Newspaper editorials — Wednesday 2 September, 2026

The judiciary’s differential treatment of two categories of animals — elephants and street dogs — raises important moral and legal questions

Education is not a factory floor; a campus without politics produces obedient labour, not democratic citizens

The economics of e-waste demand decisions beyond immediate cost savings

The south’s ‘political retreat’ from its once-influential national role comes amid growing anxieties over representation and federalism

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…

What India chooses to do with the strategic freedom it has built over eight decades may be the defining question of its next phase

A new weaponisation of the Arabian Sea will have geopolitical as well as geo-economic impact for multiple States beyond the Gulf

In medicine and surgery, progress is measured not only by how much we can do, but by how wisely we know when to stop

A strong Indian showing in the redesigned survey would be worth more than the World Bank's earlier assessments of how easy it is to do business in India. But what we do with the findings of B-Ready, its new tracker, will matter more than…

Even the central banks of US allies are diversifying away from the dollar. Notably, US debt is no longer risk free. In an extreme global crisis, a diversified reserve base would serve India well. And risk mitigation isn’t de-dollarization.

India’s progress on schooling can’t be measured by its school count. Narratives of public education being neglected don't take into account what matters for positive learning outcomes. Here’s what is really going on

Bharat’s next generation of founders will not be raised in glass office towers. They will be raised in district headquarters and village markets.

Nepal is rebuilding Rasuwa after devastating floods, shifting focus to proactive infrastructure management. Resilience and climate risk must guide all future development projects in the region. The floods demonstrated a polycrisis, neces…

Tim Cook and Lionel Messi achieved remarkable success after succeeding iconic figures. Cook transformed Apple into a technology and services giant, expanding its market reach. Messi revolutionised football, enhancing its global appeal an…

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सिर्फ आक्रोश से रास्ता नहीं बनता: ‘जेन जी’ के सामने असली चुनौती अंतर्विरोध मुक्त वास्तविक नैतिक बल सिद्ध करना

आतंकवाद पर सख्त: भारत का रूख कूटनीतिक दृष्टि से महत्वपूर्ण, अब वैश्विक समुदाय के रवैये में भी बदलाव जरूरी

आल्प्स, हिमालय के संकट अलग नहीं: जलवायु परिवर्तन के दो चरम विरोधाभासी परिदृश्य, लिख रहे भावी विभीषिका की कहानी