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Wednesday, March 18, 2026
TopicDhanteras

Topic: Dhanteras

Make your Dhanteras brighter with these amazing jewellery pieces

Siraj Ansari -
The tradition of buying gold or gold jewelry on dhanteras is said to be extremely auspicious and is known to bring good fortune in life.

India’s gold demand expected to drop to lowest since 2016

Swansy Afonso -
Elevated prices and a weak economy have deterred gold buyers in India, the second-biggest bullion consumer in the world, even on the auspicious day of Dhanteras.

High gold prices, economic slowdown dulls Dhanteras sales

Swansy Afonso -
Gold sales in the run up to Diwali, which is usually a busy time, were down about 40% from last year.

This ad wants women to take care of their health, but not everyone is buying it

Unnati Sharma -
An advertisement raising awareness on anaemia in women drew some flak for the visual focus on the women and their clothing.

Festival of no lights and the killing of Avni

Rupanwita Bhattacharjee -
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

This Dhanteras, a look at the 5 crazy ways Indians show their love for gold

Regina Mihindukulasuriya -
Be it cars covered in gold, or shirts made of the golden metal, Indians seem to have done it all.

On Camera

YourTurn

Opinion

Priyanka Chopra and Shah Rukh Khan don’t owe us their political opinion

Stela Dey -
The expectation that every Indian celebrity must behave like Meryl Streep or Leonardo DiCaprio is misplaced. This is not Hollywood.

Real question isn’t why songs like Sarke Chunar are made. It’s why we keep playing them

Modi’s three Iran blunders lead to one question—where’s strategic autonomy?

Economy

Use LPG judiciously, consider alternatives wherever possible—Govt amid supply crunch & shipping delays 

Udit Bubna -
With vessels stranded at Hormuz amid West Asia conflict, Centre ramps up production, cracks down on hoarding, and urges households to use alternative.

Defence

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

Vaibhav Pant -
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

National Interest

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Shekhar Gupta -
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.

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