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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicInterim budget 2019

Topic: Interim budget 2019

Two pension schemes, one problem: What Modi govt didn’t learn

Renuka Sane -
India's old-age group remain without a secured pension policy. Those that came their way have either become fiscally unmanageable or soon will.

Winners and Losers: Piyush Goyal’s 2019 interim budget

Iain Marlow -
The Modi administration unveiled an interim budget full of populist goodies for farmers, the middle class and small-and-medium-sized businesses.

Economy has done much better during PM Modi’s term but not many have gained from it

Roshan Kishore, HT -
The nature of higher growth under PM Modi has been such that it hasn’t helped the most employment-intensive sectors or created jobs.

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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

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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