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Fall of a prince — How the Epstein files led to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in jail

Stela Dey - February 19, 2026

Police are investigating allegations that Andrew shared sensitive information with Epstein when he was a UK trade envoy.

Win for UPSC aspirants with learning disabilities as Delhi HC upholds CAT order directing 0.5% quota

Khadija Khan - February 19, 2026

The exception to ‘bail the rule, jail exception’—Supreme Court draws the line at habitual ‘conmen’

Ruchi Bhattar - February 19, 2026

India must govern AI with confidence. Use guardrails, not handcuffs

Manish Maheshwari - February 19, 2026

Who is Kolkata-born Jay Bhattacharya, new acting chief of US medical body?

Triya Gulati - February 19, 2026

Tarique Rahman’s first address as Bangladesh PM had 3 warnings

Rishi Gupta - February 19, 2026

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Fever to death in 48 hrs: Govt gropes in dark as mystery disease grips Haryana village, water under lens

Sneha Richhariya - February 19, 2026

Meet Alok Tripathi — Modi government’s go-to archaeologist, Gyanvapi to Dwarka

Krishan Murari - February 19, 2026

Calcutta HC’s new address has link to old legacy—an Indian jurist’s name etched in Japan’s history

Apoorva Mandhani - February 19, 2026

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A landmark social media addiction trial underway in LA casts shadow over big tech

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Tim Cook seems determined to keep bruising Apple

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OpenAI partners Tata Group to build 100MW AI data centre in India

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‘AI must be democratic for all, India the centre of world’s largest tech pool’—Modi at AI Impact Summit

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AI Summit is a snapshot of today’s India — intelligence, competence in short supply

Vir Sanghvi - February 19, 2026

It’s no surprise Bill Gates didn’t speak at AI Summit. It would have been the last straw.

India must govern AI with confidence. Use guardrails, not handcuffs

Manish Maheshwari - February 19, 2026

‘Jo uchit samjho woh karo’—five words that exposed India’s civil-military ambiguity

Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) - February 19, 2026

What graffiti tells us about ancient Indians—from Tamil merchants to Sogdian pilgrims

Anirudh Kanisetti - February 19, 2026

India-Pakistan T20 World Cup match coverage shows it’s no longer cricket—politics & business

Shailaja Bajpai - February 19, 2026

Asim Munir can’t be seen serving Israel. Trump’s Board of Peace puts Pakistan in tough spot

Ayesha Siddiqa - February 19, 2026

India’s centre-state relations need reset—though not as radical as Stalin claims

K.B.S Sidhu - February 19, 2026

Three Northeast rappers India is listening to — Reble, Moko Koza and K4Kekho

Tina Das - February 19, 2026

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A Hyderabad in every region—how Andhra shook off bifurcation blues & became an industrial powerhouse

Deepika Amirapu - February 19, 2026

In January 2026, citing a Bank of Baroda report based on CMIE data showing investment intentions across India, AP declared it netted 25.3% of India’s total proposed investments from April to December 2025.

BJP MLA makes sexist comment in Rajasthan Assembly. ‘BJP budget a son, Congress budget a daughter’

Neelam Pandey - February 17, 2026

Borah vs Gogoi cracks open Assam Congress. What letter to high command tells about warring factions

Sourav Roy Barman - February 17, 2026

Supriye Sule, Rohit Pawar rule out NCP merger. ‘Talks ended with Ajit dada’s death’

Purva Chitnis - February 17, 2026

‘Chal ri sajni ab kya soche’—Haryana singer-minister Anil Vij breaks bones, not rhythm

Sushil Manav - February 17, 2026

In Telangana’s Karimnagar, BJP clinches first corporation win since state’s birth

Deepika Amirapu - February 17, 2026

PDA plank redrawing UP’s caste map: Why BSP’s old guard is betting on Akhilesh Yadav

Prashant Srivastava - February 16, 2026

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HAPS clearance delay shows Atmanirbharta requires strategic research

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Ground Reports

Meet Alok Tripathi — Modi government’s go-to archaeologist, Gyanvapi to Dwarka

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Fever to death in 48 hrs: Govt gropes in dark as mystery disease grips Haryana village, water under lens

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‘Was hoping to celebrate his UK admission, now just want justice,’ Dwarka crash victim’s mother

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It took 42 years to acquit UP’s Dhani Ram of murder. He just says ‘What?’

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Tele-scope

India-Pakistan T20 World Cup match coverage shows it’s no longer cricket—politics & business

Shailaja Bajpai - February 19, 2026

Health

Fever to death in 48 hrs: Govt gropes in dark as mystery disease grips Haryana village, water under lens

Sneha Richhariya - February 19, 2026

World

UK to impose 48-hour deadline for tech firms to remove nonconsensual intimate images online

Reuters - February 19, 2026

India

Tim Cook seems determined to keep bruising Apple

Mark Gongloff - February 19, 2026

Unlike during Trump’s first term, when the Apple CEO managed to stay in his good books without embarrassing himself, this time Cook has bent fully to the political winds. It has not been a good look.

AAP sarpanch shot dead at wedding in Tarn Taran, third such attack on ruling party functionary this year

Mayank Kumar - February 19, 2026

Anil Ambani pledges cooperation in ED probe in loan fraud case, tells SC he’s ‘not a flight risk’

Ruchi Bhattar - February 19, 2026

A Hyderabad in every region—how Andhra shook off bifurcation blues & became an industrial powerhouse

Deepika Amirapu - February 19, 2026

Fadnavis kicks off Rs 2500 crore FedEx cargo hub at Navi Mumbai airport, aims for $5 tn economy by 2047

Purva Chitnis - February 18, 2026

Govt planning regulatory sandboxes for pharma sector to fast-track approvals & drug development

Deepika Amirapu - February 18, 2026

Maharashtra teams up with Coca-Cola for India’s first state-level PET bottles recycling deal

Kasturi Walimbe - February 18, 2026

Global Pulse

‘Global summit-turned-hype show’ to ‘unignorable market’—global media analyses India’s AI push

Vidhi Bhutra - February 18, 2026

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian - February 18, 2026

Venezuela crude returns to India’s oil basket. But only as ‘supplementary’ supply

Udit Bubna - February 18, 2026

Tamil Nadu FM presents interim budget, attacks Centre for ‘artificially inflating’ state’s debt

Subatra AL - February 17, 2026

Urban co-op banks doubled loan book in 5 yrs, but stuck at under 2% of credit market—Sahakar Trends

Udit Bubna - February 16, 2026

Andhra proposes Rs 100-cr wealth fund, eyes Norway-style sovereign fund model to drive growth

Prasad Nichenametla - February 14, 2026

Governance

A Hyderabad in every region—how Andhra shook off bifurcation blues & became an industrial powerhouse

Deepika Amirapu - February 19, 2026

Fadnavis kicks off Rs 2500 crore FedEx cargo hub at Navi Mumbai airport, aims for $5 tn economy by 2047

Purva Chitnis - February 18, 2026

Govt planning regulatory sandboxes for pharma sector to fast-track approvals & drug development

Deepika Amirapu - February 18, 2026

After 465% spike in 2024, MHA data shows digital arrest scams are on a decline in India

Ananya Bhardwaj - February 18, 2026

Entertainment

Does The Kerala Story 2 show God’s Own Country as centre of terrorism? Pinarayi Vijayan says so

Tina Das - February 19, 2026

Science

No more tests, a bracelet-like device aims to track women’s hormones real-time

The device, developed by an Indian-origin Stanford graduate and co-founder, does away with the need to get invasive or urine tests; could potentially transform fertility treatment.

Sport

Clarity of roles driving WI’s clinical run into Super Eights: Shai Hope

PTI - February 19, 2026

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