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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicBrain Drain

Topic: Brain Drain

Brain drain or gain? Pakistanis blame ‘hard state’ amid exodus of doctors, engineers

Across social media, Pakistanis have a consensus: while the country is going nowhere, its people are going everywhere.

‘Brain drain’ is real: For every 1 foreign student, 25 Indians go abroad for studies, says NITI Aayog

Outmigration of skilled students hampers innovation & knowledge creation as well as increases dependency on foreign tech, it asserts, calling for 'internationalisation at home'.

Trump’s new immigration policy is a blessing in disguise—India can now reverse brain drain

Trump's visa restrictions will cause losses to American institutions. India must seize the opportunity.

Kerala has an education crisis. Student migration has doubled since 2020

A supplement dedicated to the Invest Kerala Summit had to share space with a half-page ‘Study Abroad’ advertisement—a fair depiction of the predicament the state finds itself in.

India needs to do better by its doctors.Timely salaries, facilities, not empty gestures count

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

Mann & Modi talk about India’s ‘brain drain’. But millennials aren’t leaving just for money

A young Indian would find it easier to achieve a higher position abroad in Microsoft or Twitter than in Reliance or Aditya Birla Group.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

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.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

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.