Newspaper editorials — Wednesday 23 September, 2026

Viral unboxing of a different kind, with dal, rajma and two kilos of jaggery

India’s expanding treaty network can help build a stronger arbitration ecosystem

The Battle of Haifa represents India’s global military legacy, even as it lays bare the moral complexities of the empire

Groundwater exploitation in Punjab disincentivises small farmers

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…

Belonging has different defacers, and displacement, different agents

China and India have a common interest in creating a stable international order to replace the one being abandoned by the US.

India must ensure that promising defence firms do not fall into the valley of death between successful innovation and commercial scale

The country's customs regime must trust importers to collect cargo first and pay duty later as a default rule. Don’t hold shipments hostage—it slows business operations, constrains exports and makes it harder for India to join global val…

For developing economies, money going into a clean-energy transition may be better spent elsewhere—such as health and education—as some experts argue. But that doesn’t diminish the urgency of climate action.

It owes its existence to an 'endowment bias' that makes people place an irrational price premium on what they own. Investors get even more attached to their investments than households objects. But smart investing means overcoming irrati…

We have world-class founders, exceptional tech talent, and digital public infrastructure like UPI that have set global benchmarks. The next opportunity is to apply this exact infrastructure mindset to entrepreneurship itself. 

A 2nd-year IIT Bombay student recently took his own life after being accused of exam misconduct. Statistics reveal a troubling trend of suicides among IIT students, indicating systemic issues. Competitive admission processes create immen…

Five competing US television networks—ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News and NBC—suspended pooled coverage of the president in response to White House restrictions on selected news organisations. The episode highlights the tension between governmen…

India’s economic momentum and financial-market reforms have not translated into foreign investment flows commensurate with its growth ambitions. Jamie Dimon’s concerns about tax surprises and policy uncertainty offer an opportunity for t…

Shekhawati, known as India’s open-air art gallery, is home to historic merchant havelis adorned with intricate frescoes depicting everyday life, mythology and culture. Many of these architectural treasures are now deteriorating. Heritage…

बहुमुखी प्रतिभा के धनी 'मुरारीलाल माहेश्वरी' amar ujala founder murari lal maheshwari 100th birth anniversary

उम्मीदों के शहर: दुनिया के तेजी से उभर रहे भारतीय शहर, प्रगति अब केवल महानगरों तक सीमित नहीं

जीवन धारा: लंबी दूरी भी छोटे-छोटे कदमों से पूरी होती है, असफलता से न डरने का सूत्र अहम

उम्मीद, भ्रम और रणनीतिक गलतियां: क्या इतिहास से सबक लेगा अमेरिका? जिनपिंग के साथ होने वाली बैठक पर नजरें