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Why Israel’s plan to occupy Gaza is flawed

Published on May 06, 2025 08:52 PM IST

International diplomacy has been a big failure in Gaza. Israel has focused on military action — talks have been in limbo since a short ceasefire ended in March — rather than negotiate the handover of the remaining hostages in the custody of Hamas (REUTERS)

Supreme Court raises the bar

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The move ushers in much-needed judicial transparency at a time when the institution is battling questions of propriety over post-retirement positions, money, and political power (Hindustan Times)

Published on May 06, 2025 08:58 PM IST

The case to preserve Mangar Bani as protected heritage

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Archaeologists and researchers working at the Mangar section of the range have found a trove of prehistoric tools and rock paintings from the Lower Palaeolithic age (HT Photo)

Updated on May 05, 2025 10:12 PM IST

The politics of apology

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A politics of confession that encourages politicians and parties to confess and offer regret for their errors — from corruption to communal riots to unprincipled alliances and party-hopping — could surely be a cathartic experience (PTI)

Published on May 05, 2025 09:36 PM IST

Amaravati’s second life and the future of urbanisation

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The return of Naidu to office in 2024 led to a revival of the project, with the Centre and World Bank agreeing to fund it (@APDeputyCMO)

Updated on May 04, 2025 10:01 PM IST

Reversal for the reforms process

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The court’s order, unless it is reversed by a larger bench, threatens to jeopardise not just JSPL’s investments but also the recoveries made by BSPL’s creditors, most of which are public sector banks (REUTERS)

Updated on May 05, 2025 07:30 AM IST

Share, not fight over, the rivers

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In the long-run, though, water-sharing will remain a major point of contention between Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi unless there is a serious assessment of the long-term needs, resource availability, storage and transfer infrastructure, and mitigation measures (for both dry and wet seasons)

Updated on May 02, 2025 09:33 PM IST

Hundred days that shook the US and the world

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Trump’s biggest challenge is in the realm of the economy. His “Liberation Day” reciprocal tariff announcements have managed to shock the Americans more than the rest of the world (AFP)

Published on May 02, 2025 07:00 PM IST

The case for a popular government in Manipur

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Chief minister Biren Singh was responsible for the mess in Manipur. His actions and pronouncements when ethnic tensions started to roil the state undermined the administration’s authority and gave the impression that it was partisan in dealing with the violence (AFP)

Published on May 01, 2025 08:34 PM IST

The return of caste census

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Both the BJP and Congress now recognise that they must address caste as a political category rather than engage with it tactically through instruments of patronage (HT Photo)

Updated on Apr 30, 2025 08:11 PM IST

After Pahalgam, reset in India-Afghanistan ties

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It is significant that the Taliban regime condemned the terror attack that killed 26 people and said such incidents undermine regional security (ANI)

Published on Apr 30, 2025 10:08 PM IST

Keeping private schools in check

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New Delhi, India. 16th April 2025: Several parents of students studying in private schools in the Delhi area staged a protest against an alleged fee hike in front of the Directorate of Education office at Delhi Vidhan Sabha in New Delhi, India, on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (Photo by Arvind Yadav/Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Apr 30, 2025 07:27 PM IST

The right to criticise, in good faith

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Claims related to health effects must be factual and disclosure about potential adverse effects, including of specific ingredients, must be made transparently (AP)

Published on Apr 29, 2025 07:50 PM IST

Time for reset in Canada ties

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The victory of Carney offers an opportunity for New Delhi and Ottawa to return to the table to reshape the overall relationship (AP)

Updated on Apr 29, 2025 07:49 PM IST

On service charges, restaurants are wrong

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Salary agreements have to be made on the basis of the revenue the restaurants generate or expect to generate, not on the basis of passing on a part of the burden to the consumer through an extra charge

Published on Apr 28, 2025 08:15 PM IST

Free trade must also be fair trade

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Ceding to such demands will amount to a double injustice: India being shortchanged in the ongoing bilateral negotiations where its exporters lose market access for not adhering to what are extremely expensive standards, and the largest block of advanced economies unfairly imposing these conditions on a developing economy (@narendramodi)

Updated on Apr 28, 2025 08:16 PM IST

The journey ahead in India-China ties

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Notwithstanding the importance of the pilgrimage, it’s important to remember that it is but one part of the complex nature of Sino-India ties

Published on Apr 27, 2025 09:31 PM IST

Falling short on credibility

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This offer has little credibility because of Pakistan’s past record in cooperating with India in investigating terrorist attacks (via REUTERS)

Updated on Apr 27, 2025 08:13 PM IST

Big Tech gets a reality check from Europe

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The Competition Commission of India (CCI), which has opened many investigations, forcing companies such as Google to commit to mending their ways, is on the right path (REUTERS)

Published on Apr 24, 2025 08:23 PM IST

Closing the terror tap after Pahalgam

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The suspension of IWT— brokered by the World Bank to divide the six rivers of the Indus Basin between the two countries — may not have the spectacular element of a surgical strike across the Line of Control or International Border but its long-term implications for Pakistan could be far more serious (REUTERS)

Updated on Apr 24, 2025 08:23 PM IST

The good news for India in IMF’s outlook

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Conciliatory noises by the Trump administration — Trump saying he won’t fire the US federal reserve chairman, and the US treasury secretary saying current tariffs between US and China are unsustainable — in the aftermath of the WEO report suggest that all hope is not lost (Bloomberg)

Updated on Apr 23, 2025 08:26 PM IST

After Pahalgam, the just response

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It is widely expected that India will react militarily to the terror strike — targeting, as it did after the Pulwama and Uri attacks, terror pods across the border (REUTERS)

Updated on Apr 23, 2025 08:19 PM IST

Street to studio, verse as art commodity

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Aziz fears that his political art has been appropriated and commodified in a studio environment, which produces a sanitised aesthetics that is in sharp contrast to the language of protest

Published on Apr 22, 2025 09:27 PM IST

Revival of terror spectre in J&K

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The separatist narrative, enabled and sustained by Pakistan, that peace was impossible in Kashmir, was negated by the picture of a resurgent economy and a local population welcoming of tourists. Tuesday’s attackers want to puncture this scenario and push the region back into an abyss of fear and desperation (PTI)

Published on Apr 22, 2025 09:27 PM IST

A pope who spoke for the poor and marginalised

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Pope Francis’s election in 2013 was in extraordinary circumstances when Pope Benedict XVI decided to resign from the papal office, a first in 600 years (AP Photo)

Updated on Apr 23, 2025 06:17 AM IST

Resetting Delhi, Dhaka ties

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Dhaka’s open welcome to Beijing, while ignoring Indian sensitivities, has not been lost on New Delhi (AFP)

Updated on Apr 18, 2025 11:25 PM IST

UK court ruling risks shrinking transgender rights

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There is a global pushback against transgender inclusion, evident in not just the roll-back of key protections for such persons in the US but also actively hostile laws enacted by other jurisdictions (AP)

Updated on Apr 17, 2025 08:40 PM IST

Cost of Trump’s many trade wars

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This disruption should be seen as a global shock rather than some new zero-sum game to India’s advantage (Bloomberg)

Updated on Apr 17, 2025 08:39 PM IST

New front in the federalism debate

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The Justice Joseph committee could also enrich the ongoing conversation on federalism and even help reset the contours of the Centre-state relations, especially regarding the fraught matters of delimitation and revenues (Arvind Yadav/HT PHOTO)

Published on Apr 16, 2025 07:49 PM IST

Need to hedge against variability of monsoon

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Deluge and drought can affect crop yields, cause significant damage in terms of the infrastructure and human toll they extract, and result in serious economic pain, not just for the farming community but beyond

Updated on Apr 16, 2025 07:51 PM IST

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