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Frequent elections ensure participation and vibrancy of India’s democracy

Published on Sep 23, 2024 03:30 IST

Kashmir, India - September. 21, 2024: An election officer applies indelible ink mark on the finger of Bibi, 87, before casting her vote from home, as the Election Commission of India (ECI) initiated a home voting facility for the elderly in the ongoing Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections in Srinagar,on September 21,2024.(Photo By Waseem Andrabi /Hindustan Times)--

Grand Strategy | Shift in Europe’s framing of the Ukraine conflict

Emergency services workers look to move rubble and find injured after a Russian strike on a residential building in Kharkiv, Ukraine early Sunday Sept. 22, 2024. (Kharkiv Regional Military Administration via AP)

Published on Sep 23, 2024 01:30 IST

In the high voter turnout in J&K polls, a hope for peace

J&K goes to polls in three phases starting September 18. (File)

Published on Sep 22, 2024 16:57 IST

What a false quote about Bengal reveals about our past

The eager or embittered babu may have been the most visible consequence of English learning in Calcutta, but the same books produced a very different outcome in the Native States

Updated on Sep 22, 2024 16:49 IST

India’s resounding paralympic success must lead to a wider conversation

Avani Lekhara in Paris: New standards in sporting excellence

Published on Sep 22, 2024 02:45 IST

Just Like That | Power and loyalty: The wheel of history

Powerful leader fall for self-serving and transient genuflection

Published on Sep 22, 2024 01:45 IST

Hindustan Times @100: an inside-out perspective

The constants in newsrooms such as Hindustan Times are editorial independence and the commitment to journalistic principles

Published on Sep 22, 2024 01:30 IST

Behind that fading Hindi movie magic

Jaipur: Actors Rajkumar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor address a press conference of film 'Stree -2', in Jaipur, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI)

Updated on Sep 21, 2024 14:50 IST

Sita, a man of wit who stood by what he said

Kolkata: In this Thursday, May 12, 2022 file image, Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury addresses a rally of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) activists for the 11th All India Conference, in Kolkata. (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra) (PTI)

Published on Sep 21, 2024 14:50 IST

Keeping up with UP | Migrants in focus for Mumbai poll battle

Migrants comprise 43.02% of Mumbai’s 23.5 million heaving urban mass, according to the 2011 Census. (Photo by Bhushan Koyande/HT Photo)

Published on Sep 21, 2024 13:28 IST

Negotiators could play a key role in reducing mistrust between Kukis and Meiteis

New Delhi, India - Sept. 15, 2024: People take part in a protest orgainsed by Delhi Meetei Co-ordinating Committee over recent violence in Manipur, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, India, on Sunday, September 15, 2024. (Photo by Sanjeev Verma/ Hindustan Times)

Published on Sep 21, 2024 02:30 IST

PM Modi’s crucial US visit in a time of global uncertainty

(FILES) US President Joe Biden (2nd-L), Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd-R), Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (L) announce the Quad Fellowship, a scholarship program that will bring together American, Japanese, Australian and Indian masters and doctoral students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to study in the United States, during the Quad Leaders Summit at Kantei in Tokyo on May 24, 2022. Biden will host the leaders of allies Australia, India and Japan in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware on September 21, 2024, for talks focused on tensions with China, the White House said on September 12. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki / POOL / AFP)

Published on Sep 21, 2024 02:30 IST

On the Arctic, India must think beyond just energy

(FILES) The tops and trunks of scarred trees stand in a dense forest, above The Arctic Circle, in Finnish Lapland near Kumpu on October 7, 2022, where during the last 20 years Scandinavian Arctic forests have been the target of an increasing amount of wood bugs, due to longer summers. (Photo by Olivier MORIN / AFP) (AFP)

Updated on Sep 20, 2024 16:11 IST

Trump vs Harris battle is more than an election

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. August 20, 2024 and former U.S. President Donald Trump in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., August 15, 2024 are seen in a combination of file photographs. REUTERS/Marco Bello, Jeenah Moon/File Photo (REUTERS)

Updated on Sep 20, 2024 16:10 IST

In Sri Lanka, a close three-way battle for office

Supporters of Sri Lanka's president and United National Party presidential candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe, wave the country's national flag during an election rally ahead of the upcoming presidential elections in Colombo on August 28, 2024. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP) (AFP)

Updated on Sep 20, 2024 16:09 IST

Economics has a monopoly problem, but possibly not because of Ivy Leagues

The real reason economics has not been able to make a positive contribution to the real world is not academic gatekeeping by the elite economists but political co-option and gatekeeping by the plutocracy across the world. REUTERS/Faith Ninivaggi//File Photo

Published on Sep 20, 2024 13:10 IST

Building on the gains of Swachh Bharat Mission

Processing of waste is true only with the elimination of waste. It starts not at the processing plant, but with segregation at the source. (Kunal Patil/HT photo)

Published on Sep 19, 2024 15:36 IST

On semiconductor mission, learn from China’s missteps

FILE PHOTO: Semiconductor chips are seen on a printed circuit board in this illustration picture taken February 17, 2023. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo (REUTERS)

Published on Sep 19, 2024 15:16 IST

New grammar of India-US relations

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a State Arrival Ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, June 22, 2023. The Washington Monument is seen in the distance (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) (AP)

Published on Sep 19, 2024 15:16 IST

MR Rangaswami: Meet the man who lobbies for the Indian diaspora

MR Rangaswami, Founder, Indiaspora

Published on Sep 19, 2024 02:30 IST

Jamaat-e-Islami’s return to politics: What it means for J&K elections

Supporters of Jamaat-e-Islami (JEI) party, shout slogans during a campaign rally ahead of the assembly elections, in Kulgam on September 15, 2024. (Photo by Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP)

Published on Sep 19, 2024 02:00 IST

Delaware summit: The Quad thrives

(FILES) US President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrive for their meeting during the Quad Leaders Summit at Kantei in Tokyo on May 24, 2022. Biden will host the leaders of allies Australia, India and Japan in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware on September 21, 2024, for talks focused on tensions with China, the White House said on September 12. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Published on Sep 19, 2024 01:45 IST

Why India must track the cost of a healthy

The fact remains that food items have been and will remain key components of the CPI and the CPI-Food (CPI-F), seen as key barometers of cost of living and of overall inflation in India (Photo by Samir Jana/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

Published on Sep 18, 2024 15:48 IST

India and Quad: A tale of collaboration

Quad has enabled the US to explore plurilateral convergences with India beyond the strengths of the bilateral relationship (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki / POOL / AFP) (AFP)

Published on Sep 18, 2024 15:47 IST

Can creamy layer in the Dalit quota be justified?

Caste discrimination is a ubiquitous phenomenon experienced by Dalit individuals irrespective of their economic background, with some variations.. (PTI Photo) (PTI)

Published on Sep 18, 2024 15:47 IST

Agnipath scheme: Are four years enough for combat maturity?

The Agnipath scheme, unveiled on June 14, 2022 lays out rules for the recruitment of soldiers in the armed forces (File Photo)

Published on Sep 18, 2024 02:45 IST

Discord during festivities and over hyper-local issues, an emerging communal mod

Shimla: Police use water cannon to disperse protestors, who had gathered on the call of Hindu groups, demanding the demolition of an illegal structure in a mosque, at Sanjauli locality in Shimla, Wednesday, Sept 11, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI09_11_2024_000246B)

Published on Sep 18, 2024 02:30 IST

Industrial cities can be the boost manufacturing needs

The time is ripe for India to become a global manufacturing hub on the back of geopolitical developments. PIC:MADHU KAPPARATH

Published on Sep 17, 2024 15:23 IST

The Trump puzzle in US presidential polls

FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. September 13, 2024. REUTERS/Piroschka Van de Wouw/File Photo (REUTERS)

Published on Sep 17, 2024 15:23 IST

Who will safeguard the interests of fliers?

An Indigo aircraft prepares to land as Air India airline's employees gather during its groundbreaking ceremony of maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) facility, at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru on September 4, 2024. (Photo by Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP) (AFP)

Updated on Sep 17, 2024 15:23 IST

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