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How to end the China dispute

Published on Aug 30, 2022 14:02 IST

As Dr Jaishankar put it, the management of the fissures within Asia will require an adherence to established laws, norms and rules.

A reality check from the farm

There must be serious thinking about developing response systems to such problems, given that they are likely to get more frequent going forward. Three, while farmers face the worst effects of the climate crisis, a large section of them are contributing to undermining the climate and the environment — even if this is done inadvertently. (AFP)

Updated on Aug 29, 2022 14:13 IST

Tackling post-Covid suicidal distress

It is not difficult to understand what prompted this surge in deaths by suicide: Restrictions on physical movement and social contact, lockdowns, economic insecurity, job losses, and school and business closures contributed to a steep rise in cases of depression and anxiety across the world (shutterstock)

Updated on Aug 29, 2022 14:14 IST

In Tamil Nadu, a glossary of hope

Over the years, the strides made in securing the rights of the queer communities have been largely done through courts.

Published on Aug 28, 2022 14:29 IST

A South Asian climate plan

The government estimates that 33 of these lakes are at the risk of bursting and releasing thousands of litres of water into run-offs and rivers, and some have done so already, flooding rivers and sending torrents of water downstream.

Published on Aug 28, 2022 14:23 IST

For the Congress, time is running out

Mr Azad’s letter and his exit couldn’t have come at a worse time for the party, which is looking to reconnect with the masses through the Bharat Jodo Yatra.

Published on Aug 27, 2022 14:38 IST

Making Parliament function effectively

All parliamentarians and stakeholders will have to work to remove deep-set impediments to a vibrant parliamentary process.

Published on Aug 26, 2022 04:54 IST

Pegasus: Truth must come out

At least 300 Indian phone numbers were among 50,000 global targets, including those of politicians, judges, journalists and human rights defenders.

Published on Aug 26, 2022 04:47 IST

Three challenges for the Bihar coalition

Unlike Maharashtra, this is not a coalition of ideological extremes and both parties have stable social bases.

Published on Aug 24, 2022 15:31 IST

Shaping rights jurisprudence

The SC is set to take up a review petition of the PMLA judgment, whose consequence could be a disquieting erosion of the safeguards of the right to life and liberty.

Updated on Aug 24, 2022 15:28 IST

Row over Finnish PM partying is needless

At 36 and a single mother, her youthful take on the dour world of politics has won her accolades, but also clashed with the usually leaden image of politicians.

Published on Aug 23, 2022 15:04 IST

Puttaswamy, five years on

A little over a year later, the verdict would form the foundation on which the court would strike down the colonial-era law criminalising same-sex relationships.

Published on Aug 23, 2022 15:02 IST

Shed rigid attitudes on farm negotiations

That’s the only way forward to resolve differences and avoid disruptions.

Published on Aug 22, 2022 16:04 IST

UPI: To charge or not to charge

It is in this context that we need to the see the debate on whether UPI payments should attract a service charge or not.

Published on Aug 22, 2022 15:59 IST

Countering China’s Indian Ocean push

The bigger problem was that the Yuan Wang 5, unlike other Chinese warships that have docked at Colombo port, berthed at Hambantota, which has been under Chinese control for almost five years.

Published on Aug 21, 2022 15:12 IST

Why Kashmir polls matter

This week, the summary update of electoral rolls threw up a new row with the proposed addition of 2.5 million names.

Published on Aug 21, 2022 15:09 IST

India needs a data regulator

In effect, not having DPA would mean abandoning a data protection regulator in its entirety.

Published on Aug 19, 2022 15:23 IST

A tightrope walk for India

Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Bangkok, August 17, 2022 (AFP)

Updated on Aug 18, 2022 14:32 IST

Govt must act on false claims by Patanjali

The pandemic is not behind us, and to undermine public health interventions for narrow business interests – and Ramdev’s exhortations are little more than advertisements for products made by his company – can only be allowed at dire costs to the nation. (PTI)

Updated on Aug 18, 2022 14:32 IST

A release that may be lawful, but not right

Questions about whether the remission was done with an eye on the Gujarat polls are only natural — especially in the context of the welcome the convicts received on their release.

Updated on Aug 17, 2022 14:31 IST

How to better govern sport

Multiple international organisations — FIFA and the International Olympic Council among them — have been accused in the past of pushing for better governance among members even as they fought to protect entrenched interests.

Published on Aug 17, 2022 14:31 IST

Tackling the new variants

Updating vaccines is a tricky question. Scientists need to broadly consider two questions: First, has the pathogen changed substantially enough to warrant such a decision, which includes millions of dollars in costs and months in time for requisite tests? And, second, is the new mutated pathogen here to stay? (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Aug 16, 2022 14:05 IST

Adopt a pragmatic policy on inflation

Both retail and wholesale inflation seem to have peaked and are on a downward trajectory now. (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Aug 16, 2022 14:03 IST

For progress, dilute caste purity notions

Dr BR Ambedkar led followers in 1927 to drink water from the tank. A decade later, the Bombay high court affirmed the right.

Updated on Aug 15, 2022 15:21 IST

Deepening democracy

The PM and President have rightly focused on creating a road map.

Updated on Aug 15, 2022 15:16 IST

May the force be with India

A girl walks carrying Indian flag along with army soldiers during a ceremony to celebrate 75 years of India's Independence in Mumbai, August 14, 2022 (AP)

Updated on Aug 14, 2022 13:40 IST

Taliban in Kabul: A year on, challenges remain

A Taliban fighter guards a gate after a gathering attended by Afghanistan's Prime Minister Mohammad Hassan Akhund and Minister for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice Sheikh Mohammad Khalid at the former presidential palace, Kabul, August 13, 2022 (AFP)

Updated on Aug 14, 2022 13:41 IST

Technology giants should be regulated

At the heart of this debate is the insistence by social media companies that they be treated as intermediaries, not as publishers although they exercise editorial discretion any time they take down a user’s post, and although much of their revenue comes from advertising. (SHUTTERSTOCK)

Updated on Aug 12, 2022 12:26 IST

Control the Capital’s rising crime graph

Senior police officers told HT that the spurt in the number of criminal cases could be due to the online FIR registration system, which has made it easier for citizens to report crimes.

Published on Aug 11, 2022 14:53 IST

The fallout of China’s actions

A possible attack on Taiwan has been one of the greatest unspoken fears in Asia since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Published on Aug 11, 2022 14:50 IST

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