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Urban Agenda: Hill states move to check unregulated urban development (finally)

Analysis

Published on Feb 24, 2024 07:22 PM IST

Nine hilly states that failed to take up the Centre's incentives for urban planning-informed development get their act together after recent climate disasters

A picturesque view of Shimla town after the fresh spell of snowfall on Thursday. (Deepak Sansta/HT)

BySoumya Chatterjee

How to be a constitutionalist: Lessons from Fali S. Nariman's cases

All accused have right to a lawyer, a woman has the right to earn without discrimination, Governors must stay neutral, newspapers have freedom of expression

Analysis

Published on Feb 24, 2024 06:33 PM IST

ByParijata Bhardwaj

Health Talk | Unpacking Alabama SC's decision that counts embryo as unborn child

A tale of two countries, and their approach to IVF treatment: In India, the rules are being amended too, but in favour of couples

Last week, the Alabama Supreme Court in the United States of America ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law(Wiki Commons)

Analysis

Published on Feb 24, 2024 05:51 PM IST

ByRhythma Kaul

The untold story behind climate change: we've known about the crisis for a while

A 351-page report on the quality of our environment is perhaps the first documented evidence of scientists bringing global warming to a US President's attention

Scientists have issued warnings over the last few decades about the impact the burning of fossil fuels was having on the environment. (Reuters)

Analysis

Published on Feb 23, 2024 07:58 PM IST

ByTannu Jain

Terms of Trade | Politics must fight unequal growth, but sincerely

Politics must criticize new-economy for failing to solve India's structural transformation problem, but first, it must uncouple from dirty capital

Bengaluru has led the country in all things IT and knowledge economy. Recently, the Karnataka government is asking MNCs to display local employees.(HT Photo)

Analysis

Published on Feb 23, 2024 03:55 PM IST

ByRoshan Kishore

Why India hosting the Central Asian flyway is a big deal

Millions of birds use the path that encompasses 30 countries over land and water, including India

The Bar-headed geese are amongst the highest-flying birds in the world, flying over the Himalayas when they migrate(Neha Sinha)

Analysis

Published on Feb 21, 2024 08:26 PM IST

ByNeha Sinha

Keeping up with UP | How will Rae Bareli handle Sonia’s decision to not contest?

The Nehru-Gandhis have represented Rae Bareli in the Lok Sabha for over 30 years. With Sonia Gandhi not contesting in ’24, everyone has the same question

Sonia Gandhi was recently elected to the Rajya Sabha after announcing that she will no longer be contesting the Lok Sabha elections(HT Photo)

Analysis

Published on Feb 21, 2024 08:16 PM IST

BySunita Aron

Northeastern View | How the amended FCA can change the course of NE politics

The framework of national vs ecological security set up by the act is dangerous. The SC’s interim order gives us pause enough to go back to the drawing board

Dzukou Valley in Nagaland is sacred to the Angami Naga tribe (Instagram/@jitofalltrades)

Analysis

Published on Feb 21, 2024 07:58 PM IST

ByAngshuman Choudhury

Will the third iteration of the Maratha quota act pass muster?

This isn’t the first time that a law has been passed on reservation for the Marathas. The previous two attempts were shot down by the courts. Here’s why

Mumbai, Feb 20 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, State Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, State Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar and others celebrate after the Maratha Reservation Bill was passed by the State Assembly, in Mumbai on Tuesday. (ANI Photo)(Deepak Salvi)

Analysis

Updated on Feb 21, 2024 04:16 PM IST

BySurendra P Gangan

Electoral bonds versus electoral trusts: The debate raging since Independence

Corporate or individual, anonymous or known, opaque or transparent — these keywords mark the committee reports on party financing and election expenditure.

Analysis

Updated on Feb 19, 2024 11:49 PM IST

ByVrinda Tulsian

Ecostani | Jayant Chaudhary hopes that the NDA will help his party — and the BJP

The RLD has sensed a shift of Jat voters over to the BJP, and the saffron party would like Jayant to campaign in Jat-dominated areas. Both hope it’s a win-win

RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary at the Parliament House complex in New Delhi on Saturday. (PTI PHOTO)

Analysis

Published on Feb 19, 2024 09:06 PM IST

ByChetan Chauhan

Maha News | The final war between uncle and nephew

The fight between Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar will be the highlight of the elections in the state. Only one of them may survive politically

The final battle between Pawar and his nephew has begun

Analysis

Published on Feb 19, 2024 02:56 PM IST

ByShailesh Gaikwad

Gender Question | A tale of two South Asian countries and same-sex marriage

India’s SC rejected petitions for marriage equality, but Nepal’s SC rebuked the state for not registering same-sex marriages. What explains this difference?

Maya Gurung and Surendra Pandey receive their marriage certificate after legally registering same-sex marriage, at Dordi Rural Municipality of Lamjung district in Western Nepal. Nepal registered the first female-female same-sex marriage, between Anju Devi Shrestha and Suprita Gurung in Bardiya district(PTI)

Analysis

Published on Feb 18, 2024 09:00 AM IST

ByDhamini Ratnam

Are laws that prevent forced conversions really about freedom of religion?

There is no national anti-conversion law, but various states are enacting laws. Newer grounds where such so-called crimes can take place are being identified

Anti-conversion laws are gaining significance leading to more and more states passing such laws, bringing new amendments to the existing ones. (Shutterstock)

Analysis

Published on Feb 17, 2024 05:03 PM IST

ByPrashant Bhaware

Modi’s Atmanirbhar Bharat is key to India’s comprehensive national power

Prime Minister Modi firmly believes that manufacturing capability is crucial as India seeks to take its rightful place as a global leader in a new world order.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is betting big on the Atmanirbhar Bharat program to ensure a developed India in the years to come.

Analysis

Published on Feb 16, 2024 08:38 PM IST

ByShishir Gupta

BJP and the fine art of weaving poll alliances

Estranged allies, Congress chums of Rahul Gandhi, opposition leaders in general, caste leaders in remote locations, all are on BJP's poll-time radar.

PM Narendra Modi and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. (HT file)

Analysis

Updated on Feb 16, 2024 03:18 PM IST

ByRanjit Bhushan

The quest for equality, at the heart of the Uttarakhand UCC bill, is flawed

The lure of a common civil code has for long attracted lawmakers. A new civil law, like the UCC, is an opportunity to reflect changed social mores — does it?

The Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code Bill 2024 was passed

Analysis

Published on Feb 13, 2024 06:49 PM IST

ByPrashant Bhaware

Ecostani | A national MSP law will be a tribute to MS Swaminathan

As farmers head towards Delhi to demand an MSP law for all crops, their 2020-'21 Delhi Chalo protests should remind us that their demand isn't new after all

Farmers at the Shambhu border between Haryana and Punjab, as they make their way towards Delhi for the Delhi Chalo protest march.(PTI)

Analysis

Updated on Feb 13, 2024 12:18 PM IST

ByChetan Chauhan

Jal Jangal Jameen: Why these three words can’t be separated from India’s tribes

A history of the slogan that has carried forward from Indian Independence to the present, and what it means to the tribal communities and forest dwellers

Statue of Komaram Bheem at Tank Bund Road, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, India(Praveen Kumar Myakala/Wikimedia Commons)

Analysis

Updated on Feb 07, 2024 08:35 PM IST

BySai Thakur

Jan 31: ED arrests JMM chief. Feb 5: New CM, from JMM, wins trust vote

Hemant Soren says the BJP used agencies to topple his government as he is a tribal. The BJP, in turn, knows it needs a tribal leader for a headway in Jharkhand.

Hemant Soren resigned on January 31 after he was arrested on the charge of “possessing 12 adjacent parcels of land measuring 8.5 acres” in Ranchi using falsified deeds and tampered revenue records (PTI file photo)

Analysis

Updated on Feb 05, 2024 09:26 PM IST

ByChetan Chauhan

Can the Opposition’s broad coalition win against the BJP-led alliance?

The Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi joined the rainbow family that stands opposed to the saffron alliance. Will this alliance stand a chance in Maharashtra’s politics?

Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) chief Prakash Ambedkar and Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) chief Uddhav Thackeray at a program recently

Analysis

Published on Feb 05, 2024 06:43 PM IST

ByShailesh Gaikwad

The SC asked states to plan prisons for next 50 years — here’s what is missing

Increasing the number of prisons is only half the work to address overcrowding. The other is to tackle the population of undertrials. These 4 charts show why

Nationally, the share of undertrials has always been more than 60% since 2009. Between 2009 and 2022, it grew from 66% in 2009 to 73% in 2022, touching 78% in 2021.(HT Photo)

Analysis

Published on Feb 04, 2024 05:01 PM IST

ByArshi Showkat, Nayanika Singhal, Valay Singh

Eye on the Middle East | Killing of US forces in Jordan & Washington’s response

The destabilisation of the US-Iraq relationship is the latest strategic butterfly effect of the Gaza war; its spillover effects have now hit Jordan

A satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC of military base Tower 22, located in northeastern Jordan. On January 28, three personnel of the United States Army were killed in a drone strike(AP)

Analysis

Updated on Feb 04, 2024 04:50 PM IST

ByBashir Ali Abbas

Gender Question | A group of Indian, South African feminists revisit #MeToo

A new book examines everything from pre-histories to post-realisations as well as the continuing impact of the movement that reframed the gender conversation

Gustav Klimt's famous painting, The Kiss, has been at the forefront of artistic debate over its intimate portrayal of a couple, even as more recent readings of the turn-of-the-20th century work, have questioned the seeming absence of consent(WikiCommons)

Analysis

Published on Feb 04, 2024 03:37 PM IST

ByDhamini Ratnam

Seeing Silicon | Driverless cabs or robotaxis face a unique challenge. A cone.

On the wild streets of San Francisco in the United States, a dramatic human versus autonomous vehicle conflict plays out

The city of San Francisco, home to tech hub Silicon Valley, gave self-driving cabs or robotaxis from two companies — Cruise owned by GM and Waymo owned by Google (pictured above) — the permit to operate within city limits in August 2023.(AP File Photo)

Analysis

Published on Feb 04, 2024 11:52 AM IST

ByShweta Taneja

The Maratha agitation may rewrite the rules on certifying caste

The Marathas seeking OBC reservation under the Kunbi caste are appeased for now. But the draft notification introduces a new way of establishing caste identity

Maratha activist Manoj Jarange Patil and his supporters during their march for reservation, in Navi Mumbai (PTI)

Analysis

Updated on Feb 09, 2024 06:06 PM IST

BySai Thakur, Yashwant Zagade

How will regional parties of southern states set the narrative for 2024 polls?

Can regional parties afford to ignore national narratives of nationalism and Mandir politics in the upcoming polls? We speak to some representatives to find out

Chief ministers Pinarayi Vijayan and MK Stalin inaugurate the Vaikom Satyagraha centenary celebrations. (PTI)

Analysis

Published on Jan 29, 2024 09:13 PM IST

ByDeepika Amirapu

Gender Question | A letter by US groups is a reminder of Indian LGBT networking

A recent Joint Allegation Letter on anti-LGBTQIA+ bills passed in Texas harks to a language of queer rights that newsletters in the ’90s in India popularised

Texans protest the 'Bathroom Bill' outside the senate committee. In 2017, the state legislature attempted to pass Senate Bill 6, also known as the “Bathroom Bill” that prevented transgender people from using bathrooms of their choice in public buildings. The bill was not cleared.(Wiki Commons)

Analysis

Published on Jan 28, 2024 07:07 PM IST

ByDhamini Ratnam

How Wayanad district in Kerala used weather data to turn climate resilient

The Indian Meteorological Department’s effort to offer data-driven weather forecast to vulnerable sectors is what this Kerala district has been doing since 2020

Workers plant paddy in the fields in Wayanad district of Kerala(Courtesy Rajesh Krishnan)

Analysis

Published on Jan 28, 2024 04:01 PM IST

ByBadri Chatterjee

Ecostani | New resolve for 10 mil homes to aim for the sun needs new incentives

250 million houses with solar rooftops can deploy 637 GW — even a third of this is enough to meet India’s electricity demand from the residential sector

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently launched a scheme to install 10 million solar rooftops across households in the country.(HT Photo)

Analysis

Published on Jan 28, 2024 03:29 PM IST

ByChetan Chauhan

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Nine hilly states that failed to take up the Centre's incentives for urban planning-informed development get their act together after recent climate disasters

All accused have right to a lawyer, a woman has the right to earn without discrimination, Governors must stay neutral, newspapers have freedom of expression

A tale of two countries, and their approach to IVF treatment: In India, the rules are being amended too, but in favour of couples

A 351-page report on the quality of our environment is perhaps the first documented evidence of scientists bringing global warming to a US President's attention

Politics must criticize new-economy for failing to solve India's structural transformation problem, but first, it must uncouple from dirty capital

Millions of birds use the path that encompasses 30 countries over land and water, including India

The Nehru-Gandhis have represented Rae Bareli in the Lok Sabha for over 30 years. With Sonia Gandhi not contesting in ’24, everyone has the same question

The framework of national vs ecological security set up by the act is dangerous. The SC’s interim order gives us pause enough to go back to the drawing board

This isn’t the first time that a law has been passed on reservation for the Marathas. The previous two attempts were shot down by the courts. Here’s why

Corporate or individual, anonymous or known, opaque or transparent — these keywords mark the committee reports on party financing and election expenditure.

The RLD has sensed a shift of Jat voters over to the BJP, and the saffron party would like Jayant to campaign in Jat-dominated areas. Both hope it’s a win-win

The fight between Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar will be the highlight of the elections in the state. Only one of them may survive politically

India’s SC rejected petitions for marriage equality, but Nepal’s SC rebuked the state for not registering same-sex marriages. What explains this difference?

There is no national anti-conversion law, but various states are enacting laws. Newer grounds where such so-called crimes can take place are being identified

Prime Minister Modi firmly believes that manufacturing capability is crucial as India seeks to take its rightful place as a global leader in a new world order.

Estranged allies, Congress chums of Rahul Gandhi, opposition leaders in general, caste leaders in remote locations, all are on BJP's poll-time radar.

The lure of a common civil code has for long attracted lawmakers. A new civil law, like the UCC, is an opportunity to reflect changed social mores — does it?

As farmers head towards Delhi to demand an MSP law for all crops, their 2020-'21 Delhi Chalo protests should remind us that their demand isn't new after all

A history of the slogan that has carried forward from Indian Independence to the present, and what it means to the tribal communities and forest dwellers

Hemant Soren says the BJP used agencies to topple his government as he is a tribal. The BJP, in turn, knows it needs a tribal leader for a headway in Jharkhand.

The Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi joined the rainbow family that stands opposed to the saffron alliance. Will this alliance stand a chance in Maharashtra’s politics?

Increasing the number of prisons is only half the work to address overcrowding. The other is to tackle the population of undertrials. These 4 charts show why

The destabilisation of the US-Iraq relationship is the latest strategic butterfly effect of the Gaza war; its spillover effects have now hit Jordan

A new book examines everything from pre-histories to post-realisations as well as the continuing impact of the movement that reframed the gender conversation

On the wild streets of San Francisco in the United States, a dramatic human versus autonomous vehicle conflict plays out

The Marathas seeking OBC reservation under the Kunbi caste are appeased for now. But the draft notification introduces a new way of establishing caste identity

Can regional parties afford to ignore national narratives of nationalism and Mandir politics in the upcoming polls? We speak to some representatives to find out

A recent Joint Allegation Letter on anti-LGBTQIA+ bills passed in Texas harks to a language of queer rights that newsletters in the ’90s in India popularised

The Indian Meteorological Department’s effort to offer data-driven weather forecast to vulnerable sectors is what this Kerala district has been doing since 2020

250 million houses with solar rooftops can deploy 637 GW — even a third of this is enough to meet India’s electricity demand from the residential sector

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