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September 14, 2026

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  • A consortium led by SBI will provide $3.5bn debt financing to Vodafone
  • RBI says it is building tokenised bonds as tokenised financial assets is the future
  • Sebi indicates that it may tweak F&O settlement price mechanism
  • RBI is activating all ways to mop up liquidity from the system as excess liquidity in money market touches Rs 11Lcr
  • Asian Games: Jasprit Bumrah cleared to play but Harshit Rana injured. BCCI removed physio Kamlesh Jain due to frequent injuries to players
  • Women's Asia Cup: India beat Bangladesh by 40 runs in the first semifinal. In the final, they will meet the winner of Sri Lanka-Pakistan clash in the other semifinal
  • Duleep Trophy: East Zone win title by beating South on 1st innings lead. They won the trophy after 14 years
  • Election Commission is likely to resolve the TMC symbol and name dispute before the Nandigram bye-election deadline for filing nominations ends on on September 16
  • Allahabad HC ruled that once a person turns 18, their parents' concern cannot override their choice of partners and such adults can choose who they want to live with, including husbands their parents do not approve
  • Supreme Court says until the Parliament amends the law, husbands cannot be tried for marital rape as no such provision exists in current laws
  • Allahabad HC says UP cops who failed to provide the detention period CCTV footage of four men who were illegally detained in Deoria were "a bunch of liars"
  • Sebi lifts ban on JP Morgan unit and a broker in te CAS case
  • Adani Airports to raise $1bn equity from global investors
  • IPhone launches foldable phone at Rs 2,99,900. Wishes to take on Samsung & Google
  • NSE cuts IPO size from 6% to 5.3% of its equity base, which comes to Rs 23500cr, down from Rs 30000cr planned initially. The offer band is also reduced to Rs 1700-Rs 1785 per share
WHO review has confirmed that their is no link between vaccination and autism, junking unfound fears over vaccines /////// Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit India for the first time in seven years, along with a business team from his country, for the BRICS summit

Politics

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The Spokesperson Who Ran Out of Things to Defend

The Spokesperson Who Ran Out of Things to Defend
NEET-UG Reform: The Twenty-Seven Percent That Mattered

NEET-UG Reform: The Twenty-Seven Percent That Mattered
The Gaumutra Gambit: Where Priyanka Vadra Went Wrong

The Gaumutra Gambit: Where Priyanka Vadra Went Wrong
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Kangana Ranaut's War on 'Generation Gutter'
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Business

India's 7.8% GDP Number: The Manipulation Charge Fails. The Reliability Question Does Not.

India's 7.8% GDP Number: The Manipulation Charge Fails. The Reliability Question Does Not.
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Law

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Brij Bhushan Walks Free. The System He Represents Does Not
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The Judge Who Held A Gas Agency: A Sixteen-Year Question Nobody Asked

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Right To Be Forgotten: I Called It Impossible in India. The Delhi High Court Proved Me Wrong.

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From The States

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Bengal Won the Case. Karnataka Built the Policy.

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Governance

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When the System Fails, the Cyber Fraud Victim Pays

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Bengal Won the Case. Karnataka Built the Policy.

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Who Chooses the Reformers?

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A Movement the Government Bet Would Fizzle

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Education

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NEET-UG Reform: The Twenty-Seven Percent That Mattered
The Minister Has Gone. The Problem Hasn't

The Minister Has Gone. The Problem Hasn't
A Movement the Government Bet Would Fizzle

A Movement the Government Bet Would Fizzle
Banning Telegram Will Not Stop Paper Leaks Because The Problem Lies Elsewhere

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Society

Brij Bhushan Walks Free. The System He Represents Does Not

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AI Did Not Invent Exploitation, It Industrialised It.

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The Nanny in the Machine: Bengaluru's Daycare Horror Is a System Failure

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Marriage On Paper, Separation In Reality

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Sports

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Duleep Trophy: East Won The Trophy But Could Have Won The Final Too
Beyond the Podium: What Glasgow 2026 Really Told Us About Indian Sport

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Anahat Singh Wins the Title Indian Squash Never Could

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Top Finish & 90M: Why Not Both

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Lords Belongs to India: Women in Blue Script History at Cricket's Most Sacred Venue

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India Crush Pakistan by 64 Runs in T20 World Cup Opener

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Health

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Acne Drug As Baldness Cure? The Science Behind The Hype

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Foreign Relations

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PM Modi As Mediator In West Asia

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Bangladesh In Turmoil: India Shows Restraint

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Cyber Scams

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Getting Back Money Lost To Cyber Scammers

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Everything Else

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Editorials

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7.8% GDP Growth Is Good News.

 Accountability Cannot Be a Precondition to Debate

Accountability Cannot Be a Precondition to Debate

In Depth

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