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Mike Waltz’s demotion is a loss for defence hawks

In recent days Mr Trump has expressed frustration with Russia while finally reaching a mineral-rights agreement with Ukraine.

President Trump appoints Secretary of State Marco Rubio as acting national security adviser, replacing Mike Waltz, who is nominated for UN ambassador amidst recent departures and controversies.(Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)(AFP)

World News

Updated on May 02, 2025 07:16 AM IST

The Economist

Page to screen: On Queer, desire and disembodiment

There is no tenderness in ‘Queer’ by William S Burroughs. Luca Guadagnino’s film adaptation, however, is injected with sentiment and sensuality

“When Burroughs described Lee as a man whose “face was ravaged and vicious and old,” Daniel Craig is not the first person who comes to mind. Sporting wrinkled linen suits, khakis and a fedora, the English actor can make even the sordid tasteful.” (Film still from MUBI)

Books

Published on May 02, 2025 06:11 AM IST

By Prahlad Srihari

Drawing Room: Tanushree Chakraborty on Shahid Parvez’s whimsical art

Sholay’s Dhanno, a cow slurping ice-cream, a riot of colour – Shahid Parvez’s paintings are a joyride of childlike imagination and grown-up emotions

Shahid Parvez’s Chal Meri Dhanno balances playfulness with depth.

Brunch

Updated on May 02, 2025 03:45 PM IST

ByNoor Anand Chawla

Pakistan's dubious record of violating bilateral pacts, global resolutions

Pakistan has violated numerous international treaties and UN resolutions, supporting terrorism while disregarding human rights and regional agreements.

Pakistan has violated scores of treaties over the years and neglected various human rights conventions(REUTERS)

India News

Published on May 02, 2025 04:55 AM IST

ByShishir Gupta, New Delhi

Hundred days that shook the US and the world

Global power relations and the world economy are reeling under Trump's radical policies

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)

Editorials

Published on May 01, 2025 11:05 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

The case for a popular government in Manipur

A closure in the ethnic conflict may take time, but it’s time measures to initiate the healing process are started

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)

Editorials

Published on May 01, 2025 08:32 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

How caste census is set to change narratives in Indian politics

In the long-run, this will lead to a diminishing of the electoral base of influential parties such as the RJD and Samajwadi Party (SP)

A potent combination of Hindutva, an aggressive anti-Pakistan centric nationalism, the promise of Viksit Bharat is likely to help the party overcome the caste fault line in Hindu society that anti-BJP social justice groups have historically used for electoral mobilisation (HT Photo)

Opinion

Published on May 01, 2025 08:27 PM IST

ByBadri Narayan

Airlines must avoid getting grounded by pilot burnout

The situation in India, airline executives say, is already at alarming levels with many pilots being declared unfit

The director general of civil aviation (DGCA) came up with new duty guidelines in October 2023 aimed at making the life of crew easier, with adequate and enhanced rest periods. For the airlines, this meant a spike in costs as they would need additional crew, and the matter expectedly landed up in court (HT Photo)

Opinion

Published on May 01, 2025 08:23 PM IST

ByAnjuli Bhargava

It’s about human connections, not just about ‘us’ and ‘them’ in Kashmir

The author reflects on their recent trip to Kashmir, highlighting connections made despite political tensions, and impact of terrorism on human relationships

During our trip, we learnt more about human connection, about jealousy, about forgiveness. The more we connect with each other, the better we become. (AP)

India News

Updated on May 01, 2025 07:23 PM IST

ByAditi Kundu

Nearly 1/3 of central India’s districts lack climate resilience capacity: Study

Study assessed 102 districts in 4 states - MP, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, UP — susceptible to erratic rainfall, rising temperatures and drought-like conditions

Nearly 30% of Central India’s districts are poorly equipped to withstand and adapt to climate change impacts, according to a new study (AFP file photo/ Representational image)

India News

Published on May 01, 2025 04:16 PM IST

ByBadri Chatterjee

Breaking gender bias in the age of AI

This article is authored by Neha Bagaria, founder and CEO, HerKey.

future tech

Published on May 01, 2025 02:31 PM IST

ByNeha Bagaria

Unlocking the full potential of employment through direct selling

This article is authored by Gautam Bali, managing director and founder, Vestige Marketing Pvt Ltd.

Economic Policy

Published on May 01, 2025 02:23 PM IST

ByGautam Bali

A change that’s quietly taking root

Authored by - Dr IV Subba Rao, former IAS officer and senior advisor, CSF and Ashish Dhawan, founder-chairperson, Central Square Foundation, New Delhi.

knowledge

Published on May 01, 2025 02:15 PM IST

ByI V Subba Rao, Ashish Dhawan

Navigating India-Russia relations in the Trump era

This article is authored by Pravesh Kumar Gupta, associate fellow (Eurasia), Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi.

International Affairs

Published on May 01, 2025 02:08 PM IST

ByPravesh Kumar Gupta

Terms of Trade: Mandal wins, por ahora

The announcement of caste census is a victory for the expanding OBC quotas, but it needn’t lead to electoral gains for Mandal parties and Congress.

An enumerator staff collects information from residents for a caste-based census in Bihar in 2023. (Santosh Kumar/ HT File Photo)

India News

Updated on May 01, 2025 11:46 AM IST

ByRoshan Kishore

Foreign Jihadists Helped Syria’s Rebels Take Power. Now They’re a Problem.

Up to 10,000 fighters lent muscle during the overthrow of the Assad regime.

World News

Published on May 01, 2025 11:12 AM IST

WSJ

How to Split a Restaurant Bill in 2025? We Asked an Etiquette Expert

Etiquette expert Nick Leighton of the podcast ‘Were You Raised By Wolves?’ walks us through navigating the meal’s most stressful moment.

Business

Published on May 01, 2025 10:44 AM IST

WSJ

U.S. Army Plans Massive Increase in Its Use of Drones

The shift to more small unmanned aircraft is based on lessons from Ukraine battlefield.

World News

Published on May 01, 2025 10:36 AM IST

WSJ

Trump’s tariffs are starting to hammer Chinese exporters

If the tariffs remain in place, the WTO expects that Chinese goods exports to America, worth about $440bn last year, will fall by 77% in 2025.

This photo shows a gerenal view of China's and USA's flags during a meeting between US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and China's Vice Premier He Lifeng at the Guangdong Zhudao Guest House in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou.(AFP)

Business

Published on May 01, 2025 10:34 AM IST

The Economist

League of its own: A volleyball contest in Assam is upturning notions of sport

BVL is the brainchild of Abhijit Bhattacharya, that Indian volleyball captain previously living out a quiet life in ONGC.

Assam’s Brahmaputra Volley League (BVL) is poles apart from the IPL or our ideas of what sports leagues are all about. (Instagram)

India News

Updated on May 01, 2025 05:48 AM IST

BySharda Ugra

How technology will reshape patient care and compliance by 2030

This article is authored by Fayazoddin Mohamad, senior regulatory compliance and pharmacy management expert, Rite Drugs LLC.

Public Health

Published on Apr 30, 2025 09:49 PM IST

ByFayazoddin Mohamad

The return of caste census

Union government to include caste enumeration in census, reshaping Indian politics and policies, despite previous opposition from major parties.

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)

Editorials

Updated on Apr 30, 2025 08:03 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

After Pahalgam, reset in India-Afghanistan ties

India’s engagement with the Taliban has moved forward largely because of a sense of pragmatism in New Delhi

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

Editorials

Published on Apr 30, 2025 08:00 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

Regulators must make India’s financial system climate-proof

Regulators, including RBI, recognize climate risks to financial stability but lack unified frameworks, hindering capital mobilization for climate action.

RBI must use its forward guidance instrument to make the direction clear

Opinion

Updated on Apr 30, 2025 10:24 PM IST

ByLabanya Prakash Jena

Remembering women as the agents of history

In a country where women’s history remains subterranean, commemoration must become an act of intention

Even in the popular imagination, woman as a historical figure remains trapped in the trifecta of tropes -- mother, martyr, or muse

Opinion

Published on Apr 30, 2025 07:53 PM IST

ByShubhrastha

Keeping private schools in check

Delhi's proposed fee regulation bill aims to curb profiteering in private schools, ensuring parental involvement and addressing arbitrary fee hikes.

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)

Editorials

Updated on Apr 30, 2025 06:53 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

Kishore Mahbubani: “India will have to engage the rest of the world more”

The author of ‘Living the Asian Century’ on overcoming his deprived childhood, Singapore’s secret MPH formula, his diplomatic career and his Sindhi roots

Kishore Mahbubani, author, diplomat, and former president of the UN Security Council (Courtesy mahbubani.net)

Books

Published on Apr 30, 2025 05:02 PM IST

BySaaz Aggarwal

Address the rising burden of NCDs in India

This article is authored by Dr Nalini Saligram, founder & CEO, Arogya World.

Public Health

Published on Apr 30, 2025 01:44 PM IST

ByDr Nalini Saligram

The Art of a Good Unicorn| Hard lessons from the Gensol - BluSmart case

The debacle has brought to light that the independent directors are not given any real powers or heard by the promoters

BluSmart - deemed to have been the golden child of India’s electric vehicle revolution - was a startup with which no one could have imagined such crises. (REUTERS)

Opinion

Updated on Apr 30, 2025 01:19 PM IST

ByShrija Agrawal

How Covid reset the rules of drug development

This article is authored by Aditya Sharma, head, Process Solutions, India Region, Merck Life Science, New Delhi.

Public Health

Published on Apr 30, 2025 01:01 PM IST

ByAditya Sharma

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In recent days Mr Trump has expressed frustration with Russia while finally reaching a mineral-rights agreement with Ukraine.

There is no tenderness in ‘Queer’ by William S Burroughs. Luca Guadagnino’s film adaptation, however, is injected with sentiment and sensuality

Sholay’s Dhanno, a cow slurping ice-cream, a riot of colour – Shahid Parvez’s paintings are a joyride of childlike imagination and grown-up emotions

Pakistan has violated numerous international treaties and UN resolutions, supporting terrorism while disregarding human rights and regional agreements.

Global power relations and the world economy are reeling under Trump's radical policies

A closure in the ethnic conflict may take time, but it’s time measures to initiate the healing process are started

In the long-run, this will lead to a diminishing of the electoral base of influential parties such as the RJD and Samajwadi Party (SP)

The situation in India, airline executives say, is already at alarming levels with many pilots being declared unfit

The author reflects on their recent trip to Kashmir, highlighting connections made despite political tensions, and impact of terrorism on human relationships

Study assessed 102 districts in 4 states - MP, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, UP — susceptible to erratic rainfall, rising temperatures and drought-like conditions

This article is authored by Neha Bagaria, founder and CEO, HerKey.

This article is authored by Gautam Bali, managing director and founder, Vestige Marketing Pvt Ltd.

Authored by - Dr IV Subba Rao, former IAS officer and senior advisor, CSF and Ashish Dhawan, founder-chairperson, Central Square Foundation, New Delhi.

This article is authored by Pravesh Kumar Gupta, associate fellow (Eurasia), Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi.

The announcement of caste census is a victory for the expanding OBC quotas, but it needn’t lead to electoral gains for Mandal parties and Congress.

Up to 10,000 fighters lent muscle during the overthrow of the Assad regime.

Etiquette expert Nick Leighton of the podcast ‘Were You Raised By Wolves?’ walks us through navigating the meal’s most stressful moment.

The shift to more small unmanned aircraft is based on lessons from Ukraine battlefield.

If the tariffs remain in place, the WTO expects that Chinese goods exports to America, worth about $440bn last year, will fall by 77% in 2025.

BVL is the brainchild of Abhijit Bhattacharya, that Indian volleyball captain previously living out a quiet life in ONGC.

This article is authored by Fayazoddin Mohamad, senior regulatory compliance and pharmacy management expert, Rite Drugs LLC.

Union government to include caste enumeration in census, reshaping Indian politics and policies, despite previous opposition from major parties.

India’s engagement with the Taliban has moved forward largely because of a sense of pragmatism in New Delhi

Regulators, including RBI, recognize climate risks to financial stability but lack unified frameworks, hindering capital mobilization for climate action.

In a country where women’s history remains subterranean, commemoration must become an act of intention

Delhi's proposed fee regulation bill aims to curb profiteering in private schools, ensuring parental involvement and addressing arbitrary fee hikes.

The author of ‘Living the Asian Century’ on overcoming his deprived childhood, Singapore’s secret MPH formula, his diplomatic career and his Sindhi roots

This article is authored by Dr Nalini Saligram, founder & CEO, Arogya World.

The debacle has brought to light that the independent directors are not given any real powers or heard by the promoters

This article is authored by Aditya Sharma, head, Process Solutions, India Region, Merck Life Science, New Delhi.

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