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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicMaharashtra floods

Topic: Maharashtra floods

‘Shall we make him the CM?’ Ajit Pawar does it again, snaps at flood-hit farmer seeking loan waiver

The deputy CM was meeting farmers in flood-hit Marathwada. Rebuking a farmer who had lost his crop, Pawar said, 'Are we here to play marbles? I have been working since 6 am'.

At heart of Maharashtra floods, a Konkan river that can ‘drown the world’. But there’s more

Last week, Jagbudi river, along with Vashishti and Kodavali, crossed danger level and submerged large parts of coastal Konkon due to heavy rains and discharge from Koyna dam. 

Floods unfortunate but cancelling dahi handi not solution, say Mumbai Govindas

Govindas of Mumbai feel dejected as many politicians, organisations pull out of celebrations due to recent floods in several parts of Maharashtra.

CBI’s moral lessons to Chidambaram and Yediyurappa’s cabinet supplies

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On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

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

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

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

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

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