy

India’s fast-growing gig economy adds lakhs of jobs, but comes with risks for workforce—Economic Survey

Udit Bubna - January 29, 2026

India ‘tamed’ inflation in FY26, but Economic Survey projects it to remain higher in FY27

Sampurna Panigrahi - January 29, 2026

‘Bottom-up, application-focused’—Economic Survey on how AI should be deployed in India

Sampurna Panigrahi - January 29, 2026

Economic Survey advocates for reviving ‘village commons’. Here’s what it means

Apoorva Mandhani - January 29, 2026

Economic Survey flags MGNREGA ‘gaps’, amplifies VB-G RAM G with a pros and cons list

Apoorva Mandhani - January 29, 2026

Governance

Infant deaths decline, high malnutrition persists: Lancet decodes why universal healthcare eludes India

Sneha Richhariya - January 28, 2026

Karnataka forms gig workers’ welfare board, aggregators to contribute 1–1.5% welfare fee per transaction

Sharan Poovanna - January 27, 2026

Another UP officer resigns, this time in support of CM Yogi as Shankaracharya row escalates

Prashant Srivastava - January 27, 2026

SYL row: Déjà vu for Punjab-Haryana as CMs’ meet ends inconclusively, like another exactly 40 yrs ago

Sushil Manav - January 27, 2026

PoV

Ursula von der Leyen’s Indian clothes vs Trudeaus? It’s cultural appreciation not performance

Samah Qundeel - January 28, 2026

Science

India launched 393 foreign satellites, earned $143 million in 10 years, says Economic Survey

The survey, tabled before the Parliament Thursday, states that India’s space sector was valued at about $8.4 billion, accounting for around 2 per cent of the global space market.

Books

What Mughal and British rule did to India’s forests

Yogesh Chandra - January 29, 2026

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