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Sangh’s signal on LGBT rights

Updated on Jan 12, 2023 03:27 IST

Mohan Bhagwat’s comments carry tremendous weight in its embrace of ideas of equality and tolerance.

HC shows due process is key

The Kochhars are accused of corruption, cheating and violating the law in sanctioning dubious high-value loans to Videocon. (Satish Bate/Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jan 10, 2023 14:23 IST

Piecemeal efforts to curb bad air are futile

Heavy smog in New Delhi, January 9, 2023 (Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jan 10, 2023 14:23 IST

Decarbonisation in India gets a big boost

The good news is that India has an advantage in terms of low-cost renewable electricity (green hydrogen is produced from renewable sources by electrolysis).

Published on Jan 9, 2023 14:21 IST

What the Supreme Court order on UCC reveals

The court noted that there was no legal infirmity in the constitution of panels to examine the feasibility of UCC.

Published on Jan 9, 2023 14:19 IST

A dire warning from Joshimath

These risks too were flagged early and are well known, yet neither governments nor citizens paid any heed, a story repeated time and again in cases of indiscriminate development of fragile ecosystems across the country. (PTI)

Updated on Jan 9, 2023 01:22 IST

Bihar caste census must be foolproof

An enumerator staff marks a house during the first phase of the caste-based census in Bihar, in Patna, January 7, 2023 (PTI)

Updated on Jan 9, 2023 01:22 IST

No census before 2024 elections?

That the census has been delayed under a government which takes pride in having increased state capacity and improved India’s international standing is ironic.

Published on Jan 6, 2023 14:56 IST

Eviction orders need to be just and humane

Residents take out a candle march against the Uttarakhand High Court's order for removal of encroachments from the railway land, in Haldwani.

Updated on Jan 6, 2023 02:46 IST

A crucial step for education

UGC chairperson M Jagadesh Kumar said foreign universities offering full-time, offline programmes will be granted 10-year-long approvals, the freedom to devise admission processes, fee structures and faculty recruitment, subject to transparency and quality benchmarks.

Updated on Jan 5, 2023 16:38 IST

Fix the Ashram traffic crisis

The Ashram project is not the first one where the various agencies and officials involved assume that it’s all right to inconvenience people because of the greater (and eventual) good, and, therefore, do not spend too much time and effort trying to minimise this inconvenience; and it won’t be the last either. (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jan 5, 2023 03:00 IST

Siachen: Another gender barrier falls

Captain Shiva Chauhan of Fire and Fury Sappers became the first woman officer to be operationally deployed post-completion of arduous training in Kumar Post on the Siachen glacier (ANI)

Updated on Jan 4, 2023 14:36 IST

Building a pact on free speech

It is now up to the political class to forge a compact and a code of conduct that can be uniformly enforced to ensure no inflammatory remarks can be made for expediency, though the current state of polarised discourse doesn’t hold out hope for such an eventuality (PTI)

Updated on Jan 4, 2023 03:45 IST

Need pragmatism to tackle the slowdown

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, Berlin, October 26, 2022 (REUTERS)

Updated on Jan 4, 2023 03:46 IST

Decoding the note ban verdict

In her dissenting opinion, justice BV Nagarathna differed with the other judges on the second question. She ruled that the decision violated legal and procedural norms and said demonetisation could be carried out only through legislation approved by Parliament, not through an executive decision. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Updated on Jan 2, 2023 15:08 IST

Delimitation process should be just, fair

There is no doubt that delimitation will always be contentious. But the panel would do well to hold wide-ranging consultations, make its processes and guidelines clear, and allay apprehensions. The exercise in Jammu and Kashmir, and now in Assam, will also give us a glimpse of what kind of churn is in store as the country approaches its 2026 delimitation cut-off with no sign yet of the delayed 2021 Census starting. (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Jan 3, 2023 03:47 IST

2023: Challenges and opportunities

Internally, assembly elections in nine states will dominate domestic politics and set the momentum for the general elections in 2024. (PTI)

Updated on Jan 1, 2023 15:02 IST

GST collections remain encouraging

Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections in December — they capture economic activity in November — were <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>1.49 lakh crore (BLOOMBERG NEWS)

Updated on Jan 1, 2023 15:02 IST

The man who made football

A girl walks among a floral arrangement for the late Brazilian soccer star Pele at the City Hall in Santos, Brazil, December. 30 (AP)

Updated on Jan 2, 2023 02:37 IST

Bravery of women in Iran holds lessons

The protests, and the repression it has battled, have underlined how uneven and fragile the project of modernity is, and just how vulnerable gains made in advancing the rights of women and marginalised groups remain (AP)

Updated on Dec 29, 2022 14:59 IST

The OBC factor in local polls

With the political heft of backward groups only set to rise and demands for a caste census mounting, it will also be important to see whether local body quotas are setting the momentum for expanding political reservations beyond SC and STs on the national stage (HINDUSTAN TIMES)

Updated on Dec 29, 2022 15:00 IST

Banking data bodes well for the economy

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s Report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India 2021-22, released on December 27, underlines the trend of continuous improvement in the health of India’s banking sector. (REUTERS)

Updated on Dec 28, 2022 14:28 IST

Making India safer for women

As women’s groups have argued over the years, sensationalism cannot effectively tackle crimes against women at a larger level, only even-handed, reliable and persistent law enforcement can, because it tells criminals that they cannot get away. (AFP/Getty Images)

Updated on Dec 28, 2022 14:27 IST

Mathura throws up larger issues

A view of the Krishna Janmasthan Temple Complex and Shahi Eidgah Mosque, Mathura, (KK Arora)

Updated on Dec 27, 2022 15:35 IST

Climate action can’t be unidimensional

A man tries to dig his truck out of deep snow on December 26, 2022 (Getty Images via AFP)

Updated on Dec 27, 2022 14:53 IST

Wider impact of churn in Nepal

Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' takes oath as Nepal Prime Minister, December 26, 2022 (PTI)

Updated on Dec 26, 2022 15:39 IST

Suicide prevention needs care, nuance

Roughly 164,000 people ended their lives in the country last year. The largest chunk among them is low-income individuals, according to data, with groups such as daily wage workers and housewives seen as particularly susceptible to suicide (SHUTTERSTOCK)

Updated on Dec 26, 2022 15:15 IST

Don’t politicise state border rows

Police personnel detain Karnataka Rakshana Vedike supporters during a protest over the Maharashtra-Karnataka border dispute, at Hire Bagewadi, Belagavi (ANI)

Updated on Dec 25, 2022 15:09 IST

Gender bias in hostel rules is regressive

Safety cannot become synonymous with gendered control. (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Dec 25, 2022 15:08 IST

Pakistan poses a clear threat

A charge sheet filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) against 11 people includes the two killers who brandished the murder weapons on camera and gloated about the gruesome crime, and two Karachi-based suspects the investigators have linked to an Islamic organisation in Pakistan. (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Dec 23, 2022 16:14 IST

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