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Topic: Indian youth

India’s youth can’t stop at protest. They need to build political power

For India today, 'ideology' is not an academic luxury. It is the grammar needed to effect a lasting institutional alternative to disenchantment with the status quo.

Young Indians want dignity, security, growth in blue-collar jobs, says panel at charcha 2026

The panel says skilling system must move beyond certificates and first-job placements to focus on foundational skills, realistic expectations and career progression.

Youth should learn from Venkaiah Naidu, take the long cut—BJP chief Nabin at ex V-P’s biography launch

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also lavishly praised the former Vice-President as they addressed packed audience in national capital.

Modi’s welfare strategy has reached a dead end. India’s youth want jobs, not food handouts

It is quite understandable why the BJP would go for ambivalence as a response to the CJP protests, not downright condemnation. The voting statistics contain the strategic rationale.

On I-Day, Modi goes all out to woo the youth after CJP protest. Big promises, but questions on delivery

Moving beyond Gen Z, the PM extended his outreach to even children from Gen Alpha, and announced a nationwide talent hunt for identifying sports talent.

A message to youth, vision for Viksit Bharat & the spirit of freedom. PM Modi’s Independence Day speech

PM Modi exhorts the youths saying that he has faith in their power, while calling on fellow Indians to become self-reliant.

Youth anger isn’t about paper leaks alone. Govt must create jobs

It was largely an electoral setback that pushed the Centre to initiate job schemes in 2024. But the concerns became less urgent after the BJP’s electoral gains in the following years.

The youth of India should be asking questions—about science, clean energy, fast trains

Does India need algorithm-devouring water bugs who are watching reels at full volume? Rather, the country will need busy bees who will shape the global scientific and technological landscape.

CJP protest isn’t another Anna movement. It’s something Modi govt doesn’t know how to fight

Modi govt didn't respond to the students' immediate demands because its ego took precedence. The attitude was, ‘We have seen off such movements. We'll handle these kids.’

India’s falling birth rate isn’t only a welfare problem, it’s also a growth problem

Rather than defining the working-age population as 15-60, surveys show that people are willing to work through their 60s because of longer lifespans and a desire to find purpose.

On Camera

Starbucks has launched aloo posto burger for Pujo. It’s blasphemy to Bengalis

The ‘Amar Pujo, Amar Starbucks’ campaign also created Bhetki Bhaja Sandwich and Sorse Chicken Burger, but Bengalis drew a line when they saw aloo posto being butchered.

Insurance sold, not chosen: Why IRDAI wants to put the customer back at the centre

The regulator says insurance distribution has become too commission-driven. Its new proposal seeks to make sales more transparent, accountable and aligned with customer needs.

Drones for IAF are not revolutionary but evolutionary, says IAF chief

IAF chief Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh has ruled out a separate drone force, saying that UAVs must operate with fighters and other existing technology.

India has always been a hard state under Gandhian cover. Nehru to Modi, leaders have reinforced it

Modern India might have been conjured up in the image of Gandhi. But India was never a Gandhian state. Founders of the Republic, be it Nehru or Patel, nursed zero such notions.