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Sunday, February 22, 2026
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Topic: Thomas Friedman

Modi, Trump had walked away from them. Now mega trade deals will make a comeback after Covid

International trade is set to get a new lease of life as Covid-hit countries learn the value of global supply chains in the fight against the pandemic.

India’s pluralism and democracy a blessing for the entire world, says Thomas Friedman

NYT columnist and author Thomas Friedman said India must cherish, preserve and revere its pluralism and democracy. Read the full exchange of ThePrint's digital Off The Cuff.

India must get its act together now to compete with China in post-Covid world: Thomas Friedman

At ThePrint's Off The Cuff, American author-journalist Friedman also said PM Modi deserved a 'decent grade' for quickly imposing the lockdown in India.

Off The Cuff with Thomas Friedman

This edition of 'Off The Cuff' saw New York Times columnist and three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas Friedman in conversation with ThePrint Chairman & Editor-in-Chief...

Indian elections could be rigged next– Thomas Friedman

Be wary of Donald Trump, columnist-author Thomas Friedman warns India; applauds Narendra Modi for pushing Aadhaar.

India’s Aadhaar one of the best things to have happened in the world: Friedman

Trump is a "brain-eating disease"; more discussion with Muslims needed to ensure Islam is not misrepresented, Friedman says at #OTC

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.