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Modi assures ‘opportunity-driven’ future on Day 1 at India AI Impact Summit

Soumya Pillai - February 16, 2026

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai and OpenAI chief Sam Altman will also be attending the summit in the upcoming days.

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

Snehesh Alex Philip - February 16, 2026

Disease mapping, drone-aided farming & punugulu—Bill Gates’ day out with ‘friend’ Chandrababu

Deepika Amirapu - February 16, 2026

ED imposes Rs 184 cr fine on NewsClick, editor Purkayastha over ‘deliberate, systemic’ FEMA violations

Mayank Kumar - February 16, 2026

Only 54% Indians are now looking to marry within caste, says report. Number was 91% in 2016

Ratan Priya - February 16, 2026

Modi govt’s increasing reluctance to share information—Pakistan link in Delhi blast to PM CARES

D.K. Singh - February 16, 2026

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India’s Dark Store phenomenon. Blinkit, Swiggy, Zepto are changing rentals, neighbourhoods

Udit Hinduja - February 16, 2026

Alphabet issues a 100-year bond. Do investors trust Big Tech more than governments now?

Harsh Vardhan - February 16, 2026

Punjab’s war on drugs forgot women addicts. Only 1 govt clinic, endless stigma

Ankita Thakur - February 16, 2026

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Rs 47,000 cr push for Mumbai infra as MMRDA tables first surplus budget in nearly a decade

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

Udit Bubna -

It’s skill or sink, say panellists at AI Impact Summit. ‘If you don’t do AI, AI will be done to you’

Vrinda Tulsian -

Warner Bros Discovery weighs reopening sale talks with Paramount

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Opinion

Alphabet issues a 100-year bond. Do investors trust Big Tech more than governments now?

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Harsh Vardhan - February 16, 2026

In an era of polarised politics and fiscal inertia, the world’s most powerful democracies struggle to issue debt beyond 30-50 years. Yet a private entity has convinced the market of its viability through the year 2126.

Rafale deal, AI summit, Sewa Teerth have something in common. See Verse 13.13 of the Gita

Meenakashi Lekhi - February 16, 2026

The debate about spheres of influence reorders India’s position

Harsh V. Pant - February 16, 2026

Bangladesh and Myanmar show winning the streets doesn’t translate to winning elections

Rami Niranjan Desai - February 16, 2026

Modi govt’s increasing reluctance to share information—Pakistan link in Delhi blast to PM CARES

D.K. Singh - February 16, 2026

Why BNP’s win in Bangladesh doesn’t necessarily mark the end of Awami League

Deep Halder - February 16, 2026

‘Shrikhand crème brûlée’ doesn’t reflect ‘Naya Bharat’. Stop complicating state banquet menus

Shruti Vyas - February 15, 2026

Feature

Who gets to be ‘normal’ at the workplace? Ask people with disabilities

Almina Khatoon - February 16, 2026

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Politics

‘Hero’ or ‘traitor’? Tipu Sultan debate back in Maharashtra, Congress accuses BJP of double standards

Purva Chitnis - February 16, 2026

Congress leader Sapkal's clarification after equating Mysuru ruler with Chhatrapati Shivaji does not pacify BJP. Congress also accuses BJP of using Tipu issue to divert attention from poor amenities.

As Congress dominates Telangana urban body polls, results cement Revanth Reddy’s grip on power

Prasad Nichenametla - February 14, 2026

Haryana CM Saini’s lead role in BJP’s Punjab playbook: Turban diplomacy to Operation Lotus whispers

Sushil Manav - February 14, 2026

7 lakh jobs created, Rs 50 lakh-cr investments bagged, says UP CM. Oppn flags MoU-reality gap

Prashant Srivastava - February 13, 2026

Rs 5k for women as ‘hawk from North’ eyes Tamil Nadu—DMK pitches poll campaign as battle to save state

Aneesa PA - February 13, 2026

Made co-chair of Congress’s Kerala poll campaign committee, Tharoor likely to miss maiden meeting

Aneesa PA - February 13, 2026

Karnataka Congress MLAs’ ‘foreign study tour’: CM says self-funded, leader says ‘no one told us’

Sharan Poovanna - February 12, 2026

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Jamaat securing one-third of the vote in Bangladesh is a concern for both Dhaka and New Delhi

ThePrint Team - February 16, 2026

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Ground Reports

India’s Dark Store phenomenon. Blinkit, Swiggy, Zepto are changing rentals, neighbourhoods

Udit Hinduja -

Punjab’s war on drugs forgot women addicts. Only 1 govt clinic, endless stigma

Ankita Thakur -

Rat-hole mining is banned and booming in Meghalaya. 22,000 mines run in plain sight

Nootan Sharma -

Uttarakhand’s war on non-Hindus. Pushed out of Devbhoomi marriage mandaps & pilgrimages

Sakshi Mehra -

Politically Correct

Modi govt’s increasing reluctance to share information—Pakistan link in Delhi blast to PM CARES

D.K. Singh - February 16, 2026

Judiciary

Larger SC bench to hear challenge to DPDP amendment that blunts RTI’s ‘public interest’ shield

Khadija Khan - February 16, 2026

Tech

Modi assures ‘opportunity-driven’ future on Day 1 at India AI Impact Summit

Soumya Pillai - February 16, 2026

India

Disease mapping, drone-aided farming & punugulu—Bill Gates’ day out with ‘friend’ Chandrababu

Deepika Amirapu - February 16, 2026

Although Bill Gates' visit to Andhra Pradesh is part of his trip to India for the AI Summit in New Delhi, this marks his third visit to the Telugu-speaking states since 2002.

Rs 47,000 cr push for Mumbai infra as MMRDA tables first surplus budget in nearly a decade

Kasturi Walimbe - February 16, 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

Modi assures ‘opportunity-driven’ future on Day 1 at India AI Impact Summit

Soumya Pillai - February 16, 2026

It’s skill or sink, say panellists at AI Impact Summit. ‘If you don’t do AI, AI will be done to you’

Vrinda Tulsian - February 16, 2026

‘They fled the country’: Behind Goa court’s dismissal of nightclub owners’ bail plea

Mayank Kumar - February 16, 2026

India seeks to revive private investment in highway construction

Mihir Mishra - February 16, 2026

Global Pulse

Delhi’s annual pollution ‘ritual’ & its economic toll, & the politics of India-Pakistan cricket rivalry

Vidhi Bhutra - February 16, 2026

Economy

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

7 lakh jobs created, Rs 50 lakh-cr investments bagged, says UP CM. Oppn flags MoU-reality gap

Prashant Srivastava - February 13, 2026

India’s electronics exports surged 5x in 9 years, but global share stuck at 1%—NITI Aayog

Udit Bubna - February 13, 2026

January retail inflation is 2.75% as India rolls out new CPI series with 2024 base year

Udit Bubna - February 12, 2026

Governance

It’s skill or sink, say panellists at AI Impact Summit. ‘If you don’t do AI, AI will be done to you’

Vrinda Tulsian - February 16, 2026

Modi to shift to his new office in Seva Teerth tomorrow as PMO moves from South Block

Vrinda Tulsian - February 12, 2026

‘How do we survive?’ Minority scholars struggle as Maulana Azad fellowship payments hit 2nd time in a yr

Vrinda Tulsian - February 11, 2026

36-hr takedown window cut to 3 hrs: Centre notifies IT Rules amendment to tighten noose on deepfakes

Vrinda Tulsian - February 10, 2026

Pageturner

Many men pressure themselves to be good providers—it is irrational

Scott Galloway - February 16, 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.

Environment

Delhi brought GRAP reactively after AQI crossed limit—13 out of 17 times this winter

Akanksha Mishra - February 16, 2026

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