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SC judge Mehta flags ‘favouritism, roster misuse’ at Rajasthan HC; seeks new full-time Chief Justice

Bhadra Sinha - August 26, 2026

Justice Sandeep Mehta writes to SC Collegium, raising serious concerns about the functioning of the high court. Justice S.P. Sharma is the acting Chief Justice of the high court.

Dolly Parton was ‘one of a kind’. Trump, Beyoncé, Clinton, Kamala remember country music icon

Triya Gulati - August 26, 2026

‘Pothole Reporter’: How Bengaluru techie turned yrs of frustration over broken roads into AI-led action

Sharan Poovanna - August 26, 2026

India’s imports from Russia grow over 52% in first quarter of FY26-27, crude oil imports up 55%

Keshav Padmanabhan - August 26, 2026

Moradabad UDAN airport is now a ghost terminal. No flights, empty runway, ‘completely zero’

Himanshi Aggarwal - August 26, 2026

Not iPhone. Cops have different theory about teen, parents falling to their deaths in Maharashtra

Alisha Dutta - August 26, 2026

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4 yrs gone, what next? DU’s 1st FYUP batch faces uncertain future as shortcut to Master’s falls short

Fareeha Iftikhar - August 26, 2026

Upload anyone’s pic, AI will make intimate video of you. ‘Kiss & hug’ apps test India’s IT rules

Vrinda Tulsian - August 25, 2026

How IITM Pune is trying to crack India’s weather

Akanksha Mishra - August 25, 2026

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Why US sanctions on Iran could hit rice exporters in India

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India’s RBI sees resilient economy as growth momentum holds

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Canada hits over 700 US goods with up to 50% tariffs as trade war deepens

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Amid border tensions in Arunachal, Wang Yi says China aims to be ‘good neighbour & partner’ to India

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Indians want democracy but also a strong leader. What this paradox does

Taberez Neyazi - August 26, 2026

The research examines why support for democracy can coexist with a preference for leaders who promise greater efficiency, order and decisive action.

RBI’s nine-day U-turn is a masterclass in how not to talk to markets

Bidisha Bhattacharya - August 25, 2026

Vande Mataram was always a Congress song. It’s the latest symbol BJP-RSS has claimed

Urvish Kothari - August 25, 2026

The problem with Rahul Gandhi’s Manusmriti speech

R Jagannathan - August 25, 2026

India cannot afford an FDI rulebook that scares away foreign capital

Renuka Sane - August 25, 2026

Forget the Bollywood heroes. Mumbai is cheering Tukaram Mundhe

Shobhaa De - August 25, 2026

Rahul Gandhi is taking on Manusmriti and patriarchy. It’s a new political language

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Ashutosh Varshney - August 25, 2026

Mamdani calls the RSS ‘exclusionary’. But won’t cancel Mohan Bhagwat’s event at MSG

Janaki Pande - August 26, 2026

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Rahul Gandhi shoots missive to PM Modi on caste census. Why the old sting is missing

Esha Mishra - August 25, 2026

For the better part of the past 3 years, Rahul Gandhi made caste census central to his social-justice pitch—calling it an ‘X-ray’ of India, linking it to due representation of OBCs, Dalits and Adivasis.

As TVK raises ‘Vijay for PM’ pitch after 3 months in govt, Congress sneers

Shweta Tripathi - August 25, 2026

‘Not an anti-social element’—Revanth defends intent to meet Mamdani, others in US after MEA red light

Deepika Amirapu - August 25, 2026

Adani just a contractor for us, says Priyank Kharge as ‘courtesy call’ to Shivakumar sparks BJP barbs

Sharan Poovanna - August 24, 2026

‘Why do you want to ruin new generation with urban Naxals?’ Yogi attacks Rahul over Manusmriti remark

Prashant Srivastava - August 24, 2026

Vijay govt scraps predecessor DMK’s Parandur airport project to ‘safeguard villages, livelihoods’

Shweta Tripathi - August 24, 2026

Why the Bengaluru-Mysuru corridor has become Kumaraswamy’s latest weapon against Shivakumar govt

Sharan Poovanna - August 24, 2026

Entertainment

Dolly Parton was ‘one of a kind’. Trump, Beyoncé, Clinton, Kamala remember country music icon

Triya Gulati - August 26, 2026

The six-decade career of singer-songwriter Dolly Parton produced some of country music’s biggest hits and made her a global cultural icon.

Ground Reports

Moradabad UDAN airport is now a ghost terminal. No flights, empty runway, ‘completely zero’

Himanshi Aggarwal - August 26, 2026

How IITM Pune is trying to crack India’s weather

Akanksha Mishra - August 25, 2026

How Punjab’s Canada dream came crashing down

Sakshi Mehra - August 24, 2026

3 iconic Bollywood songs. Yet nobody knows where the female actors disappeared

Triya Gulati - August 23, 2026

Hyderabad Heart

Hyderabadis love Golconda’s tunnel stories. Few care about what’s happening to the fort

Yunus Lasania - August 26, 2026

Eye On China

Cheap, deadly, mass-produced—how Ukraine’s drone war is shaping China’s military thinking

Sana Hashmi - August 26, 2026

Defence

Modi govt opens up conventional missile production to private players. Astra & Pralay up for grabs

Snehesh Alex Philip - August 25, 2026

India

Why US sanctions on Iran could hit rice exporters in India

Shruti Srivastava - August 26, 2026

Iran purchased over 1 million tons of rice last financial year, up 17% from a year ago, government data shows.

India’s RBI sees resilient economy as growth momentum holds

Anup Roy - August 26, 2026

4 yrs gone, what next? DU’s 1st FYUP batch faces uncertain future as shortcut to Master’s falls short

+TFP Fareeha Iftikhar - August 26, 2026

Not iPhone. Cops have different theory about teen, parents falling to their deaths in Maharashtra

Alisha Dutta - August 26, 2026

Identify ‘Indian nationals’ prior to delimitation in Manipur, valley groups appeal to Modi govt

Samridhi Tewari - August 25, 2026

As J&K reopens 1998 Wandhama massacre, a look back at dark night that sparked exodus of Kashmiri Pandits

Mayank Kumar - August 25, 2026

Only 3% women in formal jobs, ‘skills not translating into sustained economic participation’—NITI Aayog

Khadija Khan - August 25, 2026

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Ram Rahim’s frequent release from jail is a cruel joke. He is BJP’s embarrassing mascot

ThePrint Team - August 25, 2026

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Economy

India’s imports from Russia grow over 52% in first quarter of FY26-27, crude oil imports up 55%

Keshav Padmanabhan - August 26, 2026

Is India becoming too dependent on Russian oil? The answer isn’t straightforward

Udit Bubna - August 24, 2026

Gen Z prefers betting online, so casinos are reinventing the real-world experience

Brianna Sosa - August 23, 2026

Bitcoin surges toward $80,000, on track for its biggest weekly gain in over 3 years

Suvashree Ghosh - August 22, 2026

Indian govt bets on battery storage boom to help abate mounting solar power losses

Rajesh Kumar Singh - August 21, 2026

Governance

Only 3% women in formal jobs, ‘skills not translating into sustained economic participation’—NITI Aayog

Khadija Khan - August 25, 2026

Air India Phuket-Delhi flight row: DGCA weighs random annual drug tests for all pilots

Esha Mishra - August 25, 2026

Karnataka Congress MLA seeks CSR funds for road repair after Biocon’s Shaw flags crumbling infra

Sharan Poovanna - August 25, 2026

Haryana education minister spells out who decides what in his department, issues delegation order for officers

Sushil Manav - August 22, 2026

Diplomacy

India’s imports from Russia grow over 52% in first quarter of FY26-27, crude oil imports up 55%

Keshav Padmanabhan - August 26, 2026

Science

Scientists identify neural circuit that fuels alcohol craving. In lonely male mice, not females

A recent study by researchers at Northwestern University found that isolation rewires the brains of male mice and increases their alcohol consumption.

Global Pulse

What Chinese media is saying about Indian NSA Ajit Doval’s Beijing visit & the boundary question

Vidhi Bhutra - August 25, 2026

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