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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicIndian smartphone users

Topic: Indian smartphone users

Telecom operators take a hit after Jio unveils 4G smartphone worth Rs 999

Indranil Sarkar -
With this move, the company plans to tap into the rural market to reach the roughly 250 million 2G users who are yet to migrate to smartphones.

Indian women 40% less likely to use mobile internet than men, finds telecom non-profit GSMA

Yuthika Bhargava -
New Delhi: India’s progress on digital inclusion has stalled yet again, said a new report released Wednesday, which found that women in the country...

#GenerationNowhere: India’s young are fighting an invisible epidemic, smartphone addiction

+TFP Jyoti Yadav -
Young Indians are dropping out of college, their IIT aspirations turning to dust and many are now in de-addiction centres. Is smartphone dependency growing?

Future of democracy is literally in India’s hands — through smartphones

Pankaj Mishra -
The smartphone is dramatically reconfiguring human character in India, and the long-term consequences for the country’s fragile democracy.

No English? No problem. How non-English speakers in India are using their smartphones

Deeksha Bhardwaj -
Budget smartphones and tailor-made apps that cater to non-English speaking users is changing the way information is being accessed.

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Opinion

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

Stela Dey -
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.

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

Everyone’s ‘damaged’ in modern dating. Love will soon be called a mental illness

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

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

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

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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