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Congress-mukt Bharat to Congress-yukt BJP

Updated on Feb 22, 2024 15:07 IST

Rahul Gandhi’s yatras are a good exercise in re-building a lost mass connect, but episodic journeys can’t compensate for years of organisational neglect (ANI FILE PHOTO)

Delhi must be prepared to counter Beijing’s lawfare

Indian troops tracking the movement of troops across the Line of Actual Control in China.

Published on Feb 21, 2024 16:35 IST

Public intellectual and jurist, God’s good man

Senior advocate to the Supreme Court Fali S Nariman. (PTI)

Published on Feb 21, 2024 16:30 IST

Behind the UAE temple, a legacy of pluralism

A devotee blows a conch shell (Shankha) during preparations ahead of the arrival of the Indian prime minister for the inauguration of the BAPS Hindu Mandir, the largest Hindu temple in the Middle East, in Abu Dhabi on February 14, 2024. (Photo by RYAN LIM / AFP)

Published on Feb 20, 2024 16:38 IST

Caste census lessons for new government in Bihar

Patna, Bihar, India - Aug . 02, 2023: Enumerator staff collect information from residents for a caste-based census in Bihar after Patna High Court rejected a petition against the survey, at Phulwari Sharif in Patna , Bihar,India, Wednesday, July, 02, 2023. (Photo by Santosh Kumar / Hindustan Times)

Published on Feb 20, 2024 16:34 IST

Manufacturing versus services: A false binary

Global services exports account for only ~22% of total exports.. (AP)

Published on Feb 20, 2024 16:30 IST

Between the Gulf and the Sea, a changing geopolitical scenario

An Israeli Navy missile boat is seen off the coast of Eilat, October 31, 2023.

Updated on Feb 20, 2024 15:14 IST

The Taste With Vir: Remembering Chef Imtiaz Qureshi's impact on Awadhi cuisine

Chef Imtiaz left an indelible mark, especially through the iconic Dum Pukht biryani, shaping the landscape of North Indian cuisine.

Published on Feb 20, 2024 12:41 IST

What a Biden-Trump rematch entails for the US

After Trump lost to Biden in 2020, many believed that his political career would come to an end (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, REUTERS/Russell Cheyne/File Photo)

Published on Feb 19, 2024 16:41 IST

In Indonesia, personality trumps democratic ideals

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (C) shakes hands with Indonesia�s Defence Minister and presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto (L) arrive for the inauguration of the National Defense Central Hospital (RSPPN) in Jakarta on February 19, 2024. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP)

Published on Feb 19, 2024 16:34 IST

Governance risks in a post-truth world

Xi Jinping took decisive steps to concentrate power, purged rivals on corruption grounds, and introduced stronger controls on civil society to silence any dissent

Published on Feb 19, 2024 16:30 IST

HistoriCity | Varanasi is a microcosm of Hindu India, it's also a city of reform

A Hindu priest performs evening prayers on the banks of the river Ganga at the Dashashwamedh Ghat, in Varanasi on February 10, 2024. (Photo by Niharika KULKARNI / AFP)

Published on Feb 19, 2024 16:12 IST

From soil to sip: How microbes are taking tea to new heights

It's no secret that the environment in which tea grows plays a pivotal role in its quality

Published on Feb 19, 2024 13:12 IST

Free speech on OTT: A Kerala model for films

Nayanthara in a still from Annapoorani

Published on Feb 19, 2024 02:42 IST

Govt must rethink the role of defence attaché

The military’s main point of contact for its overseas engagements is through the office of the defence attaché. Since Independence, India has progressively increased the number of defence attachés posted worldwide

Published on Feb 19, 2024 02:37 IST

Restive farmers, responsive State

Farmers Union members sitting on protest at Ladhowal Toll Plaza in Ludhiana on Saturday. (Manish/HT)

Published on Feb 19, 2024 02:30 IST

Globally, young women are becoming more liberal than men, but what about India?

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Updated on Feb 18, 2024 03:59 IST

Seeing Silicon | Why Sam Altman and other tech magnates are banking on fusion

TOPSHOT - This undated handout image taken and received by the National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST) on December 1, 2023 shows the JT-60SA, the world's biggest nuclear fusion reactor constructed to date, before its planned inauguration in the city of Naka, Ibaraki prefecture on December 1. Harnessing nuclear fusion, the same process which powers the Sun, has been described as potentially humanity's best energy source for the future but the technology is in its infancy.

Published on Feb 18, 2024 02:30 IST

Just Like That | Temple architecture is a spiritual journey

These days the prana pratishtha of the Ram temple in Ayodhya is much in the news. The designing of a temple is part of this matrix of aesthetic inter-connectedness and, as per rules, follows a certain pattern

Published on Feb 18, 2024 02:20 IST

Caught in Mumbai, a spy who came in from China

A pigeon that was captured eight months back near a port after being suspected to be a Chinese spy, is released at a vet hospital in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Jan.30, 2024. (Anshuman Poyrekar/Hindustan Times via AP)

Published on Feb 17, 2024 16:41 IST

On electoral bonds, a short-lived celebration

Five-judge bench of Supreme Court delivers landmark judgment on electoral bonds scheme case

Published on Feb 17, 2024 16:30 IST

From Qatar jail to India, the pursuit of freedom

A combination of pictures shows the ex-Indian Navy veterans, who were in custody in Qatar, at the Delhi airport on Monday.

Published on Feb 17, 2024 16:25 IST

Has West lost its appetite for a rules-based order?

The judges including President Joan Donoghue (C) attend a session of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a case of Ukraine against Russia, in The Hague on February 2, 2024. The United Nations' top court will decide on February 2, 2024, whether it has jurisdiction to rule in a case brought by Ukraine over Russia's brutal 2022 invasion, with Kyiv urging reparations. Two days into the invasion, Ukraine filed a suit at the ICJ, "emphatically denying" that pro-Russian people in eastern Ukraine had been "subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime" according to Moscow, and arguing that Russia's use of "genocide" as a pretext went against the 1948 UN Genocide Convention. (Photo by Sem van der Wal / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT

Published on Feb 17, 2024 16:20 IST

In modern India, falling in love can be a radical act

Love Storiyaan released on February 14

Published on Feb 16, 2024 16:47 IST

Time to explore public funding of polls in India

In the first-past-the-post system in India, political parties, not individual candidates, run the show (PTI)

Updated on Feb 17, 2024 03:41 IST

Constitutional idealism gets a boost from SC

Electoral bonds are unconstitutional, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday. (AP)

Published on Feb 16, 2024 16:30 IST

Keeping up with UP | In the footsteps of Charan Singh’s political journey

A file photo of former prime minister Charan Singh at the India Gate in New Delhi in August 1980. (HT File Photo/Virendra Prabhakar)

Published on Feb 16, 2024 16:21 IST

Northeastern View | Why is Manipur still on the boil?

Manipur has been in the throes of ethnic violence between the majority Meitei community and the tribal Kukis since May 3 last year. (PTI)

Published on Feb 16, 2024 12:48 IST

Terms of Trade | India needs a White Paper on agriculture

Farmers at the Punjab-Haryana Shambhu border during a protest march, in Patiala district, on Thursday. (PTI)

Updated on Feb 16, 2024 08:57 IST

Bridging North-South divide over tax shares

New Delhi, India - Feb. 8, 2024: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, during protest against the alleged attacks on federalism by the federal government, at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, February 8, 2024. (Photo by Raj K Raj/ Hindustan Times)

Published on Feb 15, 2024 16:38 IST

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