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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicBJP Narendra Modi

Topic: BJP Narendra Modi

India must build its own AI stack. It is now a strategic necessity

In the Indian context, Sarvam and BharatGen’s growing relevance and demonstrated ability can only bring reassurance—and cheer—to the public at large.

Modi must lead India to reforms. Start with national address on TV

Uncompetitive firms in other sectors impacted by zero or low import tariffs will also be wailing for bailouts once the big trade deals kick in.

PM Modi has a shot at history-making with EU’s India visit

EU wants 'the mother of all deals'. India should give it. Not just because India needs it, or Europe wants it — but because of the effect it’ll have on Trump.

OPS made to ‘wait & watch’, why EPS is hesitant as AIADMK-BJP sound poll bugle in Tamil Nadu

EPS & OPS have been politically estranged since their leadership tussle after Jayalalithaa's death. Over the years, EPS consolidated control of AIADMK, with OPS being sidelined.

Supreme Court’s order on dogs goes against Modi’s decolonisation agenda

The Prime Minister had used his Mann ki Baat platform to announce how Indian security agencies are increasingly deploying desi dogs to guard the nation.

Next round of Russia trade talks by Feb-end, India to focus on reduction of non-tariff measures

India and Russia, as a part of Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), are set to hold the 2nd round of negotiations on a trade deal next month after the Union Budget.

BJP’s Nitin Nabin plan is a signal — looking beyond the Modi-Shah era

JP Nadda is helping Nitin Nabin understand the national office-bearer structure. In an hour-long meeting with Modi, a framework was drawn on how the new team should be shaped.

150 yrs of Vande Mataram: Modi says Nehru heeded Jinnah’s opposition to parts of song—‘tukde kar diye’

Both Houses are currently holding discussions on Vande Mataram. Congress removed some stanzas of the national song to appease Muslims, Modi says, blaming the party for Partition.

India must create more Sarvepalli Radhakrishnans. And move on from Macaulay

Macaulay had total contempt for Indian literature and for Middle Eastern writing in Persian or Arabic. He was supremely confident that English schoolgirls are better informed than Indian scholars.

What Bihar poll results say about BJP’s prospects in Assam, Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala

NDA had a much larger social coalition comprising the extremely backward classes, non-Yadav other backward classes, Dalits, upper castes, etc., who brought about landslide victory in Bihar.

On Camera

Life in Delhi isn’t easy for Northeast Indians. Racism is always round the corner

Racism is a problem for privileged mainlanders only when it's meted out to them abroad. In their own backyard, it's normalised as 'I was just kidding. Chill yaar'.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Post-elections, Bangladesh Army shuffles top military & intel posts, defence adviser in India recalled

Orders issued by Army Headquarters reassign key operational commanders and senior intelligence officials, including the head of DGFI, the country’s premier military intelligence agency.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.