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Indian Politics · 11 Oct 2026 · 5 min read

Congress Calls Industrial Incentives ‘Cronyism’ Until the Factory Opens in Its State

India’s new mobile-manufacturing push is not proof that industrial policy has already succeeded. It is proof that the government has moved beyond the opposition’s sterile choice between laissez-faire slogans and licence-raj nostalgia.

By Meenakshi Iyer

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A Clean Voter Roll Is Necessary, but the Election Commission Must Make Inclusion Boringly Easy

Aditya Rao · 11 Oct 2026

Simultaneous Elections Deserve Better Than the Opposition’s Emergency Cosplay

Meenakshi Iyer · 10 Oct 2026

The Budget’s Quiet Victory Is Making Reform Feel Ordinary

Aditya Rao · 10 Oct 2026

Indian Sports

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The Women’s Hockey Gold Should End India’s Four-Year Attention Span

Farah Sheikh · 11 Oct 2026

The Ranji Trophy Begins Today, and Indian Cricket Will Mostly Pretend Not to Notice

Rohan Deshmukh · 11 Oct 2026

Gukesh Should Not Have to Become a Celebrity to Make Chess Matter

Farah Sheikh · 10 Oct 2026

Entertainment

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Adolescence Is Great Television and a Terrible Parenting Shortcut

Ishita Banerjee · 11 Oct 2026

Homebound Works Because It Refuses to Turn Privilege Into Acting Talent

Kabir Malhotra · 11 Oct 2026

Mirzapur on a Cinema Screen Is Less a Promotion Than a Test of Our Streaming Loyalty

Ishita Banerjee · 10 Oct 2026

Technology

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India’s First Chip Fab Will Matter Only When the Suppliers Stop Flying In

Priya Nair · 11 Oct 2026

The Pixel 10’s Seven-Year Promise Means Little if Ownership in India Still Feels Second-Class

Nikhil Bhatt · 11 Oct 2026

Make in India Electronics Has Graduated From Slogan to Assembly; Components Are the Real Exam

Priya Nair · 10 Oct 2026

Automobiles

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EV Sales Are Rising Faster Than the Reliability of the Chargers Behind Them

Ritika Menon · 11 Oct 2026

The Mahindra XEV 9e Is Excellent, but Most Buyers Do Not Need the Biggest Battery and Every Screen

Arjun Chawla · 11 Oct 2026

India’s EV Sales Pitch Still Ends at the Apartment Gate

Ritika Menon · 10 Oct 2026

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Pooja Pal’s Dust-Free Thresher Is What Innovation Looks Like Before the Incubator Finds It

Ananya Ghosh · 11 Oct 2026

Mumbai Built an 85,000-Brick Lego Wall and Bureaucracy Still Found the Loose Piece

Devansh Kapoor · 11 Oct 2026

Parpoli’s Butterflies Need Fewer Tourists Who Came Only for the Photograph

Ananya Ghosh · 10 Oct 2026

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