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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicElection Commissioner

Topic: Election Commissioner

Who is Vivek Joshi, new election commissioner who’ll likely head the poll body during 2029 LS polls

Sushil Manav -
The 1989 batch IAS officer has held several administrative posts & is said to enjoy Modi’s trust. New EC appointments come even as SC yet to hear pleas against revised appointment process.

Bill on appointment of election commissioners fails the smell test

ThePrint Team -
ThePrint view on the most important issues.

New book by former EC Lavasa aims to disseminate ‘grounded wisdom’ of ordinary Indian lives

ThePrint Team -
Published by HarperCollins India, ‘An Ordinary Life: Portrait of an Indian Generation’ by Ashok Lavasa will be released on 31 July on ThePrint’s ‘Softcover’.

Ashoke Kumar Sen – India’s inevitable law minister for decades

Sankalita Dey -
Ashoke Sen served as law minister from the tenure of India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to that of Rajiv Gandhi, the sixth PM.

Simultaneous polls not possible without the requisite legal framework, says CEC Rawat

Kaveesha Kohli -
The CEC’s remark comes at a time when Modi government is pushing for the idea of ‘one nation, one election’.

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Opinion

Indian judiciary must stop panicking over AI

Siddarth Raman -
To assume courts weigh every word committed to paper is to ignore reality. The Indian judiciary has long had a "Control+C" problem.

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

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Economy

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

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

Defence

India eyes 6th generation FCAS, looks at tying up with France for possible collaboration

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Initial talks held on the possibility of India entering the programme that was started in 2017 between France, Germany and Spain to ensure European sovereignty in defence and security.

National Interest

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

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

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