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Monday, February 23, 2026
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Topic: New India

Nehru’s legacy to Modi’s vision, Pragati Maidan’s G20 makeover is nearing finish line

Delhi’s Pragati Maidan will now be defined by the new International Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre and Integrated Transit Corridor, both set to be finished by end of May.

Modi’s 8 years mark a new India where self-confidence is worn like a badge of honour

Pre-Modi India had a passive acceptance of growth, poverty, natural disasters, etc. We played catch-up. Now, the paradigm has changed to proactivity and anticipation.

Beyond secularism & fascism: CAA gives opportunity to re-imagine clichés about idea of India

No one knows the fate of anti-CAA movement. But the ideological struggle between New India and Just India will continue to survive.

In 2020, don’t rely on routine rallies and marches. Modi’s India needs new ways to protest

India's rulers are out to divide the country. This calls for a new Bharat-jodo andolan.

In Rana Ayyub, the White West has found its next Arundhati Roy

Investigative journalist Rana Ayyub is the story and the storyteller of Modi's new India.

Shashi Tharoor: I want a New India where Rahul Bajaj can invest & speak fearlessly to govt

Under the Modi government, dissent is seditious, protests are ‘anti-national’, activists are harassed, and free speech is censored through pressure on media owners.

PHD Chamber conclave to help build bridge between state policy makers and industry leaders

The conclave, on 7 September, aims to provide interactive platform for state policy makers & industry leaders to address structural reforms in economy.

Nirmala Sitharaman tries to ‘feed’ an ailing economy as tax-payers only get a ‘thank you’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

A faulty development model, and BJP on a renaming spree

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

With an eye on 2019, AIR launches programme to promote Modi and his schemes

The talk show, ‘Jan Seva Samvad’, is set to feature ministers and legislators. I&B minister Smriti Irani was the first guest, and showered praise on the PM.

On Camera

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.