Newspaper editorials — Saturday 18 July, 2026

Trade agreements reward nations ready to compete

Chipmaking is more than a seasonal obsession in India now

Kerala has shown initiative in coordinated action against cartels

One of the many novelties at this Soccer Super Bowl is the entire squads stand on the pitch for the national anthems before kick off. Until now, only the starting eleven did.At England vs Argentina,...

To be an English football fan is to suffer. The rest of the world mistakes ‘it’s coming home’ as a battle cry of arrogance, but the song it’s derived from, Three Lions , is about...

Why have a policy for a third language? Leave it to schools to decide The Supreme Court has spoken up for students, parents and teachers, voicing deep concern over introduction of a third language in...

Isro needs stronger gravitational pull, not sealed doors, to address problem of staff attrition Attrition is not a new problem for Isro. In 2006, it lost 187 newly trained scientists. Mainly due to better pay...

Why is Bollywood’s retelling of our stories so high on melodramatic mediocrity? Ten years ago, a Bollywood superstar paid me handsomely to narrate Ramayan to him. He wanted to create a blockbuster meant to re-ignite...

Is race-swapping casting for films based on great stories unfair to cultural memory? About three millennia after Homer sang of the Trojan War, Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has sparked a debate over casting Oscar-winning Lupita...

Indians used to dress as dully as their sofas. But we’re all trying to get a glow-up now. Our exteriors benefit from bespoke boutiques, our interiors from matcha, moringa, flax seeds. Or so we hope...

Although testosterone doesn’t win wars The war on Iran is now in its fifth month, Hormuz is closed again, and Peter – Pete Hegseth – is out of ideas, almost. Scraping the bottom, he’s struck...

Almost all metropolitan airports — Mumbai and the NCR have two each — have vastly improved facilities. Chennai, however, remains a glaring exception.

Sardar Teja Singh Samundri’s legacy endures in the values he embodied, including service without self-interest, courage without hatred and faith without fear.

India’s new draft health policy has a stronger implementation pathway but needs to draw lessons on why earlier policies didn’t work.

Civil engineering has become one of most technology-intensive and interdisciplinary professions, staunchly rooted in math, mechanics, & engineering

The fastest growth has been in motorised two-wheelers, whose share rose from just 9% in 1951 to over 76% today. This steep growth tells its own story.

Sonam Wangchuk’s fast should not be seen only through the lens of electoral consequences.

Cricket goes places most things never will. I am a kid from Masterton who kept ending up in India, so I have seen that from the inside.

The historic pact inked last year by New Delhi and London went into effect this week. Besides a tariff-reduction trade boost, the deal has plenty of avenues for business gains on both sides. Some duty rollbacks are gradual, but their cal…

A structural recalibration is needed in favour of a curriculum with modular learning blocks that evolve dynamically. India has a vast demographic opportunity, but to maximize its value, we must close the gap between policy intent and cla…

No, your honour, this is not something that can be dismissed lightly. The huge and growing backlog of cases that are pending before Indian courts must be addressed on a war footing. Should the judiciary persist with its colonial-era summ…

While a spate of resignations at Isro may furrow eyebrows in New Delhi, if it means scientists are being lured by private players, it’s good news. India’s industry must catch up with the world’s most advanced—for which we need competitio…

This week Xi Jinping highlighted his country as the champion of a new global AI order, massive protests erupted in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir and the Hormuz skirmish choked India's oil pipeline again

Long before executive search became a billion-dollar business, Bish Agrawal bet on an industry India didn't know it needed—and built the country's first professional leadership hiring firm.

Absurd wearable gadgets are bringing AI closer— but driving people apart.

Tomorrow's World Cup final pits Lionel Messi against his adopted footballing home. He will confront the country that nurtured his prodigious talent and developed his skills. Spain represents his formative years and footballing education …

Ahead of the FIFA World Cup final, two football-themed jokes are making the rounds online: one pokes fun at VAR's inconsistency by suggesting building a bridge across the Atlantic is easier, while the other delivers a dark punchline abou…

Humanities classrooms must embrace digital and visual forms alongside print texts. Students need to interpret campaign graphics and interactive archives effectively. Curriculum inertia prevents this necessary adaptation in many Indian un…

Atma, or the soul, reflects divine purity but gets swayed by Maya through the three gunas. This misleading association leads to the false sense of self tied to the body and the ensuing cycle of reincarnation. The Gita calls for spiritual…

हिंदी व्याकरण के टर्म ने राजनीति में जो 'घुसपैठ धर्म' की आधारशिला रखी है, उसके तहत यहां कोई भी अपनी धुरी पर टिका नहीं रह पाता।

रिश्ते भी बचे रहें, न्याय भी: किस तरह से संपत्ति में बेटी को हिस्सा देने का फैसला नहीं बढ़ाएगा नाराजगी? Preserving relationships while ensuring justice decision daughter share in property without causing resentment

उम्र को मात देती है कला: सार्थक कर्म और नई रुचियां ही सुखद वृद्धावस्था का आधार active-aging-purposeful-life-learning-positive-thinking-elderly-life-lesson

कितनी सुरक्षित है हमारी थाली?: विदेशों में खारिज हो रहे भारतीय कृषि उत्पाद, कीटनाशकों पर सख्त सुधार की जरूरत india-food-safety-pesticide-residue-export-rejections-mango-chilli-spices-Pesticides-Management-Bill-FSSAI

कृत्रिम बुद्धिमत्ता: नई भाषा सीखने के अनुभव का विकल्प कभी नहीं बन सकता एआई, अनुवाद बेहतरीन

जीवन धारा- हर सवाल एक नई खोज का दरवाजा है, खुद से पूछो- इसका वास्तविक अर्थ क्या है?

मुद्दा: सामाजिक सौहार्द ही समाधान है, कानून के राज की स्थापना ही विकसित भारत के लिए नजीर

PAK के कब्जे वाले कश्मीर में असंतोष: जनांदोलन अब महज स्थानीय सियासी विवाद नहीं, क्या कहती हैं पीओके की आवाजें?