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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicTeenager

Topic: teenager

Teenagers are falling for AI chatbot companions. It is changing how people define love

The AI companion market has transformed what other applications might consider a bug—AI’s tendency toward sycophancy—into its most appealing feature.

Pakistani schoolboy crossed LoC chasing pet pigeons in Nov. Family appeals to Modi for release

Asmad Ali, 14, is ‘just a small child’ who made a mistake, his maternal uncle tells ThePrint. J&K Police FIR against the boy does not mention any security-related offence.

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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.