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India pushes China for balanced trade as Piyush Goyal, Wang Wentao interact in 1st such meet in 7 yrs

Keshav Padmanabhan - April 2, 2026

Trade between the countries has expanded in last year. However, it remains heavily skewed in favour of China, as India continues to import merchandise for its manufacturing sector.

Lack of inter-state coordination has led to rampant illegal sand mining in Chambal—SC-appointed panel

Bhadra Sinha - April 2, 2026

BJP’s carpet bombing battle plan for Bengal—Amit Shah to camp for 15 days, heavyweights to follow

Neelam Pandey - April 2, 2026

US deploys EA-37B Compass Call against Iran, the electronic attack plane that can jam communications

Vaibhav Pant - April 2, 2026

India’s ‘largest-ever trade delegation’ to visit Canada next month, talks to be fast-tracked—Piyush Goyal

Keshav Padmanabhan - April 2, 2026

India’s Russian crude purchases hit 9-month high in March amid West Asia war, but discounts vanish

Udit Bubna - April 2, 2026

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‘Son’shine tale: Stalin’s rise is the story of DMK’s evolution—a dynastic elevation marked by friction

Shweta Tripathi - April 2, 2026

Andhra is the intellectual home of Naxalism. How fire was lit in schools, farms & songs

Deepika Amirapu - April 2, 2026

US talks like a hawk, acts like a chicken under fire—history shows it

Vir Sanghvi - April 2, 2026

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Hyderabad graveyard used to hide 414 LPG cylinders amid Iran war shortage

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UN body criticises India’s new transgender law, says it ‘risks setting back hard-won rights’

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US in talks with Denmark for access to three additional bases in Greenland, reports NYT

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Opinion

Why Tamil Nadu 2026 election is going to produce a hung Assembly

R Rajagopalan - April 2, 2026

Almost every party in Tamil Nadu is facing internal conflicts. The results on 4 May could throw up a new political surprise and an unexpected twist.

Where is the OIC? ‘Collective voice of the Muslim world’ can’t disappear after a statement

Raamish Siddiqui - April 2, 2026

UK, India’s Air Forces are security partners in a moment of acute need: UK Chief of Air Staff

Air Chief Marshal Harv Smyth - April 2, 2026

How Indian and global media decoded Pakistan’s ‘vested interests’ in US-Iran mediation

Shailaja Bajpai - April 2, 2026

India’s oil and gas vulnerability runs on diesel trucks

Hemant Mallya - April 2, 2026

Spectrum is a warfighting asset — India can’t keep auctioning it off for viral videos

GS Bedi - April 2, 2026

US talks like a hawk, acts like a chicken under fire—history shows it

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Vir Sanghvi - April 2, 2026

Features

Fear & despair outside Oracle office. ‘It was ruthless, we’re all replaceable’

Saman Husain - April 2, 2026

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Politics

BJP’s carpet bombing battle plan for Bengal—Amit Shah to camp for 15 days, heavyweights to follow

Neelam Pandey - April 2, 2026

The who's who of BJP brass, including Shah, PM Modi, Bhupender Yadav & Dharmendra Pradhan, will reach out to voters & party workers alike in a bid to unseat Mamata Banerjee.

3rd generation of Bansi Lal dynasty at forefront after Kiran Choudhry hints at passing on baton

Sushil Manav - April 2, 2026

‘Vijayettan’ at home, strongman outside: Kerala CM Pinarayi eyes 3rd straight win in Dharmadom

Aneesa PA - April 2, 2026

UDF manifesto for Kerala polls anchors on five ‘Indira guarantees’, welfare schemes & campus reforms

Aneesa PA - April 2, 2026

Uddhav’s first MLC term broke the Thackeray glass ceiling, but was a lost opportunity

Purva Chitnis - April 2, 2026

Govt signals plan to roll out women’s reservation, Oppn asks ‘why ahead of state elections’

Apoorva Mandhani - April 2, 2026

In LDF’s Kerala manifesto, jobs, poverty eradication & pledge to address human-wildlife conflict

Aneesa PA - April 2, 2026

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Trump’s address doesn’t offer clarity or direction—he’s left with no clear exit

ThePrint Team - April 2, 2026

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Ground Reports

Faridabad is the neglected, poor cousin in Delhi-NCR no one talks about

Sagrika Kissu - April 1, 2026

Trans Amendment Bill brings a cloud of confusion to Garima Grehs. ‘Our trust is shaken’

Vitasta Kaul - March 31, 2026

Dr TK Lahiri is Varanasi’s ‘Dr God’. He almost died lonely, now his folklore grows bigger

Nootan Sharma - March 30, 2026

Sheila Dikshit to Kejriwal, every CM pledged to fix Old Delhi. Now BJP wants NDMC-like teeth

Krishan Murari - March 27, 2026

PoV

Where did Ramayana spend Rs 4000 cr budget? Ranbir Kapoor’s de-ageing or copycat rakshasas

Prasanna Bachchhav - April 2, 2026

Go To Pakistan

Ali Zafar wins defamation case on #MeToo allegations—activists rally behind Meesha Shafi

Debdutta Chakraborty - April 2, 2026

Tele-Scope

How Indian and global media decoded Pakistan’s ‘vested interests’ in US-Iran mediation

Shailaja Bajpai - April 2, 2026

India

Lack of inter-state coordination has led to rampant illegal sand mining in Chambal—SC-appointed panel

Bhadra Sinha - April 2, 2026

The Central Empowered Committee highlighted that both Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan had issued de-reservation orders in violation of the SC’s November 2000 order.

UN body criticises India’s new transgender law, says it ‘risks setting back hard-won rights’

Vrinda Tulsian - April 2, 2026

Customs waiver on petrochemicals to cost 1,800 cr in lost revenue; govt admits impact on other sectors

Udit Bubna - April 2, 2026

Congress MP Kadiyam Kavya cites ‘self-isolation, brain fog’ to urge for under-16s social media ban

Amrin Rajpal - April 2, 2026

India’s Russian crude purchases hit 9-month high in March amid West Asia war, but discounts vanish

Udit Bubna - April 2, 2026

Govt signals plan to roll out women’s reservation, Oppn asks ‘why ahead of state elections’

Apoorva Mandhani - April 2, 2026

Bengal SIR: SC directs deployment of central forces in state after judicial officers gheraoed in Malda

Ruchi Bhattar - April 2, 2026

Global Pulse

Amid Pakistan bid to play Iran-US peacemaker, global media debates if India should dive in or keep out

Vidhi Bhutra - April 2, 2026

Economy

RBI trading ban rocks $149 billion-a-day offshore rupee market

Pratigya Vajpayee - April 2, 2026

Venezuelan oil exports hit 6-year high as India fills China gap

Lucia Kassai - April 2, 2026

Tamil Nadu’s textile engine is missing 3 lakh migrant workers as LPG panic triggers lockdown nightmares

Deepika Amirapu - April 2, 2026

Air fares to go up? Staggered hike in ATF prices for domestic airlines, to cost Rs 21 more per litre

Udit Bubna - April 1, 2026

Indian bonds under pressure as RBI forex curbs raise rate hike risk

Pratigya Vajpayee - April 1, 2026

Governance

Lack of inter-state coordination has led to rampant illegal sand mining in Chambal—SC-appointed panel

Bhadra Sinha - April 2, 2026

Congress MP Kadiyam Kavya cites ‘self-isolation, brain fog’ to urge for under-16s social media ban

Amrin Rajpal - April 2, 2026

Govt spent Rs 180 cr on Zoho-backed email platform; 16.68 lakh official accounts migrated

Vrinda Tulsian - April 1, 2026

India data centres consume Himachal-sized chunk of power, set to match Jharkhand. But no supply roadmap

Vrinda Tulsian - March 31, 2026

Judiciary

Lack of inter-state coordination has led to rampant illegal sand mining in Chambal—SC-appointed panel

Bhadra Sinha - April 2, 2026

Science

NASA’s Artemis II moon mission is carrying 5 million names with it to space

NASA also launched a social media campaign, titled '#NASAMoonCrew', inviting people to upload pictures of themselves watching the Artemis II launch with their own ‘crew’.

Defence

India sharpens foreign media outreach in post Op Sindoor world, new strategy in play

Snehesh Alex Philip - April 2, 2026

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