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Reforming civil services is key to improving delivery

Published on Jun 3, 2024 16:34 IST

UPSC civil services exam

We, the People: The day after the results

The new parliament building illuminated in tri-color

Published on Jun 3, 2024 16:30 IST

Robust electoral process, pressing need of the hour

Polling officials gather to submit electronic voting machines (EVMs) and other polling materials at a collection centre in Varanasi on June 1, 2024, at the end of the seventh and final phase of voting in India's general election. India's Hindu-nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi looked set to win a third straight landslide election victory on June 1, at the close of a six-week general election bedevilled by searing heatwaves. (Photo by Niharika KULKARNI / AFP)

Published on Jun 2, 2024 18:10 IST

Grand Strategy: A rising India needs to think like a great power

In developing a grand strategy for India, the first step is to undertake an objective assessment of the world we live in (PTI/Archive)

Published on Jun 2, 2024 17:56 IST

Mahatma Gandhi, a global citizen of his time and ours

Mahatma Gandhi led the 1930 Salt March. The march allowed him to rouse the people in the villages through which he passed. (SOURCED)

Published on Jun 2, 2024 17:56 IST

General Elections 2024: Through a gender lens darkly

Nadia, May 13 (ANI): Women voters stand in queue to cast their votes for the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections, in Nadia on Monday. (ANI Photo)

Published on Jun 2, 2024 09:00 IST

Just Like That | In Pune crash, a mirror to our class hypocrisies

The condemnable incident rightly created national outrage

Published on Jun 2, 2024 02:30 IST

Forget those vaccine fears, time to move on

The only appropriate way to interpret these numbers is to compare them with the rates for non-vaccinated populations with similar characteristics.(Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published on Jun 1, 2024 18:49 IST

Exit polls have spoken; electors will on Tuesday

Patna, Bihar, India -May .01, 2024: Polling officials during submission of the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and other election materials after the end of the seventh and last phase of Lok Sabha election at A.N. College in Patna, Bihar, India, Saturday,01, 2024. (Photo by Santosh Kumar/ Hindustan Times)

Published on Jun 1, 2024 18:35 IST

Brotherhood of lapsed spies turned chroniclers

Ex RAW chief and author AS Dulat. (Ravindra Joshi/HT Photo)

Published on Jun 1, 2024 18:32 IST

A bruising election ends and it seems neck and neck between NDA, INDIA

Uttar Pradesh, May 31 (ANI): A polling official carrying Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and other election-related materials leave for their respective polling booths for the 7th Phase of General Elections 2024, in Uttar Pradesh on Friday. (ANI Photo)

Published on Jun 1, 2024 03:00 IST

Is it time to reimagine the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act?

The Act also does not factor in the new urban realities and aspirations of twenty-first century India (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published on Jun 1, 2024 02:30 IST

The Mahatma before Attenborough filmed ‘Gandhi’

In 1931, Charlie Chaplin met Gandhi in London (London Express / Getty Images)

Published on May 31, 2024 17:54 IST

What the conviction of Donald Trump means

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Trump Tower, Friday, May 31, 2024, in New York. A day after a New York jury found Donald Trump guilty of 34 felony charges, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee addressed the conviction and likely attempt to cast his campaign in a new light. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Published on May 31, 2024 15:54 IST

India needs to be ready for hotter and longer summers

Residents collect water from a tanker during high temperatures in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, May 30, 2024. Temperatures at a weather observatory in India�s capital city touched 52.9C (127F) on Wednesday, evidence of a worsening heat wave that also sent peak electricity demand in Delhi to an all-time high. Photographer: Prakash Singh/Bloomberg

Published on May 30, 2024 18:15 IST

Ten key takeaways from the elections

Women queue up to cast their ballots at a polling station during the sixth phase of voting in India�s general election, in village Tigaon on the outskirts of Faridabad on May 25, 2024. India is voting in seven phases over six weeks to ease the immense logistical burden of staging an election in the world's most populous country. (Photo by Money SHARMA / AFP)

Published on May 30, 2024 17:31 IST

From the Archives: Dr Martin Luther King Jr and Eleanor Roosevelt on Gandhi

Dr Martin Luther King, Jr stands next to a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi in his office in 1966.

Published on May 30, 2024 13:49 IST

Chabahar is a metaphor for strategic autonomy

The agreement signed by India and Iran will facilitate the long-term development of Shahid Beheshti terminal of Chabahar port. (PTI photo)

Published on May 29, 2024 18:17 IST

Elections in Bengal are all but bipolar contests

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress (TMC) supporters during a public meeting addressed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in favour of the party's National General Secretary and candidate from Diamond Harbour constituency Abhishekh Banerjee, ahead of the seventh phase of Lok Sabha elections, in Kolkata, Wednesday, May 28, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI05_29_2024_000246B)

Published on May 29, 2024 16:37 IST

Why are there fewer Muslim candidates?

Muslims check for their names in voters' list as they arrive to vote in Nahal village, Uttar Pradesh state, India, on April 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Published on May 29, 2024 16:30 IST

Urgent need for legislation to deal with human negligence-triggered accidents

Firefighters attempt to douse the fire after it broke out at a New Born Baby Care Hospital in Vivek Vihar on May 25 (ANI)

Published on May 29, 2024 15:27 IST

Elections with Dalits as the rallying point

Noida, India- April 14, 2024: People seen on the occasion of the 133th birth anniversary of Dalit icon BR Ambedkar at Rashtriya Dalit Prerna Sthal, sector 95, in Noida, India, on Sunday, April 14, 2024. (Photo by Sunil Ghosh / Hindustan Times)

Published on May 28, 2024 17:23 IST

Perils of promoting an anti-vaccination scare

The mRNA vaccines too have had their share of “scare”, with myocarditis and pericarditis (inflammation of heart muscle and its covering layer) reported among some persons who received the vaccines. Young males were identified as a high-risk group. (For Representation)

Published on May 28, 2024 16:37 IST

What June 4 will tell us about India

Voters queue up to cast their ballots at a polling station during the sixth phase of voting in India's general election in New Delhi on May 25, 2024. India is voting in seven phases over six weeks to ease the immense logistical burden of staging an election in the world's most populous country. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)

Published on May 28, 2024 16:03 IST

The Taste by Vir Sanghvi: Discover the top pizza chefs and restaurants in Naples

Iconic pizza places in Naples not only define the city's pizza heritage but are also expanding globally, making it likely you'll encounter their delicious offerings even outside of Italy.

Published on May 28, 2024 10:11 IST

Blinken in Beijing and the mirage of US-China detente

China's President Xi Jinping (R) speaks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 26, 2024. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein / POOL / AFP)

Published on May 27, 2024 19:06 IST

Trump trial will change US politics, presidency

CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA - MAY 26: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump raises his fist as he looks on during the NASCAR Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2024 in Concord, North Carolina. Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Jared C. Tilton / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Published on May 27, 2024 16:37 IST

Political promises in an aspirational ethos

FILE- Workers use machinery at a coastal road project construction site in Mumbai, India, Aug. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)

Published on May 27, 2024 16:30 IST

If it matters, write it down by hand: The surprising scientific benefits of hand

Handwriting involves complex coordination between our motor and visual systems, strengthening neural pathways associated with memory and learning.

Published on May 27, 2024 02:30 IST

Mandate 2024: The view from Varanasi

**EDS: IMAGE VIA @BJP4INDIA** Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi during Nari Shakti Sammelan in Varanasi, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI05_21_2024_000317B)

Published on May 26, 2024 17:34 IST

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