February 24, 2026 – India Headlines

Story gist: India released its first anti-terror policy named PRAHAAR. The doctrine focuses on cross-border terror, cyber threats, and drone threats.

Bias summary: Left-leaning NDTV frames PRAHAAR with aggressive, approving tone using ‘Bring Down The Hammer On Terror,’ emphasizing forceful action. Center outlet Times of India reports neutrally, detailing specific threats like cross-border terror, cyber, and drones without emotive language. Right-leaning outlets absent, omitting potential emphasis on national security triumphs or government praise.

Story gist: New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani ordered a citywide shutdown as a snowstorm hit the city. Winter Storm Hernando, described as historic, is loosening its grip.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like Al Jazeera frame the story around Mayor Mamdani’s citywide shutdown order, emphasizing proactive government response to the snowstorm. Center outlets such as The Weather Channel highlight the storm’s historic scale and its easing grip, focusing on weather progression without political angles. Right-leaning coverage is absent, leaving out potential critiques of the shutdown or local governance.

Story gist: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the strong bond between India and Israel ahead of his upcoming visit to Israel. Reports discuss India’s backing for Palestine amid improving India-Israel relations.

Bias summary: Left-leaning Al Jazeera frames Modi’s India-Israel rapprochement critically as ‘breaking down walls’ at Palestine’s expense, emphasizing harm to Palestinians. Center Hindustan Times balances India’s Palestine support with Modi-Netanyahu bonhomie and previews the visit neutrally. Right-leaning PM India positively spotlights the PM’s emphasis on the strong bilateral bond, omitting Palestine context.

Story gist: The European Union asked the United States to honor a trade pact signed last year amid Trump’s tariff threats. The EU postponed a vote on the U.S. trade deal and stated it will accept no tariff increases, saying ‘a deal is a deal.’

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like CNBC frame the story around Trump’s ‘latest tariff threat’ causing EU to postpone a vote, emphasizing U.S. aggression. Center outlets like Reuters focus on EU’s post-Supreme Court stance of ‘no increase’ without highlighting threats. Right-leaning coverage absent, omitting defenses of Trump or critiques of EU response.

Story gist: At a global summit, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that world leaders praised India’s AI innovations and heritage-based technology push. The Financial Times reported India’s AI ambitions hit limits there.

Bias summary: Left-leaning Telegraph India frames positively, highlighting Modi’s claims of global praise for India’s AI innovations and heritage tech. Center Financial Times uses neutral tone emphasizing limitations on ambitions, implying setbacks. Right-leaning coverage absent, omitting potential emphasis on national pride or criticism of international constraints.