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LEARNING THAT LEADS FORWARD
When Santanu Mishra co-founded Smile Foundation in 2002, access to education was a major challenge.
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February 21, 2026
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STREETS FOR PEOPLE
Sarika Panda Bhatt's work in urban mobility began with a simple but unsettling observation.
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February 21, 2026
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MENTAL HEALTH WITHOUT BARRIERS
The biggest challenge in India's mental health landscape is the gap between need and access.
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February 21, 2026
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THE JOB PROBLEM WE REFUSE TO NAME
INDIA'S GROWTH REFLECTS jobless productivity: output and profits rise, but employment and progression lag, fuelling economic unease.
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February 21, 2026
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Artificial Intelligence & the Great Marketing Migration
AS ARTIFICIAL intelligence fundamentally recalibrates the marketing ecosystem, multinational enterprises are reassessing not merely the semantics of communication, but the very architecture through which that communication is conceived, engineered and disseminated. The much anticipated decision by Barclays to relocate parts of its marketing operations from London to India underscores a far more profound structural realignment unfolding within global corporate frameworks.
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February 21, 2026
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MAKING CLASSROOMS MATTER
The dominant narrative in Indian education was that access was a challenge, and that it had largely been solved,” says Kruti Bharucha. What was missing, she says, was engagement, the link between being present in a classroom and actually learning.
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February 21, 2026
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BUILDING RESILIENT RURAL ECONOMIES
Prasanna Khemariya sees rural livelihoods at a crossroads shaped by climate stress, migration and inequalities. “Climate change remains one of the biggest risks faced by small and marginal farmers,” he says.
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February 21, 2026
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When Persistence Becomes a Trap
TO PROTECT ABRAMS and Bradley tanks from helicopters armed with antitank missiles, the US Army commissioned a new mobile antiaircraft system. Ford Aerospace won the contract and, in 1981 began producing the M247 Sergeant York.
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February 21, 2026
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India's AI Jamboree
AT THE INDIA AI Impact Summit 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pitch was calibrated and consistent: artificial intelligence (AI) must be \"human-centric,\" democratic and inclusive.
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February 21, 2026
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EMPLOYABILITY IN MOTION
For Sajid Ali, employability is no longer defined by degrees or onetime certifications. As technology recasts work, career readiness now hinges on continuous adaptability. “Employability has shifted from possessing academic credentials to demonstrating learning agility and the ability to upskill,” he says.
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February 21, 2026
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Stability Over Spectacle
Rather than radically reorient growth strategy, the budget chose to deepen existing reforms, protect macroeconomic stability, and reinforce medium-term growth drivers
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February 21, 2026
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Beyond Net-Zero: Doing More Than 'Less Harm' Will Matter in 2026
MANY companies began with sustainability targets like net-zero dates, percentage reductions, and long-term plans. This phase is necessary. It helped organisations understand their impact and brought environmental issues into conversations that were often absent. The year so far shows that targets alone do not change realities on the ground -- execution of the plan is vital.
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February 21, 2026
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CHANGE BEYOND THE STAGE
Sanjana Sanghi uses her public platform to amplify youth concerns on mental health, climate anxiety and social entrepreneurship. Representing young people at global forums, she describes her address at the UN General Assembly as a defining moment.
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February 21, 2026
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CITIES BUILT BY COMMUNITIES
Rajesh Krishnan views urban community development as a process shaped by participation rather than prescription.
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February 21, 2026
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Building Future-Ready & Inclusive Sustainability Leadership
How high-impact industries are turning sustainability into a strategic leadership discipline anchored in science, operations, governance and community trust
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February 21, 2026
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LIGHTWEIGHT FLAGSHIP, HEAVYWEIGHT PERFORMANCE
With the Signature series, Motorola is offering a fresh alternative. The phone's lightweight design, stacked hardware, and unique textures differentiate it from competitors. At 184 grams and 6.7 millimetres thickness, it is lighter than some midrange flagships
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February 21, 2026
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Why Bad Judgment – Not Artificial Intelligence – Will Break Organisations
THE WORLD IS PREOCCUPIED with debating artificial intelligence as if intelligence itself were the issue. Panels warn of a dystopian future where machines take over jobs, out-think humans, or quietly run the world while we sleep. Yet, the more immediate and less discussed danger is not artificial intelligence alone. It is what might be called natural foolishness. The clash of the two is where the true threat resides.
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February 21, 2026
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LEADERSHIP WITH ACCESSIBILITY
For Hemendra K. Singh, accessibility is a lived experience. A former Army officer who took early release after a service-related injury, Singh says perspective came from his own life, not policy.
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February 21, 2026
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Temples Of India - Some Forgotten, Some Ignored
MRAIYAR - better known for his expert views on the economy - recently chose to write about our forgotten heritage. He was writing particularly about the Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya and Nalanda - the great ancient Buddhist university.
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February 21, 2026
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Gentlemen Growers, Artisanal Attractions
AT ONE TIME, it was each country having its own airline; in India, now it is each city having its own metro rail. Adding to these prestigious must-haves are book clubs and literary festivals: necessary evidence of the cultural attainments of the city. Proof of this, by negation, comes from my city, Gurgaon, where the only “culture” was agriculture: it doesn’t yet have a LitFest of its own! To make up, it has – like a few other cities – now taken to the latest to-be-flaunted event: artisanal markets.
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February 21, 2026
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As Sustainability Moves From Targets to Action
THE sustainability decade has entered its execution phase. The Union Budget 2026-27 reflects this transition, signalling a move away from broad ambition towards economically grounded sustainability action.
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February 21, 2026
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THE BUSINESS OF DOING GOOD
India's grassroots enterprises are moving from grant dependence to market discipline, but turning purpose into predictable revenue remains an uneven journey
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February 21, 2026
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LINKING SKILLS TO LIVELIHOODS
For Siddharth Chaturvedi, education, skills and livelihoods can no longer be treated as separate pathways.
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February 21, 2026
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A Personal Finance Playbook for an Indian Audience
Rise to the 1% by personal finance educator Sharan Hegde serves as a solid foundational text for Indians beginning their wealth-building journey, offering culturally relevant advice often missing from West-oriented books on finance that dominate bestseller lists. The book's comprehensive scope means it can function as a reference guide that readers return to through their lives, says OJASVITA TRIVEDI
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February 21, 2026
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SYSTEMS FOR POVERTY EXIT
Sriram V. looks at poverty not as a single problem, but as a web of reinforcing deprivations. Isolated interventions, he argues, rarely rarely endure. “Poverty is a wicked problem — skills, assets or credit alone cannot break the cycle.
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February 21, 2026
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Global Confidence in India's Al Infrastructure
THE PROJECTION by Union IT & Electronics Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw that India could attract over $200 billion in Al infrastructure and related investment over the next two years is not hyperbole but perhaps evidence of accelerating global confidence in India's Al opportunity. Government figures quoted at the India Al Impact Summit show roughly $70 billion already committed and about $90 billion recently announced, with tax incentives like a 21-year cloud services holiday expected to further catalyse capital flows.
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February 21, 2026
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REBUILDING THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
When Chirag Bhandari founded Ennoble Social Innovation Foundation, the aim was to strengthen the institution of the school. The early insight was simple but often missed. “Government schools were being treated as isolated problems. In reality, schools fail or succeed as systems,” Bhandari says. Infrastructure, teachers and community ownership are closely linked; ignoring any one element weakens the whole.
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February 21, 2026
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Pricing Risk, Not Comfort
THE RESERVE BANK of India's (RBI) Risk-Based Premium framework marks a long overdue reset in deposit insurance pricing, aimed squarely at banks, not consumers. Depositors face no change in coverage or cost. The shift links insurance premiums to risk rather than treating institutions alike.
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February 21, 2026
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MAKING A LONGER RUNWAY FOR DEEPTECH
DPIIT's revised Startup India framework extends recognition to 20 years for deeptech startups, aligning incentives with longer science-led innovation cycles
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February 21, 2026
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Building The Backbone
By focusing on the FMCG ecosystem as a whole, the government lays a long-term growth architecture for sectors spanning food, beauty, personal care and packaged goods
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