Newspaper editorials — Monday 20 July, 2026

Celebrating India’s demographic dividend means little when Gen Z faces unemployment, insecurity and shrinking pathways to decent work

Vikram-1 is an engineering triumph seeking commercial viability

India needs to use market access in the U.K. to raise its market share

The ‘Melbourne momentum’ is opening new chapters in security, business, education and culture

History remembers many hunger strikes. But it does not remember them equally. Once Sonam Wangchuk was moved to hospital by police, following growing concern over his deteriorating health, the immediate debate centred on familiar politica…

By Jug Suraiya We see a man, nose stuck up with a sense of self-importance, walking down a street. He steps on a banana skin and falls. The sight makes us laugh. Why? Why is...

Lessons for the world, including countries & corporations, from football’s greatest show The World Cup, unsurprisingly, has been a month of joyous football mania. It once again showed the power of football to unite people....

High costs, poor infra, scams, and unrealistic demand – medical education is in dire straits NEET retest, with a relatively smaller pool of candidates – 20L is still no mean number – went off without...

After two decades of moral panic and dithering, are we finally ready?

In the age of propaganda films, people forget they aren’t portraying true history. All they do is foment social discord, writes Hindustan editor-in-chief.

The US takes India’s brightest students, trained in our best institutions that are often subsidised, charges them hefty fees, and keeps the smartest.

AI governance is becoming a contest over access. Building the strongest systems confers power.

With weather disruptions turning supply shocks more frequent, India’s inflation targeting framework needs to formally incorporate climate-driven price-instability risks for effective monetary policy action. Other central banks are moving…

In an increasingly competitive global tourism market, the winners will not necessarily be those with the most attractions. They will be those that best align marketing, connectivity and visitor facilitation around clearly identified sour…

The earnings reports of IT firms like TCS, HCLTech and Accenture show that revenues are outpacing headcounts. But what the numbers don't show is how intimately IT firms grasp what they produce—and how that will impact their future.

Corporate studies and the experience of McKinsey show that adopting AI just to reduce the payroll count does not aid businesses. Instead, for best results, a firm must redesign operations and redeploy the workforce for smarter work.

The government is gearing up to present two transformative bills in Parliament. One is focused on eliminating corporate jargon, promoting straightforward communication in business interactions, while the second aims to tackle convoluted …

India is ramping up its policy support to foster the domestic semiconductor industry, with twelve significant projects in chip and display manufacturing underway. More than two hundred indigenous chips have already been designed, and num…

Sonam Wangchuk's hunger strike persists as he finds himself in the hospital, advocating for the resignation of the education minister. Following a ruling by the Delhi High Court, he was transferred to Safdarjung Hospital, with the court …

Danish duo Laid Back's 1983 song 'White Horse' is a proto-techno track. It features a minimalist electro groove and deadpan vocals. The lyrics offer anti-drug messaging with ironic detachment and absurd reduction. This track functions as…

ममता बनर्जी का सबसे बड़ा आरोप था कि तत्कालीन वाम मोर्चा सरकार ने निर्दोष प्रदर्शनकारियों पर गोलियां चलवाईं और दोषियों को बचाया। उन्होंने बार-बार न्यायिक जांच और जिम्मेदार अधिकारियों के खिलाफ कार्रवाई की मांग की।

दूसरा पहलू: संस्कृत के 230 श्लोकों में दो हजार साल की पान की परंपरा, पान की शान के तो कहने ही क्या!

जीवन धारा: अपने भीतर उतरना ब्रह्मांड की यात्रा है, स्वयं से संवाद करना प्रभावी सूत्र

आत्मनिर्भरता की छलांग: पहले स्वदेशी निजी कक्षीय रॉकेट विक्रम-1 की सफलता मील का पत्थर, भारत खास देशों में शामिल