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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicTerminal illness

Topic: terminal illness

How doctors, NGOs are working to bring comfort to terminal, incurable patients

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

‘ICU is a terrible place to die’: When letting go of treatment is the best choice

Some doctors and NGOs are working to ensure that patients with terminal or incurable conditions experience a better quality of life—and death.

Only 8 Ayushman Bharat packages cover care for terminally ill patients, govt analysis finds

A working paper by National Health Authority says only 31% claims are made for palliative care under Ayushman Bharat.

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.

In a first, Indian small arms maker to bid for UK Project Grayburn to replace British Army’s SA80 rifles

Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.

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.