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Wednesday, April 29, 2026
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Topic: Religions

Almost 15% of the global population are Hindus. Pew study puts the count at 1.2 billion

A study by the Pew Research Center analyses religious diversity across 201 countries and territories. Singapore tops the list as the most religiously diverse.

Bulldozer code of criminal procedure & who let the raptors out

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

60-64% Americans still identify as Christian, 70% believe in an afterlife, finds latest Pew survey

While 79% Americans believe in spiritual force beyond natural world, only 33% attend religious services monthly. Daily prayer has dropped since 2007, says Pew study published Wednesday.

Science borrowed salvation from Christianity. Then came new religious movement—Apocalyptic AI

In 'Futures of Artificial Intelligence: Perspectives from India and the U.S.' Robert M Geraci takes a novel approach to the study of religion and Artificial Intelligence across multiple domains.

How Hinduism incorporated Buddha and then distanced the religion

In ‘Ancient India’, Upinder Singh tells readers to abandon simplistic stereotypes and instead think of ancient India in terms of coexistence of contradictions.

BJP version of Hindutva is rising but there is one aspect where it failed to convince Hindus

Muslims are often criticised for not conveying their nationalism in symbolic terms. Pew findings show this assumption is absolutely incorrect.

On Camera

Arvind Kejriwal is paying the price for the politics he created

What Modi govt is doing to Arvind Kejriwal is wrong. But would there ever have been a Modi govt if Kejriwal and his India Against Corruption movement had not destroyed the UPA?

Lesson for India from the West: AI is hollowing out white-collar jobs & birthing a new middle-class elite

Post-2022 as AI has spread in developed economies, it is leading to another round of polarisation—the middle class jobs are being lost in offices rather than in factories.

Fourth S-400 sets sail for India, to arrive by mid-May; likely to be deployed along Pakistan border

The fifth S-400 air defence system is undergoing various stages of production trials, and will be delivered by November-December this year, it is learnt.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.