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Wednesday, March 18, 2026
TopicWorld Water Day

Topic: World Water Day

Iranian Kaveh Madani wins Stockholm Water Prize. Tehran had called him water terrorist

Akanksha Mishra -
This is the first time that a UN official and a former politician has been awarded the Stockholm Prize. It has earlier honoured people like Rajendra Singh of the Tarun Bharat Sangh in 2015, and the CSE in 2005.

World Water Day: How ‘yuck’ factor stands in the way of India’s wastewater treatment

Pia Krishnankutty -
The social stigma attached to drinking recycled water is why sewage treatment in India has been reduced largely to agricultural purposes.

This World Water Day, remember, a cup of coffee takes 130 litres & meat’s a guzzler

Nandita Singh -
As India recovers from its Holi hangover, it is worth remembering that planet Earth is on the precipice of the worst environmental crisis ever.

Last Laughs: The safety of Aadhaar data, divisive politics and a dry world

Neera Majumdar -
The best Indian cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

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Opinion

Strait of Hormuz crisis shows limits of US, say Chinese. ‘India most vulnerable’

Sana Hashmi -
Chinese online discourse situates the crisis within a broader geopolitical context, particularly the hesitancy of US allies to support Washington.

Salar Jung Museum at 75 is also a story of what Hyderabad lost

Kabul hospital bombing unravels the laws of war. It puts our civilisation in danger

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Economy

Amid supply crunch, govt offers 10% additional commercial LPG to states. But there’s a condition

Udit Bubna -
India faces LPG shortage amid supply disruptions from Strait of Hormuz closure due to prolonged West Asia conflict.

Defence

Indian borders to US schools, Indian firm bags orders to supply surveillance drones to Texas schools

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The company had secured orders worth over Rs 100 crore from the Indian Army in November last year. Its UAVs are deployed along India’s borders with Pakistan & China.

National Interest

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Shekhar Gupta -
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.

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