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In Munde exit, signs of caste, graft faultlines

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Updated on Mar 05, 2025 07:50 PM IST

The resignation of NCP leader Dhananjay Munde from the Devendra Fadnavis-led Maha Yuti government exposes the OBC-Maratha rivalry in Maharashtra politics

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, cognisant of the inflammatory potential of the images, acted decisively and forced Munde to step down. In the long term, Fadnavis will have to resolve the question of Maratha reservation if there’s to be peace in the state (PTI)

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A reality check for Bangladesh-India ties

Delhi and Dhaka need to have good ties as it important for India’s northeastern states whose security and economy benefited from better ties with Bangladesh

The Muhammad Yunu-led interim government in Dhaka would do well to show greater sensitivity to New Delhi’s concerns and red lines

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Published on Mar 04, 2025 07:50 PM IST

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How India must tackle the obesity challenge that it faces

A large overweight or obese child/young adult population will be a burden on the economy. Policymakers need to plan for this crisis well ahead in time

Given early obesity is a precursor for obesity and related complications in later life, focussed intervention among children, adolescents, and young adults, sustained over successive generations will be key

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Published on Mar 04, 2025 07:49 PM IST

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Navigating the great churn in global relations

It is also important that Kyiv is not bullied into a truce that compromises its national interests and rewards the aggressor.

The emergency gathering of the “willing coalition” of leaders from 20 European countries pledged support to Kyiv and promised to secure its sovereignty independent of Washington’s reset in its relations with Moscow (AP)

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Published on Mar 03, 2025 07:59 PM IST

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Spotlight on Sebi’s conduct

The regulator must not give the impression that it is keen on protecting its officials.

By leaving room for doubt, regulators carve the path for judicial intervention. This undermines their authority, creating a parallel, quasi-appellate system via the courts (REUTERS)

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Updated on Mar 03, 2025 07:55 PM IST

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Securing the growth path

GDP figures suggest India is doing well on growth. Synchronised policy interventions by fiscal and monetary arms of the government will help to sustain it

Now, economic policy must preserve the relative comfort of the country being the world’s fastest growing major economy and boost future growth. It will take reforms, focused bilateral trade deals (AFP)

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Published on Mar 02, 2025 08:50 PM IST

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NOAA downsizing is opportunity in crisis

The non-US West and large developing economies should reset international collaboration in climate research.

The agency’s severely depleted strength will dent climate monitoring, research, and modelling given it plays a strategic role in all of this across the globe (Bloomberg)

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Updated on Mar 02, 2025 08:47 PM IST

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Call for polls gets louder in Dhaka

As fractures show in the grouping that ousted Sheikh Hasina, impatience over the caretaker government’s poor performance is growing

While Muhammad Yunus is highly regarded, the interim government has little to show so far when it comes to the handling of Bangladesh’s economic problems or the restoration of complete normalcy following the chaos and instability that accompanied last year’s uprising (REUTERS)

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Published on Mar 01, 2025 08:00 AM IST

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Saving Chandigarh’s iconic Rock Garden

Chandigarh's administration faces backlash for vandalizing the Rock Garden's wall for road expansion, threatening this vital public heritage space.

Chandigarh, India March 14: View of Rock Garden in Chandigarh on Saturday, March 13,2020.Photo by Ravi Kumar/Hindustan Times

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Updated on Feb 27, 2025 08:23 PM IST

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Mercantilist view of US citizenship

Trump's Gold Card initiative offers expedited citizenship for a $5 million investment, reflecting a shift in US immigration policy favoring the wealthy.

Demonstrators from the Binational Migrant Organization hold up a 'pinata' depicting incoming US President Donald Trump during a protest against his inauguration outside the US embassy in Mexico City on January 20, 2025.

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Updated on Feb 27, 2025 08:23 PM IST

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Red lines that legislatures, lawmakers must respect

Expelling a member disrupts the democratic process and amounts to denying the people represented by the legislator, a voice in the legislative forum

While overturning Sunil Kumar Singh’s expulsion from the Bihar legislative council, the apex court said that though legislatures have the authority to discipline members, the penalties they impose must pass the judicial test (Facebook/Sunil Kumar Singh)

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Published on Feb 26, 2025 07:57 PM IST

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The representation challenge for the Centre

The ticking delimitation time bomb should be defused.

Any redistribution which works on the basis of current population numbers will lead to a drastic fall in the north-south balance in India’s national legislative (PTI)

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Updated on Feb 26, 2025 07:49 PM IST

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US policy flips and a new climate order

Time is running out for the planet, and it can’t afford a US-sized fetter dragging mitigation efforts down.

US President Donald Trump listens as French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a joint press conference in the East Room to the White House in Washington, DC, on February 24, 2025. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP) (AFP)

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Updated on Feb 25, 2025 08:04 PM IST

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Tackling farm distress in a focussed manner

The agriculture ministry has developed a Farmers’ Distress Index (FDI) to assess farm distress, but details on its implementation are still pending.

FILE PHOTO: A farmer walks in a corn field in Krishna district in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, India, April 1, 2024. REUTERS/Almaas Masood/File Photo (REUTERS)

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Updated on Feb 24, 2025 08:33 PM IST

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The rise of the German right

Germany's CDU/CSU is poised to form a government after elections, with rising support for the far-right AfD, reflecting a shift towards conservative policies.

A German flag flutters in the wind in front of the cupola of the Reichstag building that houses the Bundestag (lower house of German parliament) on February 24, 2025 in Berlin, one day after general elections. German election winner Friedrich Merz faced the task of quickly building a new government that is eagerly awaited in Europe at a time of tectonic change in transatlantic relations. After winning the February 23, 2025 election, the conservative Merz said a united Europe must build up its defences as US President Donald Trump has cast doubt over the future strength of the NATO alliance. As the Ukraine war grinds on into a fourth year, he also pledged continued support for Kyiv even as Trump hopes to end the conflict directly with Russia, over the heads of Ukraine and Europe. (Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP) (AFP)

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Updated on Feb 24, 2025 08:33 PM IST

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Setting climate action in order

Accelerating glacier melting is an emergency wrought by the climate crisis.

Developed nations and oil economies, as major per capita and historical emitters, and China and India, as major overall emitters, will have to figure out this pathway, making concessions to each other as needed (AFP)

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Updated on Feb 23, 2025 08:49 PM IST

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Riding on hope, delivering goods

The political dynamics in Delhi and NCR are aligned in favour of the ruling party to deliver on the promises. The time starts now

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta addresses her first press conference as the CM, after a cabinet meeting of the new government at the Delhi Secretariat, in New Delhi, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav) (PTI02_20_2025_000604A) (PTI)

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Published on Feb 21, 2025 10:41 PM IST

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When Russia and the US reset their relations

Repercussions of a transactional America unwilling to carry Europe's security burden and ready to do business with Moscow will immediately impact Kyiv

Washington’s pivot towards Moscow could be a part of its tactic to contain the Russia-China axis and allow it to deal with Beijing (AP)

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Published on Feb 20, 2025 08:54 PM IST

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Ensuring a clean Maha Kumbh

Pollution in the Ganga at the Sangam needs to be addressed with the help of science. Ignoring it will have consequences for public health

The two pollution regulators, CPCB and UPPCB, and NGT, must now clear the air. Given the metrics of water pollution are all clearly defined, it shouldn’t be too difficult (PTI)

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Updated on Feb 20, 2025 08:41 PM IST

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Regulations in face of vulgarity

The top court has flagged larger concerns about free speech on social media, but is an obscenity law really the answer?

**EDS: THIRD PARTY** In this screenshot taken from a video posted by @BeerBicepsGuy via X on Feb. 10, 2025, social media personality Ranveer Allahbadia apologises for his remarks on reality show 'India’s Got Latent'. (@BeerBicepsGuy via PTI Photo) (PTI02_10_2025_000253B) (@BeerBicepsGuy)

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Published on Feb 19, 2025 08:14 PM IST

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Doha link in India’s pivot to West Asia

India and Qatar's strategic partnership aims to boost trade, energy, and security, resolving past tensions and targeting $28 billion trade in five years.

New Delhi, Feb 18 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Mod with Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, Amir of the State of Qatar witness the signing of agreements between External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Qatar's Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Tuesday. (ANI Photo) (ANI)

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Updated on Feb 19, 2025 08:14 PM IST

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500 days of war later, Gaza’s fate uncertain

Attempts to erase the Gazans’ claim to their homeland may serve only to further radicalise not just the Palestinians but also sympathisers of Palestine

An aerial photograph taken by a drone shows tents amidst the destruction caused by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. AP/PTI(AP02_18_2025_000015A) (AP)

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Published on Feb 18, 2025 10:05 PM IST

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Tasks before the new CEC

Gyanesh Kumar becomes CEC amid challenges to ECI's integrity; must restore trust and ensure transparency in upcoming elections.

Election-Commission-of-India-tableaux PTI-Photo-Vijay-Verma

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Updated on Feb 21, 2025 04:04 PM IST

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TN-Centre NEP standoff needless in any language

The Centre and Tamil Nadu must open talks on reaching a solution that only has the best interests of students in mind.

New Delhi: Students raise slogans during a protest against the ‘National Education Policy (NEP) 2020’ organised by the All India Democratic Students' Organisation (AIDSO), at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav) (PTI11_30_2024_000196B) (PTI)

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Published on Feb 17, 2025 09:06 PM IST

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Aid politics and national interest

A row over the US cancelling $21 million for voter turnout in India raises concerns about foreign interference and transparency in aid funding.

FILE PHOTO: Relief supplies for families affected by Typhoon Durian arrive at the Manila international airport December 7, 2006. Americans, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), provided disaster relief and assistance to the Philippines after it was severely hurt by Typhoon Durian that killed 570 people and destroyed nearly 250,000 houses. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES)/File Photo (REUTERS)

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Updated on Feb 17, 2025 09:05 PM IST

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Call for Europe’s army is a sign of a continent in flux

An inward-looking US poses multiple questions to the idea of a united Europe

Zelensky’s call for an “armed forces of Europe” is only a reflection of a sentiment that recognises the storm gathering ahead (AFP)

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Updated on Feb 16, 2025 08:30 PM IST

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Falling off the tracks again

The New Delhi stampede was avoidable and highlights the need for better crowd management for mega-events like the Maha Kumbh

Crowd control measures have to look beyond policemen with lathis shepherding crowds and mere personnel deployment, and involve better organisation, coordination, scientific planning, and data-driven decision-making (ANI)

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Published on Feb 16, 2025 08:26 PM IST

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A MEGA push for India-US ties

Trump-Modi meeting in Washington scores high on bilateral trade, technology and energy collaborations

Washington, DC, Feb 14 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi walks along with US President Donald Trump at the White House, in Washington, DC on Thursday. (ANI Photo) (Narendra Modi - X)

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Published on Feb 14, 2025 09:38 PM IST

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Common ground in Paris & Delhi

Partnerships on AI and small modular reactors suggest keenness in both capitals to broaden the bilateral strategic partnership

French President Emmanuel Macron (C-L) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C-R) pose for a family picture before the closing session of the Franco-Indian Economic Forum at the Quai d'Orsay following the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit in Paris, on February 11, 2025. (Photo by Abdul Saboor / POOL / AFP) (AFP)

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Updated on Feb 13, 2025 08:07 PM IST

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Climate risks grow, hope for action fades

The needs are clear: Keep the Paris Agreement goals alive even as LMICs double down on funding for mitigation and adaptation from high-income countries.

TOPSHOT - -- AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2024 -- A woman wades through flood waters at an inundated residential area in Garissa, on May 9, 2024.. (Photo by LUIS TATO / AFP) / AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2024 (AFP)

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Updated on Feb 13, 2025 08:07 PM IST

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The resignation of NCP leader Dhananjay Munde from the Devendra Fadnavis-led Maha Yuti government exposes the OBC-Maratha rivalry in Maharashtra politics

Delhi and Dhaka need to have good ties as it important for India’s northeastern states whose security and economy benefited from better ties with Bangladesh

A large overweight or obese child/young adult population will be a burden on the economy. Policymakers need to plan for this crisis well ahead in time

It is also important that Kyiv is not bullied into a truce that compromises its national interests and rewards the aggressor.

The regulator must not give the impression that it is keen on protecting its officials.

GDP figures suggest India is doing well on growth. Synchronised policy interventions by fiscal and monetary arms of the government will help to sustain it

The non-US West and large developing economies should reset international collaboration in climate research.

As fractures show in the grouping that ousted Sheikh Hasina, impatience over the caretaker government’s poor performance is growing

Chandigarh's administration faces backlash for vandalizing the Rock Garden's wall for road expansion, threatening this vital public heritage space.

Trump's Gold Card initiative offers expedited citizenship for a $5 million investment, reflecting a shift in US immigration policy favoring the wealthy.

Expelling a member disrupts the democratic process and amounts to denying the people represented by the legislator, a voice in the legislative forum

The ticking delimitation time bomb should be defused.

Time is running out for the planet, and it can’t afford a US-sized fetter dragging mitigation efforts down.

The agriculture ministry has developed a Farmers’ Distress Index (FDI) to assess farm distress, but details on its implementation are still pending.

Germany's CDU/CSU is poised to form a government after elections, with rising support for the far-right AfD, reflecting a shift towards conservative policies.

Accelerating glacier melting is an emergency wrought by the climate crisis.

The political dynamics in Delhi and NCR are aligned in favour of the ruling party to deliver on the promises. The time starts now

Repercussions of a transactional America unwilling to carry Europe's security burden and ready to do business with Moscow will immediately impact Kyiv

Pollution in the Ganga at the Sangam needs to be addressed with the help of science. Ignoring it will have consequences for public health

The top court has flagged larger concerns about free speech on social media, but is an obscenity law really the answer?

India and Qatar's strategic partnership aims to boost trade, energy, and security, resolving past tensions and targeting $28 billion trade in five years.

Attempts to erase the Gazans’ claim to their homeland may serve only to further radicalise not just the Palestinians but also sympathisers of Palestine

Gyanesh Kumar becomes CEC amid challenges to ECI's integrity; must restore trust and ensure transparency in upcoming elections.

The Centre and Tamil Nadu must open talks on reaching a solution that only has the best interests of students in mind.

A row over the US cancelling $21 million for voter turnout in India raises concerns about foreign interference and transparency in aid funding.

An inward-looking US poses multiple questions to the idea of a united Europe

The New Delhi stampede was avoidable and highlights the need for better crowd management for mega-events like the Maha Kumbh

Trump-Modi meeting in Washington scores high on bilateral trade, technology and energy collaborations

Partnerships on AI and small modular reactors suggest keenness in both capitals to broaden the bilateral strategic partnership

The needs are clear: Keep the Paris Agreement goals alive even as LMICs double down on funding for mitigation and adaptation from high-income countries.

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