Newspaper editorials — Tuesday 22 September, 2026

The Malacca-Singapore experience has lessons for navigating the Hormuz impasse

But, the State’s growth trajectory will determine when it reaches its $1.5 trillion ambition

The Election Commission of India must end its method of deleting first and verifying later

Deployment of weapons calls for multilateral governance in space

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…

India's universities are now competing to commercialise research, work with industry, and produce graduates able to start businesses.

Streaming is training us out of tolerating, let alone appreciating, experiences that can't be paused or rewound but can only be watched live.

Discussions at India International Water Week will span river-basin management, wastewater reuse, early-warning systems and environmental flows.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has led them to proliferate. Given their long-term effects and uncertain benefits, however, we should weigh various factors carefully before joining the global rush. Why would anyone think they’re best placed…

With world trade rattled by geopolitics, India’s push to diversify its export markets has gotten a Brics boost. This is heartening. Can it also help achieve a better balance of imports and exports with China?

Artificial intelligence increasingly performs human tasks with remarkable speed and efficiency. However, human worth extends beyond mere performance and efficiency metrics. Machines can replicate actions but not the profound human connec…

India's middle class now forms a majority, making income categories less informative. Household consumption patterns shift significantly after reaching certain income levels. Businesses must look beyond affluent cities for future growth …

Moonlight on the bed triggers a restless state at night. The narrator experiences a mix of memories and readings during this time. A passage about Buddha and a crow's interaction comes to mind. This image of a stone resembling fat grows …

Reagan's 'Star Wars' vision is now reality as the US confirms weapons in space, sparking global fears. Despite Moscow and Beijing's calls for restraint, the US Space Force's creation signals no turning back. This escalation, with advance…

आत्महत्या और सवाल: 22 वर्षीय बीटेक के छात्र की खबर क्षुब्ध करने वाली, जांच के नतीजों का इंतजार भी अहम

जीवन धारा: जीवन खुद को समझने की यात्रा भी है, अपनी कमियों को पहचानना ही सार्थक सूत्र

दूसरा पहलू: नसों की सर्जरी के बाद कैसे काम करता है दिमाग, दिमाग पर कितना असर होता है?

वाशिंगटन में चीन की चर्चा: जिनपिंग अमेरिका दौरे पर जा रहे हैं, क्या खस्ताहाल अर्थव्यवस्था पर भी बात होगी?