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Wednesday, February 18, 2026
TopicDigital India

Topic: Digital India

Digital wallets are making sure that Indian students get their scholarship on time

Scholarship disbursement was once a long, drawn-out process involving paperwork and months of back and forth has been drastically cut down using Digital Public Infrastructure.

UPI, unicorns, AI will power India’s digital economy. Focus on them for Viksit Bharat

Estimated at around $175 billion in 2023, India’s digital economy could grow to $1 trillion in three years, projections suggest.

MeitY, UP govt organise Digital India consultation workshop

The event in Lucknow focused on raising awareness about key initiatives under the Digital India Programme, including DigiLocker, Entity Locker, API Setu, OpenForge, myScheme, UMANG, and UX4G.

Rajasthan’s elderly are victims of ‘digital murder’. eKYC gaps leave lakhs without pension

Digital verification issues are excluding Rajasthan’s elderly and disabled from pensions, with lakhs incorrectly declared ‘dead’ or missing. There’s an embarrassing KYC-shaped hole in Digital India.

SubscriberWrites: Safeguarding personal liberty in digital India in the shadow of ADM Jabalpur

The 1976 ADM Jabalpur case, a dark moment in India’s judicial history, reminds us of the enduring need to balance state power and personal freedom as digital surveillance challenges grow.

3 years on, 30% of rural land parcels have Bhu-Aadhaar. Centre pushes for completion by 2026

Bhu-Aadhaar or ULPIN was launched in 2021 as part of land records modernisation programme. Among 28.72 crore listed land parcels, ULPINs have been generated for over 8.4 crore, data shows.

Our take on BJP’s Haryana win, J&K elections, & Ratan Tata’s death

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

India’s Skill India digital hub launched

The platform is a digital expansion of the skilling opportunities in India.

Modi turned obsolete institutions into modern-day digital platforms. Impact most visible in J&K

In 'The Art of Implementation', V Srinivas writes that under PM Modi, the governance landscape of India has radically changed in scale, scope, and learning paradigms.

On Camera

Telangana spoke up for Muslim vendor who was attacked. South is different from the North

A poor Muslim man from Kurnool, selling khoya buns during the Medaram Jatara in Telangana, was harassed by some YouTubers and surrounded by a mob over allegations of 'food jihad'.

Venezuela crude returns to India’s oil basket. But only as ‘supplementary’ supply

Indian refiners are testing Venezuelan barrels again as Russian supply sinks, but analysts say volumes will remain limited due to refinery constraints & supply capacity.

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

At the Western Army Command, the American delegation was briefed on the capabilities of the formation, past operations and the path ahead.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.