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    Delhi’s new master plan can soothe parking pains

    opinion
    Published on Oct 3, 2026 24:45 IST
    Delhi Master Plan-2047 (MPD-2047) notified on August 20, 2026, aims to disincentivise the use of private vehicles, encourage more public transport use, and “enhance the potential of active travel of walking and cycling as an affordable, comfortable and safe mobility option”. (Sonu Mehta/HT Photo)

    Unwise to ignore what Xi’s US visit pageantry masked

    The US-China rivalry — though muted — remains robust in substance. The relationship is K-shaped: leader-level diplomacy is on the rise, even as competition in trade, technology, and military domains continues underneath. (Reuters)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 3, 2026 24:40 IST

    The political ascetic who set the stage for a cricketing prince

    Ranjitsinhji did not become the sort of constitutional ruler that Swami Anandashram had hoped would ascend to the throne. But his administrative record was hardly unsatisfactory. (Getty Images)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 3, 2026 24:36 IST

    A different way to think about prosperity

    From the infrastructure or built capital, to the capabilities and skills embodied as human capital and the the ecosystems that enable the economy, A country’s capital comes in several forms. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 2, 2026 11:40 IST

    Gandhiji was a man of God, hence Mahatma

    We cannot procure love and truth as we can procure rifles and pistols. They can issue only out of faith in God. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Updated on Oct 2, 2026 05:11 IST

    Gandhi, the man and the idea, lives on in Hindustani

    Without mincing words, and with great economy of expression, Gulzar says that just as Gandhi’s legacy lives, so does that opposing view that killed him. (Getty Images)
    opinion
    Updated on Oct 2, 2026 04:59 IST

    Finding the Mahatma in a divided Pakistan

    Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, who led the non-violent freedom struggle in the North West Frontier Province, became Frontier Gandhi . (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Updated on Oct 2, 2026 05:10 IST

    India’s elderly women need better social security cover

    Elderly women play a critical role to the Indian economy through their paid and unpaid care work. They are engaged in agriculture, petty production, and informal jobs. They also spend nearly 20 hours per week caring for their grandchildren, husbands, and disabled or dependent family members. (Shutterstock)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 1, 2026 24:45 IST

    India must urgently get its own AI Safety Institute

    If India waits, others will define what AI safety means for the developing world, and India will inherit their answers. (Reuters)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 1, 2026 24:40 IST

    The UN can still work towards restoring trust

    This year’s high-level debate at UNGA has again brought the question of reform to the fore. Member-States broadly agree that the UN must adapt to stay relevant, even if they differ sharply on how. (Reuters)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 1, 2026 24:35 IST

    Trust deficit and caste at India’s premier institutions

    It is a priori assumed that the excellence of IITs is built upon its unrelenting pressure and demanding system. It is seen as a crucible of forging toughness where the weak cannot survive. There is of course no pedagogical validity to such a logic. (Praful Gangurde/HT Photo)
    opinion
    Published on Sep 30, 2026 24:45 IST

    Will West Bengal’s real Trinamool please stand up?

    A TMC without Mamata Banerjee is a legitimate eventuality. But the instrument of its political demise must be popular will. (@AITCofficial X/ANI)
    opinion
    Published on Sep 30, 2026 24:40 IST

    Deepening the India-US defence partnership | US Ambassador Gor writes for HT

    For India, joint military exercises like the Yudh Abhyas can strengthen military capability and expand its defence industrial base.
    opinion
    Updated on Sep 30, 2026 04:47 IST

    Power from renewables should not be curtailed

    Curtailment occurs when a plant is instructed to cut output because the network cannot accept the power. Growing renewables curtailment is not unique to India, and not unambiguously bad; it can even be economical during brief periods of excess supply or congestion. (Reuters)
    opinion
    Published on Sep 29, 2026 24:45 IST

    The race to avoid tomorrow’s technological dependencies

    India'ss initiatives in semiconductors, Artificial Intelligence, telecommunications, and other critical technologies demonstrate growing recognition that technological capability and national security are intertwined. But India cannot and need not develop every technology domestically. (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Sep 29, 2026 24:40 IST

    Insurance regulator moves to fix the sector

    Viksit Bharat cannot have an insurance industry whose profits are built on the tears and curses of policyholders. (Shutterstock)
    opinion
    Updated on Sep 29, 2026 06:11 IST

    Let women live. Lock up the men

    Rage and loathing: Women students protest near LSR college
    opinion
    Updated on Sep 28, 2026 09:16 IST

    Fraying exchange of ideas, and a world torn by conflict

    There was a time when Palestine Liberation Organisation’s (PLO) head Yasser Arafat was the most popular leader in the Muslim world. Times changed, and within a few years, Arafat was replaced by Osama. What was the reason for this decline? (Getty Images)
    opinion
    Published on Sep 28, 2026 24:45 IST

    India must stand on its own feet as great powers tango

    At the BRICS summit, the BRICS + nations condemned America’s unilateral sanctions. And then the most powerful country that signed the declaration, China, went ahead and made a deal with the US (AP)
    opinion
    Published on Sep 28, 2026 24:40 IST

    A life lived for Bharat and all of its citizens | PM's tribute to Ashok Singhal

    Ashok Ji was blessed with remarkable clarity of thought and it was clearly seen in his belief that our society needs to be harmonious.
    opinion
    Updated on Sep 28, 2026 04:26 IST

    Women’s safety is a national security issue

    Crimes against women, of varying degrees of severity, exemplify an absence of reliable safeguards for nearly 700 million citizens of India. (Sanchit Khanna/HT Photo)
    opinion
    Published on Sep 27, 2026 24:50 IST

    When tech becomes a tool for gender violence

    For women, harm from online spaces can lead to restrictions, reputation loss, blame, moral judgement, mobility restrictions, blackmail, stalking, violence, and withdrawal from online spaces. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Sep 27, 2026 24:45 IST

    A caution about letting religion trump politics

    Though much of the story happens in Delhi and Bombay, it still manages to journey through Gulmarg and Varanasi as well as the villages of UP and Rajasthan. (PTI)
    opinion
    Published on Sep 27, 2026 24:40 IST

    India must engage with its archive of economic ideas

    India’s economic policy has had to adapt as the country transitioned from being a colony to an independent nation-State to an emerging global power. Each era solved some problems while seeding new ones. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Sep 27, 2026 24:35 IST

    In India’s fight against TB, Bihar remains a champion

    When Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressed the Delhi End TB Summit in 2018 and made TB a personal political commitment, it signalled something that India was no longer a country defined by its TB burden, but one confidently charting its path out of it. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Sep 26, 2026 24:46 IST

    The case of the missing distinguished jurists

    Despite the constitutional mandate, no law professor has ever been appointed a judge of the Supreme Court. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Sep 26, 2026 24:40 IST

    In Xi-Trump summit pomp, pageantry has postponed pressure

    No matter how intractable some of China and the US’s problems are, we should not discount the value of the face-to-face meetings between the two presidents. (Reuters)
    opinion
    Published on Sep 26, 2026 24:35 IST

    Bone health in later years must be built early in life

    Exercise helps keep our bones strong. Brisk walking, climbing stairs and dancing are useful. Resistance or strength training is particularly important because stronger muscles improve balance and help protect against falls. (Shutterstock)
    opinion
    Published on Sep 25, 2026 24:45 IST

    The importance of teaching our students about failure

    Adolescence has always been a fraught time historically and in nearly every society. These are years of extraordinary intellectual development. Young people can be quite capable of solving difficult mathematical or engineering problems while still misjudging the permanence of a decision made during an acute emotional crisis. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Sep 25, 2026 24:40 IST

    Will monsoons become impossible to predict?

    For the coming decades, the task is to build for what is known and stay flexible where the details are still emerging. (Praful Gangurde/HT Photo)
    opinion
    Published on Sep 25, 2026 24:35 IST
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