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Looking for offshore oil to beef up supply

Published on Aug 2, 2026 15:01 IST

The Cabinet decision to sanction aims to boost India’s domestic oil and gas offshore production by working on all levers (Bloomberg)

Collegium for consistency

Equally important is the process through which such norms are framed. Questions affecting the institutional credibility of judicial appointments should not depend on the views of the five-member collegium alone. (Sonu Mehta/HT PHOTO)

Published on Aug 2, 2026 14:54 IST

Protestors vs pellets, yet again

Protests are prone to get unruly, spelling danger for the safety of people and property. In most constitutional democracies, the right to protest peacefully is a given. (Sabchit Khanna/HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 31, 2026 14:36 IST

Indian inertia around the cholesterol crisis

Despite the explosion of the health and nutrition industry, the practice of healthy eating, adequate exercise and physical activity, avoiding addictions, is our biggest challenge. (Shutterstock)

Published on Jul 30, 2026 16:01 IST

Constitutionally united India

This union has thrived because of the perseverance and patriotism of the ordinary citizen who has not only often risen above narrow community concerns for national service, but has done so without coercion. (HT Archive)

Published on Jul 30, 2026 15:53 IST

Balance between food and fuel security

Because the raw material required for producing the blend is the same as the country’s food and feed requirements, a growing diversion to fuel use without a corresponding increase in production will entail a pressure on supplying to the food and feed demand. (AP)

Updated on Jul 29, 2026 15:42 IST

Don’t close the doors on open-weight AI

The question of open-weight AI was never open versus closed. It is who gets to write the rules, and how these will be felt by everyone it is written against. (REUTERS)

Published on Jul 29, 2026 15:42 IST

The end of the easy Canada era for Indians

Indian nationals make up the bulk of a decline in the admission of permanent residents by Canada between January and May this year — almost 60% of the overall reduction of 21,450. (Getty Images)

Published on Jul 28, 2026 16:41 IST

Manipur needs honest reckoning

A securitised approach focussed on pumping more forces into the state has yielded little result. (AFP)

Published on Jul 28, 2026 16:40 IST

System needs to clean the system

According to global surveys, India’s bureaucratic red tape has been historically rated as one of the most suffocating in Asia. While corruption may empirically appear to be the biggest issue, the lack of defined KPIs for civil servants is a much bigger problem. (Shutterstock)

Published on Jul 27, 2026 15:00 IST

In Karnataka, a Cong heavyweight exits

$The 79-year-old leader — the longest-serving CM in a state where governance has historically been fractured and chaotic — not only built his brand around his humble beginnings but also stitched together a coalition of backward castes, Dalits and Muslims that propelled the Congress to its biggest victory in a generation in 2023. (PTI)$

Published on Jul 27, 2026 15:00 IST

A test for the testing agency

Given the scale of the tests conducted by NTA — a few million students appear for it every year — logistics and security (including cybersecurity) present an additional layer of complexity. (ANI)

Published on Jul 26, 2026 16:38 IST

Beijing’s sovereignty claims erode trust

The Chinese side earlier imputed that India has endorsed China’s position on Tibet, Taiwan, and sovereignty-related matters. The external affairs ministry immediately clarified that it is the Indian side, not China, which should be raising sovereignty issues. (Reuters)

Published on Jul 26, 2026 16:38 IST

Tariffs go, tariffs come…

Export diversification away from the US, preferably based on merit rather than distress sale, is key. This will protect exporters in India, many of whom run small businesses, from sudden income shocks. (Reuters)

Published on Jul 24, 2026 15:20 IST

Perils of independent, artificial minds

AI Policy is being built on an assumption: that the industry will align these systems as fast as it builds them to be safe. The only check on that promise is the industry’s own account of itself. (Reuters)

Updated on Jul 23, 2026 14:20 IST

LeT continues its J&K adventurism

Enjoying a greater rapport with the US, bolstered prematurely by a now-broken ceasefire deal in the ongoing West Asia conflict, Pakistan wants to obfuscate the reality of its backing to several terrorist outfits active in the region. (AFP)

Updated on Jul 23, 2026 14:20 IST

Back to a fuel Strait-jacket

Iran, having discovered its bargaining value during the war, was adamant on retaining its control on traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, while the US and some of its regional allies were keen that this not be the case. (AFP)

Published on Jul 22, 2026 14:05 IST

Call out Pakistan’s bluff on Indus treaty

India’s decision to place the IWT in abeyance, after the Pakistan-backed Pahalgam terrorist attack, has been touted as water terrorism for both domestic and international audiences. (Shutterstock)

Published on Jul 22, 2026 14:05 IST

Can Burnham labour enough for the UK?

The challenges confronting Burnham are sizeable. An inadequately handled cost of living crisis, overstretched public services, the rise of the Reform Party fuelled by concerns over irregular migration, and a slew of other domestic issues are enough to fill up his diary. (Bloomberg)

Published on Jul 21, 2026 15:32 IST

Treat the cause, not the symptom

The Constitution promises every citizen the right to peacefully protest, subject to reasonable restrictions. (ANI)

Published on Jul 21, 2026 15:31 IST

Monsoon session a test for government and Opposition

Political dealings raise larger questions about the role of Parliament against the backdrop of ideology-free politics and loosening ties between the citizen and her representative. (HT Archive)

Published on Jul 20, 2026 15:09 IST

‘One for all’ in Spain’s big win

A Spanish national team is one that can dominate the ball, create multiple scoring opportunities, defend competently in the opposition’s half, and recover quickly after losing the ball. (Getty Images via AFP)

Updated on Jul 20, 2026 15:09 IST

Two pillars of space success

The imperative for private sector capacity in space had been clear for long. Supplementing State-run capacity calls for a thriving Indian private sector presence. (@skyrootaerospaceofficial via PTI)

Updated on Jul 19, 2026 14:33 IST

A Shiv Sena without the Thackerays

Despite some public sympathy for Uddhav Thackeray and the family connect with the Maratha population, it is clear that the regional party is unable to compete with the financial and administrative advantages that its rivals enjoy. (@ShivSenaUBT_X via PTI)

Updated on Jul 19, 2026 14:33 IST

Right to walk, but where’s the ease?

Footpaths in Indian cities are under constant siege. If they are not broken, they are encroached upon by parked cars, flowerpots, extended ramps of four-storey houses, security guard cabins, construction waste, mounds of garbage, dangerously low hanging overhead wires, and shop extensions. (PTI)

Updated on Jul 17, 2026 14:47 IST

Unacceptable to leave children unvaccinated

In a hyperconnected world, disease outbreaks in distant shores don’t remain distant. Each unvaccinated child spells failure for the global fight against infectious diseases. (HT Archive)

Published on Jul 16, 2026 14:59 IST

Wager beneath the mission

IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw’s rationale, that a maturing ecosystem needs less subsidy, is a calibration industrial policy rarely admits to. It should be credited. (PTI)

Updated on Jul 16, 2026 14:59 IST

A new round of tariff tantrums

The ongoing crisis in West Asia had exposed 45-50% of India’s peacetime crude oil imports via the Strait of Hormuz to uncertainty. (AFP)

Published on Jul 15, 2026 15:17 IST

Treat the Yamuna as a river, not a drain

With most of its clean water diverted upstream, the river loses its natural flow by the time it reaches the city. Without environmental flows, no amount of wastewater treatment can bring the Yamuna back to life. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)

Published on Jul 15, 2026 15:17 IST

Who is a citizen of India, after all?

The government’s position on this is clear (up to a point) and has been articulated repeatedly in Parliament: Citizenship is defined by the Citizenship Act. (HT Archive)

Updated on Jul 14, 2026 15:55 IST

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