Newspaper editorials — Saturday 10 October, 2026

The new dating economy is getting people off their phones and into the real world. But singles say chemistry, trust and even friendship are harder to manufacture than an event invitation

Despite diplomatic consensus at the New Delhi summit, BRICS faces internal tensions and imbalances

‘Skill-Ex’ is the investment in the people behind India’s medal-winning performance at the 48th WorldSkills Competition in Shanghai, China

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…

With gig work an entrenched form of urban employment, guardrails for the estimated 2.5 crore workers expected to take up such work by 2030 have become important

Rising labour costs, a narrow window between harvest & sowing, and declining farm incomes have pushed farmers in many states to treat stubble burning as routine

The rise of the AfD addresses whether Germany will remain open and reliable as a place for education & career opportunities for India’s well-educated youth

Mrityunjay Athreya returned from Harvard to reshape Indian management, championing people, purpose and values over fashionable jargon. Decades later, his ideas have proved remarkably durable.

On World Mental Health Day 2026, AI is adding another layer of uncertainty when we already have plenty to cope with.

US Labour Secretary Keith Sonderling has suspended eight companies from the Permanent Labour Certification Programme, significantly impacting their operations. Companies primarily delivering services from India are affected, hindering th…

A businessman reported the theft of his expensive watch, and six suspect confessions complicated the investigation. In a separate event, a man sought to confess a future murder to establish an alibi. Additionally, a riot policeman faced …

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खुद को एआई के हवाले न कर दें: निर्भरता हमें लापरवाह न बना दे, ये तकनीक आपस में एक-दूसरे से जोड़ने का नया जरिया

अमेरिकी संरक्षणवाद: भारतीय आईटी उद्योग के लिए चिंता का विषय, समाधान टकराव बढ़ाने में नहीं