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Jammu and Kashmir polls and Islamabad’s shadow

Published on Oct 6, 2024 18:23 IST

Jammu, Oct 01 (ANI): Voters wait in a queue to cast their votes for the final phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, at a polling station, in Jammu on Tuesday. (ANI Photo) (Shanky Rathore)

The government will not recognise marital rape as a crime

Martial Rape

Published on Oct 6, 2024 02:45 IST

Eradicating caste-based discrimination in India's prisons

For decades, the structure of caste-based assignments of labour and segregation in prisons has reflected the larger social inequalities that persist outside prison walls

Published on Oct 6, 2024 02:30 IST

Just Like That | Autumn is here, and so is the time for celebration

This brief autumn is a time for celebration and a sense of well-being

Published on Oct 6, 2024 01:30 IST

WhatsApp groups are starting to mirror life

Modern life is punctuated by WhatsApp groups you are a part of (AP Photo/Fareed Khan) (AP)

Published on Oct 5, 2024 15:27 IST

Rising tiger numbers, deteriorating habitats

Ludhiana, India – April 13 : Tiger taking a dip into a water after hot weather at Tiger safari, in Ludhiana on Saturday, April 13, 2019. (Photo by Gurpreet Singh/Hindustan Times)

Updated on Oct 5, 2024 15:27 IST

The case against bans, including on cigarettes

An Indian pedestrian walks past anti-smoking graffiti on a wall in Mumbai on May 31, 2016, on 'World No Tobacco Day'. / AFP PHOTO / INDRANIL MUKHERJEE (AFP)

Published on Oct 5, 2024 15:27 IST

Choices for a nation with falling fertility

A research assistant prepares a syringe inside a pharmacy glovebox at the reversible inhibition of sperm under guidance (RISUG) male contraceptive treatment research and development laboratory at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur in Kharagpur, West Bengal, India, on Feb. 16, 2017. Photographer: Sumit Dayal/Bloomberg via Getty Images (Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Published on Oct 5, 2024 15:27 IST

Animals can’t vote, so we must in their interest

Would the Great Indian Bustard, once a contender for the status of National Bird but whose numbers are less than 200 today, push those soliciting its vote to promise that they would ensure its arid grassland habitat is no longer diverted for other uses? (Shutterstock)

Published on Oct 4, 2024 15:33 IST

A future in Jammu and Kashmir that isn’t the past

Jammu and Kashmir, Oct 01 (ANI): Security personnel stand guard as voters wait in queues to cast their votes for the final phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, on Tuesday. (ANI Photo) (ANI)

Published on Oct 4, 2024 15:33 IST

Why India must push e-commerce exports, and how

Changes in the regulatory framework for e-commerce are needed if India is to hit its ambitious target, of expanding e-commerce exports 50-fold or more in six years (Shutterstock)

Published on Oct 4, 2024 15:30 IST

Bridging political rifts in India’s neighbourhood

There is a political and institutional consensus in India that views the regime change in Dhaka as a deeply negative outcome (AP Photo/Rajib Dhar) (AP)

Updated on Oct 3, 2024 15:26 IST

Navaratri and the federal character of Hinduism

Patna, Oct 3 (ANI): Children play dandiya to celebrate Navratri festival, in Patna on Thursday. (ANI Photo) (Alam Siddiqui)

Published on Oct 3, 2024 15:26 IST

What P Diddy-Bieber history says about male sex abuse

Sean "Diddy" Combs stands before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robyn Tarnofsky after prosecutors brought three criminal charges against him in federal court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., September 17, 2024 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg (REUTERS)

Published on Oct 3, 2024 15:26 IST

Delhi-Berlin partnership has kept pace with India’s rise

Foreign Minister of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, left, and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock speak during a press conference on the sidelines of the Business Day of the Conference of Heads of German Missions Abroad at the Federal Foreign Office, in Berlin, Tuesday Sept. 10, 2024. (Christophe Gateau/dpa via AP) (AP)

Updated on Oct 2, 2024 15:03 IST

Diplomacy must set the terms in West Asia

FILE PHOTO: Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, October 1, 2024 REUTERS/Amir Cohen (REUTERS)

Updated on Oct 2, 2024 15:03 IST

Why the Dalit vote may decide Haryana outcome

While discussing Dalit voting behaviour in the state, keep in mind that Dalits are not a homogeneous category (Photo by Santosh Kumar/ Hindustan Times)

Published on Oct 2, 2024 15:03 IST

Teesta's tide: A defining moment for Modi, Yunus, and South Asia's future

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and head of the Bangladesh's interim government Muhammad Yunus.

Updated on Oct 2, 2024 04:13 IST

Scientifically Speaking | Unlocking the mysteries of high-altitude survival

Sherpas have lived in Nepal for over 500 years, migrating from Tibet to eastern Nepal. Over time, they have developed remarkable adaptations that allow them to thrive where others struggle.

Published on Oct 2, 2024 02:30 IST

Gandhi’s symbols provide clues to his political truth

New Delhi, India - Oct. 1, 2024: Workers decorate the Valmiki Mandir area at Mandir Marg in celebration of Gandhi Jayanti in New Delhi, India, on Tuesday, October 1, 2024. Valmiki Mandir is where Mahatma Gandhi stayed for 214 days between April 1, 1946, and June 10, 1947. (Photo by RAJ K RAJ / Hindustan Times) (RAJ K RAJ /HT PHOTO)

Published on Oct 1, 2024 15:08 IST

From sanitation to cleanliness as culture

The Swachh Bharat Mission is an exemplar of what can be achieved through dedication, collaboration, planning, brilliant execution, and relentless jan andolan (people’s movement) (ANI Photos Ahmedabad)

Published on Oct 1, 2024 15:07 IST

Quad’s maritime vision short on strategic intent

Delaware, Sep 22 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US President Joe Biden, Australian PM Anthony Albanese and Japanese PM Fumio Kishida ahead of the Quad Leaders' Summit, at Wilmington in Delaware on Saturday. (ANI Photo) (PM's Office of Japan- X)

Updated on Oct 1, 2024 15:07 IST

Monsoon pattern changing with Himalayas, west coast recording more extreme rain

Gurugram, India-September 12, 2024: A view of black monsoon clouds hover over the National Highway-48 during drizzling near Signature tower flyover, in Gurugram, India, on Thursday, 12 September 2024. (Photo by Parveen Kumar/Hindustan Times)

Published on Oct 1, 2024 02:30 IST

Wakf management is best served by state legislations

Amritsar: Muslim people demonstrate against the new Waqf bill at Khairuddin mosque, in Amritsar, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI)

Updated on Sep 30, 2024 15:13 IST

Non-US world struggles to find common currency

A souvenir bitcoin token is seen pictured with a 100 ruble bill in Moscow on July 30, 2024. Russian lawmakers voted on July 30, 2024 to tighten rules on petrocurrency mining, while also paving the way for it to be used in cross-border payments as a means to skirt Western sanctions. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP) (AFP)

Published on Sep 30, 2024 15:13 IST

Human rights bodies need to be overhauled

The Global Association of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) has for the second time in a row deferred a decision on whether the National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) is worthy of A status or must downgrade to B status.

Published on Sep 30, 2024 15:13 IST

Time to repose faith in ideals of the Mahatma

Mahatma Gandhi (Getty Images)

Published on Sep 29, 2024 16:58 IST

It is too early to write Hezbollah’s obituary

A person holds a poster of Lebanon's Hezbollah Chief Hassan Nasrallah who was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, during a symbolic funeral in Baghdad, Iraq, September 29, 2024. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani

Published on Sep 29, 2024 16:52 IST

Crime stats miss plight of West Bengal women

Kolkata: People take part in a protest rally against the West Bengal administration over the alleged sexual assault and murder of a trainee doctor, in Kolkata, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra)(PTI09_07_2024_000158A)

Published on Sep 29, 2024 16:51 IST

Supreme Court cracks down child pornography

Watching sexually explicit material involving children will send you to jail

Published on Sep 29, 2024 02:45 IST

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