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The Waqf disquiet in West Bengal

Editorials

Published on Apr 14, 2025 08:26 PM IST

The state’s political leadership should have communicated that its principled stance against the Act should not be read as licence to disrupt law and order

While the state’s political leadership can disagree with the Act, the CM and her team must ensure social peace (PTI)

ByHT Editorial

The message from Bengaluru

Karnataka’s caste survey poses political and legal challenges — its impact will be felt beyond the state

The Congress’s Karnataka unit is more of a rainbow of castes, interest groups and communities, which can unravel if it pushes hard with the survey (Siddaramaih - X)

Editorials

Published on Apr 14, 2025 08:03 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

A reshaping of federalism

SC's timeline for assent to state bills gives new contours to federalism, but raises key questions

The court was aware of the historic nature of the judgment and carefully considered the question of judicial overreach (ANI)

Editorials

Updated on Apr 13, 2025 09:14 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

Towards closure on 26/11 attacks

After Rana’s extradition, the focus must be on uncovering information on parties whose links to the attack remain shrouded

Justice must be served in Rana’s case, but equally the focus must be on exposing the role of those within Pakistan’s military and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) who facilitated the LeT in going ahead with the attacks (AFP)

Editorials

Updated on Apr 11, 2025 08:48 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

The road ahead for HEI accreditation

NAAC must go beyond the purge of errant assessors and roll out key Radhakrishnan committee reforms post haste

The assessment body must consider institutionalising sustained stakeholder feedback to make its system more responsive to the actual demand-base it needs to cater for — the country’s students

Editorials

Published on Apr 10, 2025 08:15 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

Decoding Trump’s tariff pause

The US president’s flip-flop signals uncertainty that can’t be beneficial from any large economy’s perspective, including India

Trump 2.0 has managed to unleash a kind of uncertainty on the global economic order, which will have a crippling effect on long-term economic decisions not just in financial markets but also the real economy (Getty Images via AFP)

Editorials

Published on Apr 10, 2025 08:10 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

A diminished Iran talks to America

Iran has been greatly diminished by developments in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen, where its proxy militias have suffered humiliating defeats

There is good reason for drawing Iran back into nuclear talks — experts believe Tehran could soon have enough weapons-grade uranium to make a nuclear warhead. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY (via REUTERS)

Editorials

Published on Apr 09, 2025 07:08 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

Rate action with eye on trade war

US tariffs and other headwinds will need RBI to be nimble on liquidity and forex management

The only significant tailwind for India at the moment is the global bear market in commodity prices which will not just help control inflation but could also neutralise GDP headwinds to an extent in things such as energy imports as the import component goes down (ANI Grab)

Editorials

Updated on Apr 09, 2025 07:06 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

Rethink safety regime for amusement park and fair rides

The existing framework places all responsibility for safety on owners/operators, and very little on the local administration and city police

Missing in all of this is a requirement for the corporation to periodically and scientifically assess the safety of technology, operations, and the skill-level of ride-operators (Hindustan Times)

Editorials

Updated on Apr 08, 2025 07:14 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

Defining Raj Bhavans’ remit

Governors must heed the constitutional bounds of office, as underlined by the SC in TN governor case

The practice of indefinitely sitting on bills passed by the legislative assembly undermine electoral democracy and violate the spirit of the Constitution (ANI Pic Service)

Editorials

Published on Apr 08, 2025 07:10 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

The challenges before CPM’s new leadership

A global erosion of space in the political sphere for the Left, the party’s stunting in terms of membership -- the new leadership must work on many issues

For an ideology-driven political outfit, such transitions are also about ensuring continuity (PTI)

Editorials

Published on Apr 07, 2025 08:17 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

A barometer of Trump turmoil

Turmoil in Asian markets suggests US tariffs may cause a deeper disruption beyond global trade

Monday’s market mayhem reinforces the importance of two essential behaviour among retail investors : long-term thinking and balanced asset allocation (AFP)

Editorials

Updated on Apr 07, 2025 08:13 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

CSK must tackle its Dhoni problem

Thus far this year, though, CSK have adopted a Dhoni-first, instead of a team-first approach and that is hurting them

Dhoni looks like a player who has reached his limit but refuses to acknowledge it (PTI)

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Published on Apr 06, 2025 07:05 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

Goodwill pays off in Colombo

PM Modi’s visit has helped counterbalance China’s expanding footprint in the region

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake repeated his assurance that he would not allow Sri Lankan soil to be used against Indian interests and made it clear that this would also apply to the waters around the island nation (AFP)

Editorials

Updated on Apr 06, 2025 07:00 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

Dealing with the Waqf storm

Parliament passed the Waqf (Amendment) Bill amid intense debate, facing opposition over concerns it violates rights and promotes state overreach.

Kolkata, India - April 4, 2025: Joint Forum For Waqf Protection stage a protest rally against Waqf Amendment Bill in Kolkata, India, on Friday, April 4, 2025. (Photo by Samir Jana/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

Editorials

Updated on Apr 04, 2025 09:43 PM IST

ByHT Editorials

A first move to reaffirm public trust in the judiciary

The decision of the 33 judges of the Supreme Court that they will make their assets and liabilities public will help in restoring public trust in the judiciary

As in any institution, the judiciary too has its black sheep. The challenge is to encourage transparency in the system (ANI)

Editorials

Published on Apr 03, 2025 08:19 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

America’s war with the world

Weaponisation of tariff will wreak havoc on global trade, unlikely to resolve President Trump’s domestic concerns

Trump’s latest decision is a classic case of the road to hell being paved with good intentions (REUTERS)

Editorials

Published on Apr 03, 2025 08:15 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

Dhaka’s self goal in Beijing

Interim leader’s insensitive remarks on India’s Northeast do not augur well for bilateral ties

Yunus’s exaggerated claim as “guardian of the ocean” exposes his ignorance of geography (Raj K Raj/HT PHOTO)

Editorials

Updated on Apr 02, 2025 07:45 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

Standing with the law of the land

Maharashtra CM Fadnavis affirms legal protection for Aurangzeb's grave, urging peace over protests and focusing on development, not divisive history.

Maharashtra’s political agenda can’t revolve around the memory of a divisive ruler from the past, and the government must uphold the law (PTI)

Editorials

Updated on Apr 02, 2025 11:20 AM IST

ByHT Editorial

Breathing easy in the National Capital Region

The gains for NCR air quality from Punjab, Haryana and UP’s moving away from non-basmati rice for a part of their paddy acreages could be truly consequential

The proposed shift must carefully weigh the implications for the government’s grain reserves, given buffer stock and public distribution requirements

Editorials

Published on Apr 01, 2025 08:43 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

Recalibration of India-China ties

India and China mark 75 years of diplomatic ties amid trade talks, reflecting a cautious thaw in relations despite historical tensions.

It isn’t lost on anyone that the outreach came a day ahead of US President Donald Trump’s expected announcement of wide-ranging trade tariffs against countries including India and China (ANI)

Editorials

Updated on Apr 01, 2025 08:38 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

Timely justice in India: Can AI be the answer?

AI can address inefficiencies, streamline processes, and make justice delivery faster and fairer

With millions of cases in the backlog, AI can help manage case tracking, scheduling, and document processing (Hindustan Times)

Editorials

Updated on Apr 01, 2025 08:35 PM IST

ByPunarjit Roychowdhury

In Bihar, two fronts in pursuit of power

If the NDA looks like a stable coalition with a clear narrative, the Opposition alliance is yet to get its act together

Tejashwi Yadav’s challenge will be to keep the gathbandhan together and offer a narrative that offsets the criticism about its past record in office while challenging the NDA’s claims on governance (HT Photo)

Editorials

Updated on Mar 31, 2025 07:40 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

Larger lesson in welfare dispute

Preserving the Centre-state equilibrium is essential to keep MGNREGS going

The funding-implementation asymmetry in centrally sponsored schemes (CSSs) — the Union government provide the funds and state governments implement them — is always a delicate equilibrium which can be destabilised easily (ANI)

Editorials

Updated on Mar 31, 2025 07:29 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

Monarchy is dead, long live the monarchy

Stakeholders in India, who too would like to see the restoration of Nepal’s monarchy would do well to consider that further protests will only increase instability in the neighbouring country

The protests last week are a sign of the people’s growing disillusionment with political instability in the country over the past two decades. (AP)

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Published on Mar 30, 2025 09:43 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

Free speech is not negotiable

There is a message for the political class in Supreme Court’s reiteration of the constitutional right

India, of course, has a great tradition — oral, written and performative — privileging the right of artists to challenge authority. (Shutterstock)

Editorials

Published on Mar 30, 2025 09:35 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

Reconfiguring ties with Russia

Лавров сообщил о подготовке визита Путина в Индию, подчеркивая важность обновления отношений и расширения торговли между странами.

India has so far adroitly managed its relationship with Russia even while forging increasingly closer security and trade ties in the past two decades with the US, the historically different poles in world order (PIB)

Editorials

Updated on Mar 28, 2025 07:50 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

Battling colour and gender prejudices

Kerala chief secretary Sarada Muraleedharan’s account of having faced such biases, hopefully, should strengthen efforts to battle these

There has been visible change over the past few decades, but the gulf that remains to be bridged is not small either

Editorials

Published on Mar 27, 2025 07:55 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

Old alliance, new context

BJP and AIADMK get closer to reviving their alliance in Tamil Nadu. But the political ground has shifted

Political calculations in Tamil Nadu in the coming days will be a complicated affair because of a new entrant, actor Vijay, whose star power is a big draw among young voters and a section of the minorities (ANI X)

Editorials

Updated on Mar 27, 2025 07:38 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

Delhi must rationalise jet fuel VAT rates

Delhi should lower VAT on ATF to stay competitive as neighbouring UP offers much lower rates

It would lower the burden on domestic airlines, some of which are struggling to recover costs. Improved airline health and competitiveness against foreign airlines due to the elimination of the tax disadvantage will have spillover gains for Delhi in terms of jobs, sales, and a boost to tourism and hospitality (Hindustan Times)

Editorials

Updated on Mar 26, 2025 08:59 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

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The state’s political leadership should have communicated that its principled stance against the Act should not be read as licence to disrupt law and order

Karnataka’s caste survey poses political and legal challenges — its impact will be felt beyond the state

SC's timeline for assent to state bills gives new contours to federalism, but raises key questions

After Rana’s extradition, the focus must be on uncovering information on parties whose links to the attack remain shrouded

NAAC must go beyond the purge of errant assessors and roll out key Radhakrishnan committee reforms post haste

The US president’s flip-flop signals uncertainty that can’t be beneficial from any large economy’s perspective, including India

Iran has been greatly diminished by developments in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen, where its proxy militias have suffered humiliating defeats

US tariffs and other headwinds will need RBI to be nimble on liquidity and forex management

The existing framework places all responsibility for safety on owners/operators, and very little on the local administration and city police

Governors must heed the constitutional bounds of office, as underlined by the SC in TN governor case

A global erosion of space in the political sphere for the Left, the party’s stunting in terms of membership -- the new leadership must work on many issues

Turmoil in Asian markets suggests US tariffs may cause a deeper disruption beyond global trade

Thus far this year, though, CSK have adopted a Dhoni-first, instead of a team-first approach and that is hurting them

PM Modi’s visit has helped counterbalance China’s expanding footprint in the region

Parliament passed the Waqf (Amendment) Bill amid intense debate, facing opposition over concerns it violates rights and promotes state overreach.

The decision of the 33 judges of the Supreme Court that they will make their assets and liabilities public will help in restoring public trust in the judiciary

Weaponisation of tariff will wreak havoc on global trade, unlikely to resolve President Trump’s domestic concerns

Interim leader’s insensitive remarks on India’s Northeast do not augur well for bilateral ties

Maharashtra CM Fadnavis affirms legal protection for Aurangzeb's grave, urging peace over protests and focusing on development, not divisive history.

The gains for NCR air quality from Punjab, Haryana and UP’s moving away from non-basmati rice for a part of their paddy acreages could be truly consequential

India and China mark 75 years of diplomatic ties amid trade talks, reflecting a cautious thaw in relations despite historical tensions.

AI can address inefficiencies, streamline processes, and make justice delivery faster and fairer

If the NDA looks like a stable coalition with a clear narrative, the Opposition alliance is yet to get its act together

Preserving the Centre-state equilibrium is essential to keep MGNREGS going

Stakeholders in India, who too would like to see the restoration of Nepal’s monarchy would do well to consider that further protests will only increase instability in the neighbouring country

There is a message for the political class in Supreme Court’s reiteration of the constitutional right

Лавров сообщил о подготовке визита Путина в Индию, подчеркивая важность обновления отношений и расширения торговли между странами.

Kerala chief secretary Sarada Muraleedharan’s account of having faced such biases, hopefully, should strengthen efforts to battle these

BJP and AIADMK get closer to reviving their alliance in Tamil Nadu. But the political ground has shifted

Delhi should lower VAT on ATF to stay competitive as neighbouring UP offers much lower rates

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