By Fr Cedric Prakash SJ*  Come 20 February and the world will once again observe the World Day of Social Justice. It is an annual event during which many across the globe—particularly politicians—wax eloquent about the need for and importance of social justice. It is stating the obvious that those who have the power to ensure this justice will often not lift a finger to do so.

By Mohd. Ziyaullah Khan*  The India AI Impact Summit, currently underway in New Delhi (February 19, 2026), was envisioned as a defining moment for India's artificial intelligence ambitions. Marketed as a landmark platform to showcase indigenous innovation, attract global stakeholders, and position India as a serious AI contender, the summit instead finds itself grappling with controversy, embarrassment, and criticism.

By Bhabani Shankar Nayak*  The Government of India, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has identified data centers as a key component of the country’s digital and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure strategy. Several major corporations have announced large investment plans in India’s data center sector. According to estimates by Morgan Stanley, the global data center market is valued at approximately $3 trillion. Companies such as Google are reported to be planning investments of around $15 billion in India, Microsoft about $17.5 billion, and Amazon approximately $35 billion over the coming years. India has set a broader target of attracting nearly $200 billion in total investment in data centers.

By Ram Puniyani*  Tipu Sultan has frequently been in the news, particularly in Karnataka, where state-sponsored celebrations of his birth anniversary have regularly drawn opposition from the BJP, often resulting in public unrest. More recently, he has become a subject of controversy in Malegaon, Maharashtra. When newly elected Deputy Mayor Shan-e-Hind Nihal Ahmad placed a portrait of Tipu Sultan in her office, Shiv Sena activists had it removed through the intervention of local authorities, prompting protests. 

By Nava Thakuria*  Bangladesh has constituted a new government under the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) following a largely peaceful national election on February 12, 2026. People across eastern India — a region that shares borders with Bangladesh on nearly all sides, except a narrow stretch adjoining Myanmar and the Bay of Bengal — hope the new administration in Dhaka will bring political stability and economic progress to Bangladesh's 170 million citizens. For India's northeastern states, particularly Assam, two persistent concerns have long shaped perceptions of the bilateral relationship: irregular cross-border migration and regional security.

By A Representative   The All-India Feminist Alliance (ALIFA), along with the Agrarian Alliance and Workers’ Forum of the National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), has written to President Droupadi Murmu urging her to call upon Parliament to repeal the newly enacted Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025 (VB-GRAMG Act) and restore and strengthen the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).

By A Representative   Prices of independent luxury floors in South Delhi recorded a sharp year-on-year rise in 2025, increasing by up to 34 per cent in select colonies, according to a report released by Golden Growth Fund, a Category-II real estate-focused Alternative Investment Fund. The report noted that while price growth across other NCR cities has moderated, demand in South Delhi has remained firm, driven by affluent buyers and local landowners opting for redevelopment projects that offer modern amenities, enhanced security and improved utilisation of permissible floor space index (FSI).

By Bhaskaran Raman  The Greek alphabet ϵ (epsilon) is used in maths and science to denote a quantity which is not zero, but extremely small *** Since the Supreme Court's interim order on the issue of stray dogs came out on 07 Nov 2025, there have been a range of opinion pieces speaking for the voiceless. Most of them take the stance that there is a "problem" with stray dogs, but that we need a humane solution. I agree with this broadly, but I think we need new terminology to talk about this. 

By A Representative   Ahmedabad: More than 62 lakh voters have been deleted from Gujarat’s electoral rolls since January 2025, according to data compiled from official records, prompting concerns from election transparency advocates.