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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicWorld Population Day

Topic: World Population Day

MoHFW organizes discussion on improving contraceptive options and youth engagement

ThePrint Team -
The experts also emphasised the importance of reaching out to young people to promote the use of newer contraceptives.

On World Population Day, a look at how we became 7.7 billion people & where India stands

Abhishek Mishra -
ThePrint takes a look at various aspects to the human civilisation’s numbers on the planet today — from carbon footprint to TFR.

Section 377 at Supreme Court’s doorstep and Mumbai’s latest local transport

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

World Population Day reminder: Bihar & UP produce more babies on average than rest of India

Sakshi Arora -
While declining fertility rate has slowed population growth in India, it has also created a demographic divide among states.

On Camera

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Opinion

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Stela Dey -
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.

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Everyone’s ‘damaged’ in modern dating. Love will soon be called a mental illness

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

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

Vaibhav Pant -
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.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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