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Wednesday, February 25, 2026
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Topic: Idea Cellular

Airtel’s Sunil Bharti Mittal says Indian Telecom can recover by 2020

P. R. Sanjai -
Bharti slipped to No. 2 in the industry last year after Idea Cellular Ltd. and Vodafone India merged to become India’s largest operator by subscribers.

Modi govt is taking the bull by the horn, says Kumar Mangalam Birla

Bhuma Shrivastava -
Birla’s hunger for deals comes from his optimism about India’s economy, which he likened to an elephant that’s starting to run.

How India’s politicians, bureaucrats and judges treat telecom sector as their piggy bank

Mihir Sharma -
Govt's attempt to profit from a possible merger between Vodafone & Idea is a conspicuous example.

Mukesh Ambani isn’t the king of telecom; content is

Andy Mukherjee -
The industry is complaining bitterly but consumers are too busy watching movies on their phones to pay much attention.

On Camera

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Opinion

Kerala, Keral, Keralam. I’m a Malayali and the name change is more annoyance than pride

Theres Sudeep -
North Indians are so used to dropping the ‘A’ at the end of Kerala. Now they have to train themselves to add another letter.

Where does the law stand on Himanta Biswa Sarma’s video of ‘shooting’ Muslims?

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After being toppled by Gen Z, Nepal’s old guard is now chasing the youth vote

Economy

‘Dark chapter’ over, Chhattisgarh budget sets Naxal hotbed Bastar on path to ‘education cities’ & tourism

Apoorva Mandhani -
The Vishnu Deo Sai government's 2026-27 budget outlined a post-Naxal era vision for Chhattisgarh's tribal-majority belts of Bastar & Surguja. Finance Minister OP Choudhary presented it Tuesday.

Defence

Decoding India’s defence budget & how various govts struggled to spend it—from UPA to NDA

+TFP Bidisha Bhattacharya -
Every February, headlines focus on defence budget allocation. But real question is—how much money was actually spent & why did promise-delivery gap widen in some years, narrow in others?

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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