Newspaper editorials — Tuesday 25 August, 2026

As wearable tech becomes more advanced, banning it will become increasingly difficult. Instead, laws should be framed with an understanding of how AI is changing the landscape

India was successful as a host of badminton World Championships

A campaign which decentralised governance in Keralam is planning a comeback

Census authorities should explain the rationale of new entries in the questionnaire India’s first census under the Raj asked 17 questions. The ongoing 16th Census will ask 40. That’s not a bad thing because data...

Nodal testing agency is fast losing legitimacy. UGC-NET’s exam issues were sheer incompetence NTA is becoming a burlesque act. The latest fiasco – three papers of UGC-NET, the qualifying test to teach in colleges, and...

India sits on a conservatively estimated 35,000 tonnes of gold, valued at well over 115% of GDP. We are the only country in the world with this distinction, yet we behave like Kasturi Mrig –...

Assam’s floods are often described as inevitable. From a civil engineer’s perspective, that is an incomplete diagnosis. Brahmaputra and its tributaries will overflow during extreme monsoon events, but flooding becomes a disaster when int…

Holding a post is itself a professional skill, and it can be practised or neglected like any other.

Crusaders are built and scapegoats are found, swiftly punished even as institutional problems linger.

AI-driven air quality management systems can enable faster, better decision-making, provided they are secure, safe.

The country's major indicators of inflation are showing varied inclines as they measure different sets of prices. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) must stay vigilant over signs of price pressures in a few items diffusing across the entire…

Even large Indian jeweller chains like Kalyan and Tanishq are offering customers cash for their old gold, even as RBI data shows an upswell in gold loans. Does this reflect financial distress—or an attitudinal shift that could work in fa…

The country lacked a tracker of service prices at the production level despite this sector’s dominance of its economy. This new gauge will help us not just track price trends in seven major sub-sectors to begin with, but also refine othe…

Jesuit colleges have long been a beacon of humane discipline and structured education, enriching young minds with both classical Latin and contemporary studies. Mothers were drawn to these institutions for their nurturing approach, while…

Jomo, the joy of missing out, offers a serene alternative to constant engagement. This practice allows individuals to cultivate their networks by strategically declining invitations. It represents an inverted opportunity cost, gaining pe…

Sugar prices have significantly increased due to production shortfalls and rising demand. Government data shows a substantial decline in expected sugar production for the season. International market trends and domestic supply issues als…

The Agniveer scheme, initiated in 2022, is under scrutiny as discussions continue about its framework. As the government assesses input from various services and state authorities, concerns arise over the four-year service limit, which m…

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