India’s GDP credibility debate
Business Lineby Dhananjay Sinha8 Sept 2026
India’s latest GDP print has reopened an old data credibility debate, pushing it to a new pitch of controversy.
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top 57%The WhatsApp number that could genuinely change your life
The South Africanby Nicole Burger8 Sept 2026
The WhatsApp number that could genuinely change your life It looks like just another chat on your phone, but for thousands of South Africans, this specific WhatsApp line has become a genuine...
There’s a need to get heat-related deaths right
Business Lineby Rajib Dasgupta8 Sept 2026
Drawing upon the recommendations of the 16th Finance Commission, the government has announced in Parliament the inclusion of heatwave and lightning as natural calamities eligible for relief under...
"Colours of My Mind": A citizen’s chronicle of Nigeria in real time
Premium Timesby Premium Times8 Sept 2026
Colours of My Mind is…a record of how an engaged Nigerian citizen thought through his country in real time, from the particular vantage point of the Niger Delta.
"Let them work their magic" Persona series director knows that the localisation team - and Persona 4 spinoffs - are integral to the success of Persona 4 Revival
Eurogamer.net Latest Articlesby Dom Peppiatt8 Sept 2026
How do you solve a problem like Persona 4? It's a thorny question, and one that's been the subject of a lot of internet debate since Persona 4 Revival - a remake of the 2008 original - was...
Shashi Tharoor’s Vienna Onam celebration has everything: From borrowed clothes to curious Austrians
Open Magazineby Open Bureau8 Sept 2026
Shashi Tharoor’s Vienna Onam celebration has everything: From borrowed clothes to curious Austrians There are many ways to celebrate Onam. You could have a sadya. Arrange a pookalam.
From "Coat of Many Colors" to "Colours of My Mind," By Foster Akpore
Premium Timesby Premium Times8 Sept 2026
Dolly Parton once turned a poor child’s “Coat of Many Colors” into a story of dignity… In Egini, Austin Emaduku has given “Colours of My Mind” another meaning by placing books within reach of the...
Opinion: Mohan Bhagwat’s speech on oneness barely hides his Hindutva sophistry
The News Minuteby Kavita Krishnan8 Sept 2026
Several press reports and prominent commentators on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat’s speech at New York’s Madison Square Garden tell us that his words on ‘oneness in...
Be blunt like Craig - Great British courtesy leaves millions at risk of fraud
Daily Express :by Paul Jeeves8 Sept 2026
British politeness is leaving millions of people at risk of falling victim to scams because they refuse to be “rude” by hanging up the phone or slamming a door shut.
Mentoring based on young peoples’ strengths can alleviate the crisis in education, training and employment
The Conversation UKby Catherine Comfort, Academic Lead, Access Participation and Success Faculty of Business and Law, The Open University8 Sept 2026
Nearly 1 million 16 to 24-year-olds in the UK are currently outside education, employment or training and the number is currently projected to increase.
How ‘egalitarian’ Sweden became more comfortable with wealth
The Conversation UKby Axel Vikström, Senior Lecturer, Department of Communication, Lund University8 Sept 2026
Sweden is imagined as the land of equality, modesty and Jantelagen – the unwritten rule that no one should think they are better than anyone else.
What a Nigerian experiment could teach Bangladesh about AI, By Akm Boby
Premium Timesby Premium Times8 Sept 2026
A state in South-Eastern Nigeria has already built such a mechanism… The initiative is called ÓKÓBÌ, the One Kindred One Business Initiative, launched in Imo State.
Jefferson Expresses His Mind (On Slavery) - 3 Quarks Daily
3 Quarks Dailyby Michael Liss8 Sept 2026
by Michael Liss My Jefferson is a giant, but a giant trammeled in a net, and obliged (he thought) to keep repairing and strengthening the coils of that net.
The Leaders AI Innovation Needs
Timeby Linda A. Hill8 Sept 2026
For over 25 years, I have studied exceptional leaders of innovation, individuals from a range of companies and countries, from the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi to Pixar.
What palmistry and medicine have always had in common | Aeon Essays
Aeonby Alison Bashford8 Sept 2026
Listen to this essay 22 minute listen Signs of the future are marked in our hands, or so any palmist will declare. But do hands also hold signs of the past? Do they have a history?
What does it mean to be Irish in America right now?
IrishCentral.comby In Partnership With:8 Sept 2026
New York and Irish America at large have shown visible expressions of their Irish influence throughout the late 20th and early 21st centuries, but what does Irish identity actually feel like today...
A Catechism of Unknown Voices - 3 Quarks Daily
3 Quarks Dailyby David Winner and Angela Starita8 Sept 2026
by Angela Starita The state of the world, it’s understood, has led to poor sleep habits and hours of doom scrolling.
2027 and Nigeria’s subsidy debate: The reform was right. The financing story still needs a plan, By David Okelue Ugwunta
Premium Timesby Premium Times8 Sept 2026
Nigeria has already eliminated an unsustainable subsidy. The real test is whether the fiscal space it created translates into lower transport costs, stronger industry and better public services.
Centuries in the making: Singsons' unrivaled power in Ilocos Sur
Rapplerby Lourence Angelo Marcellana8 Sept 2026
AT A GLANCE - The Singson clan has maintained a strong political presence in Ilocos Sur for centuries, evolving from a merchant family during the Spanish colonial period to a dominant political...
Justice Bhuyan’s Celebration of University Space for Dissent and Questioning Reminds Authorities of the State to Uphold the Constitution
The Leafletby The Leaflet8 Sept 2026
The following are excerpts from the address by Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, Judge, Supreme Court of India, at the 13th Convocation of National Law University, Delhi, held on August 30, 2026.