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Thursday, February 19, 2026
TopicQuota bill

Topic: quota bill

Our take on Trump assassination attempt, Karnataka jobs quota bill & gold smuggling — in 50 words

ThePrint Team -
ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

‘Are women less than cows?’ TMC’s Mahua Moitra attacks govt on delay in implementing quota Bill

Moushumi Das Gupta -
The feisty MP said the govt built cow shelters without counting the bovines, while the women’s Bill will have to wait for the Census.

Quota seats for SC, ST students in higher education remain vacant, OBCs fare better

Kritika Sharma -
As the Centre introduces a 10% quota for 'poor' upper castes, data shows that little has been done to improve education enrolment for SCs and STs

How Modi left the opposition ashen-faced with 10% upper caste arithmetic

Jyoti Malhotra -
Even if the Supreme Court strikes it down, the BJP would have already won political credit for being the party to think through this highly contentious idea.  

‘Modi power’ running in reserve, and powers cut for reinstated CBI chief

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

Junior social justice minister didn’t know of 10% quota bill even on day it came to Lok Sabha

Sanya Dhingra -
LS website contains details of an unstarred question in which MoS Krishan Pal Gurjar has stated that govt was not considering any such quota proposal.

We may be late but at least we dared to bring the 10% quota bill: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Ruhi Tewari -
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad underlines that Parliament can amend the Constitution, says 50% quota cap has only come up in SC judgments.  

Modi’s quota bill is just a band-aid solution and doesn’t promise more jobs

R Jagannathan -
Clearly, politicians get their worst ideas when they are in the last legs of their tenures.

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Telangana spoke up for Muslim vendor who was attacked. South is different from the North

Yunus Lasania -
A poor Muslim man from Kurnool, selling khoya buns during the Medaram Jatara in Telangana, was harassed by some YouTubers and surrounded by a mob over allegations of 'food jihad'.

Tarique Rahman’s govt is on a mission of de-Yunusification. It will fix India-Bangladesh ties

How China sees Delhi AI Summit—India’s attempt at visibility, not a breakthrough

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

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

Snehesh Alex Philip -
At the Western Army Command, the American delegation was briefed on the capabilities of the formation, past operations and the path ahead.

National Interest

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

Shekhar Gupta -
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.

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