Refurbished medical devices: Why India is set to see a slugfest between global and domestic manufacturers 🔍
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📆February 13, 2026 at 02:36PM
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Refurbished medical devices: Why India is set to see a slugfest between global and domestic manufacturers
While India has no dedicated regulatory pathway defining or governing such devices, it faces a dilemma between encouraging domestic industry players and ensuring affordable access to such equipment
Expert Explains | ‘For AI’s benefits, we need inclusivity, equitable access and sharing of capabilities’ 🔍
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📆February 13, 2026 at 03:32PM
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📆February 13, 2026 at 03:32PM
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Expert Explains | ‘For AI’s benefits, we need inclusivity, equitable access and sharing of capabilities’
Katharina Frey, Executive Director of the International Computation and AI Network (ICAIN), which is based at ETH Zurich, offers a roadmap on how countries such as India could chart the path ahead
As Myanmar’s military-backed party wins ‘tainted’ polls, an Expert Explains the state of play and India’s stakes 🔍
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📆February 13, 2026 at 03:42PM
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📆February 13, 2026 at 03:42PM
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As Myanmar’s military-backed party wins ‘tainted’ polls, an Expert Explains the state of play and India’s stakes
The Myanmar election results closed a political loop set into motion with the military coup of February 2021. What is the conflict in Myanmar, and how will the poll results impact it?
With BNP’s landslide win in Bangladesh, India must deal with a complex history and many challenges 🔍
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📆February 13, 2026 at 06:50PM
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With BNP’s landslide win in Bangladesh, India must deal with a complex history and many challenges
Bangladesh politics explained: The previous BNP regime from 2001 to 2006 saw a souring of Bangladesh-India ties. Despite the current low in bilateral relations, there are clear areas of engagement, with signals of outreach from both sides.
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Udit Misra writes: Merz wants Germans to work more. But he needs to incentivise them first 🔍
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📆February 13, 2026 at 08:13PM
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📆February 13, 2026 at 08:13PM
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Udit Misra writes: Merz wants Germans to work more. But he needs to incentivise them first
In his weekly column, "GDP: Graphs, Data and Perspectives", Udit Misra writes that if an average German earns far more in real wages than workers in most other countries, it does not make sense to work more. But Germany also has laws stopping them from working…
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Modi first to reach out to Rahman, but mending ties easier said than done 🔍
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📆February 13, 2026 at 10:41PM
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📆February 13, 2026 at 10:41PM
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Modi first to reach out to Rahman, but mending ties easier said than done
The first post by Modi came at 9.32 am Bangladesh time (9.02 am IST).
Family man, prodigal son, next PM: Can Tarique Rahman unite Bangladesh? 🔍
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📆February 14, 2026 at 07:05AM
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📆February 14, 2026 at 07:05AM
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Family man, prodigal son, next PM: Can Tarique Rahman unite Bangladesh?
Soft-spoken and measured, 60-year-old Rahman has his task cut out for him: Tempering communal sentiments and reaching out to minorities
Why China’s population woes can be partly attributed to the One-Child Policy’s design failure 🔍
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📆February 14, 2026 at 08:00AM
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Why China’s population woes can be partly attributed to the One-Child Policy’s design failure
A decade since the One-Child Policy’s reversal, the number of annual births in China has declined to a record low. In many ways, China is attempting to legislate a future which it spent 40 years building against.
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Expert Explains | ‘Using AI effectively for climate requires targeted systems, not just larger data centres’ 🔍
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📆February 14, 2026 at 11:46AM
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📆February 14, 2026 at 11:46AM
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Expert Explains | ‘Using AI effectively for climate requires targeted systems, not just larger data centres’
Priya Donti, named one of the 100 most influential people in AI in 2025, speaks to Devansh Mittal ahead of the India AI Impact Summit about AI’s energy footprint, grid reliability, and how targeted AI systems can support climate goals
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Nikhil Gupta pleads guilty: How the US drew links between Pannun plot and Nijjar’s killing 🔍
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📆February 14, 2026 at 01:02PM
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📆February 14, 2026 at 01:02PM
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Nikhil Gupta pleads guilty: How the US drew links between Pannun plot and Nijjar’s killing
Nikhil Gupta has pleaded guilty to murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. He potentially faces up to 40 years in prison. Here's a look at how the case has progressed
A timeline of the assassination plot that led to Nikhil Gupta’s guilty plea 🔍
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📆February 14, 2026 at 03:52PM
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A timeline of the assassination plot that led to Nikhil Gupta’s guilty plea
Nikhil Gupta pleaded guilty on Friday for his role in the foiled murder plot of Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, on US soil. We recall the sequence of events
The four unsung stanzas of Vande Mataram: Why govt directive on singing full National Song has kicked up a storm 🔍
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📆February 14, 2026 at 04:17PM
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📆February 14, 2026 at 04:17PM
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The four unsung stanzas of Vande Mataram: Why govt directive on singing full National Song has kicked up a storm
So far, at all public functions, we only get to hear the first two stanzas of Vande Mataram. Some of the later parts of the composition contain religious imagery, which have been a source of contention.
Is Usman Tariq’s bowling action legal? Here’s what you need to know 🔍
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📆February 14, 2026 at 09:54PM
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Ahead of Ind vs Pak T20, revisiting debate over Usman Tariq’s bowling action
The primary talking point is the brief pause in Tariq’s delivery stride before he releases the ball. Ahead of the clash against India on Sunday, Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha questioned the scale of the controversy.
Digital feudals, state role, rewiring society: Framing India AI map 🔍
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📆February 15, 2026 at 05:17AM
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📆February 15, 2026 at 05:17AM
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C Raja Mohan writes: From rewiring of society to jobs anxiety, the questions looming before AI Summit
Three books — by Yanis Varoufakis, Alex Karp, and the late diplomat Henry Kissinger — offer sharply different answers and, between them, pointers for India to the road ahead on AI and its development.
Centre wants Kerala to scrap paddy bonus. The rice-loving state’s shrinking output makes that tough 🔍
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📆February 15, 2026 at 07:30AM
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Centre wants Kerala to scrap paddy bonus. The rice-loving state’s shrinking output makes that tough
The Kerala government heavily incentivises paddy production, perhaps more than any other state. This is because paddy cultivation has been steadily declining despite rice being the state’s staple food.
As US reportedly weighs scaling back steel and aluminium tariffs, a look at who really foots the bill 🔍
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📆February 15, 2026 at 08:00AM
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📆February 15, 2026 at 08:00AM
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As US reportedly weighs scaling back steel and aluminium tariffs, a look at who really foots the bill
For Trump to roll back tariffs, especially on crucial products such as steel and aluminium, would constitute a significant change in stance. A Financial Times report said higher prices for goods such as food and drinks, which depend on the metals for packaging…
Why is an Indian satellite capturing photos of the ISS being seen as a technical milestone? 🔍
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📆February 15, 2026 at 05:18PM
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Why is an Indian satellite capturing photos of the ISS being seen as a technical milestone?
There arise obvious difficulties in taking photos in Space. Overcoming them indicates sound technical capabilities, which can be transferable in monitoring and wider Space security-related tasks.
Ganga Water Sharing Treaty: Why renegotiating pact tops new Bangladesh government’s list of priorities 🔍
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📆February 15, 2026 at 06:51PM
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Ganga Water Sharing Treaty: Why renegotiating pact tops new Bangladesh government’s list of priorities
Both countries have expressed willingness to revisit the 1996 agreement’s terms, up for renewal in December 2026. A new treaty would have to account for future needs of rising populations, besides climate change-induced crises
AI Impact Summit begins in New Delhi tomorrow: How India plans to shape the AI conversation 🔍
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📆February 15, 2026 at 07:26PM
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AI Impact Summit begins in New Delhi today: How India plans to shape the AI conversation
Coming to the Global South for the first time, the summit represents the latest chapter in an evolving international conversation on AI. India will pitch for a focus on using AI to solve on-ground, local problems.
How FTAs could offer India a $1 trillion electronics export window, with caveats 🔍
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📆February 15, 2026 at 08:08PM
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How FTAs could offer India a $1 trillion electronics export window, with caveats
The US and the EU comprise about a third of the total global electronics demand. India must address some key issues to leverage access to them, including supply chains and R&D.
How the fertilisers industry has become synonymous with controls, and at what cost 🔍
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📆February 16, 2026 at 05:54AM
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📆February 16, 2026 at 05:54AM
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How the fertilisers industry has become synonymous with controls, and at what cost
The Uttar Pradesh government’s ban on sales of non-subsidised fertilisers by urea manufacturers and suppliers has taken control to a new level, apart from being counterproductive and negative for investor sentiment