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Assembly polls mark little big step for J&K

Updated on Sep 17, 2024 08:54 PM IST

Kishtwar, Sep 17 (ANI): Polling officials collect their EVMs and other polling materials at a distribution centre before they leave for their respective polling stations on the eve of the first phase of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls, in Kishtwar on Tuesday. (ANI Photo) (Gourav)

AAP’s political gambit in Delhi

New Delhi, Sep 17 (ANI): AAP leader and Delhi CM-designate Atishi stakes claim to form the new government before Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena, at LG Secretariat in New Delhi on Tuesday. Outgoing Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also present. (ANI Photo) (LG Office)

Updated on Sep 17, 2024 08:53 PM IST

Diversity is central to a just judicial system

New Delhi, Jan 10 (ANI): A view of the Supreme Court building, the apex judicial body of India, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (ANI Photo) (Sanjay Sharma)

Updated on Sep 16, 2024 08:58 PM IST

Moving ahead on concurrent polls

In the case of “one nation, one election”, the government will need a broader consensus since the change also concerns the states and local bodies. ( Praful Gangurde / HT Photo ) (HT Photo)

Updated on Sep 16, 2024 08:57 PM IST

Working on easing pension pains

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A person on a wheel chair at a park in Beijing, China, on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024. China will raise the retirement age for the first time since 1978, a move likely to slow a decline in the labor force and support the economy. Photographer: Na Bian/Bloomberg

Published on Sep 16, 2024 12:43 AM IST

Big churn in the Capital

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Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal address party workers where he announced that he will resign from his post in the next two days. (Arvind Yadav/HT Photo)

Published on Sep 16, 2024 12:35 AM IST

Real thaw with China still far

St Petersburg: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during their talks, in St Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Sept 12, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI)

Published on Sep 13, 2024 08:59 PM IST

Number Theory: Free trade has benefits but there are caveats

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Published on Sep 13, 2024 09:44 AM IST

Make prevention the focus of health policy

New Delhi, India - May 12, 2019: A school student Pardeep helps an elderly woman during the Lok Sabha election at Senior Sec.School, Sanjay Colony Bhati Mines, in New Delhi, India, on Sunday, May 12, 2019. (Photo by Sanjeev Verma/ Hindustan Times) (Sanjeev Verma/HT PHOTO)

Published on Sep 12, 2024 09:30 PM IST

Trade-off in Lakshadweep

The country’s smallest territory, Lakshadweep, stands at a crossroads. (ANI Photo) (Narendra Modi-X)

Updated on Sep 12, 2024 09:30 PM IST

Protecting children from social media ills

On this photo provided by AAP IMAGE, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends a question time at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP) (AP)

Published on Sep 11, 2024 09:38 PM IST

Welcome cover for gig workers

FILE PHOTO: Gig workers prepare to deliver orders outside Swiggy's grocery warehouse at a market area in New Delhi, India, May 6, 2024. REUTERS/Priyanshu Singh/File Photo (REUTERS)

Updated on Sep 11, 2024 09:38 PM IST

Doctors must return to work

Kolkata, India - Sept. 10, 2024: Hundreds of juniors doctors under West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front (WBJDF) banner marched towards Swasthya Bhavan demanding justics for the alleged rape-murder victim at RG Kar Hospital and resignation of Kolkata CP and several health officials in Salt Lake, Sector V, India, on Tuesday, September 10, 2024. (Photo by Samir Jana/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Sep 10, 2024 09:03 PM IST

Need to make Delhi’s firecracker ban work

Indian customers visit a firecracker shop in New Delhi on October 23, 2018. - India's top court on October 23 eased a ban on fireworks for a major Hindu festival despite air pollution in New Delhi and other cities again reaching danger levels. (Photo by Money SHARMA / AFP) (AFP)

Published on Sep 10, 2024 09:02 PM IST

Act against green violations in Delhi

The CEC has reported that there was non-compliance on multiple fronts, including on-site greening norms, compensatory afforestation for tree felling, and mandatory approvals under the Forest Conservation Act. (Photo by Parveen Kumar/Hindustan Times

Published on Sep 09, 2024 09:17 PM IST

Uttarakhand must fight intolerance

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ITBP and Uttarakhand Police personnel stand guard on a road on February 12, 2024, during a curfew in Haldwani’s Banbhoolpura area following incidents of violence. (Representative Image/PTI File Photo)

Published on Sep 08, 2024 11:53 PM IST

Lessons from Paralympics

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**EDS: IMAGE VIA @Media_SAI ON THURSDAY, SEPT 5, 2024.** New Delhi: First batch of the Indian Paralympics contingent upon their arrival, at the IGI Airport in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)(PTI09_05_2024_000162B)

Published on Sep 08, 2024 11:38 PM IST

War, and talk of peace in Europe

A resident walks with a bicycle past a building destroyed by a Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the village of Yampil, in Sumy region, Ukraine September 6, 2024. REUTERS/Maksym Kishka (REUTERS)

Published on Sep 06, 2024 09:15 PM IST

Can’t catch a cold from B’desh-Pakistan thaw

Students and other activists carry Bangladesh's national flag during a protest march organized by Students Against Discrimination to mark one month since former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stepped down after a mass uprising, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. AP/PTI(AP09_05_2024_000397A) (AP)

Published on Sep 05, 2024 09:10 PM IST

No single way to fight inequality

India, the world’s most populous country, has done very well in high-technology exports but performs much below its potential in labour-intensive exports / AFP PHOTO / ARUN SANKAR (AFP)

Published on Sep 05, 2024 09:09 PM IST

Deny cow vigilantism mainstream support

The accused in police custody. (HT Photo)

Published on Sep 04, 2024 09:18 PM IST

Can’t bulldoze due process

New Delhi, Jan 10 (ANI): A view of the Supreme Court building, the apex judicial body of India, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (ANI Photo) (Sanjay Sharma)

Updated on Sep 04, 2024 09:17 PM IST

In Haryana, a reading of employment stress

The problem of overqualified applicants is hardly unique to Haryana. (Representative Image/Photo by Sanchit Khanna/ Hindustan Times) (Sanchit Khanna/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Sep 03, 2024 08:49 PM IST

New WB Bill is all about politics

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee speaks during a session of the state Legislative Assembly, in Kolkata, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. The Aparajita Woman and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws and Amendment) Bill 2024 was passed during the session. (PTI Photo (PTI)

Published on Sep 03, 2024 08:48 PM IST

Relapse of violence in Manipur is troubling

Imphal, Sept 01 (ANI): Security personnel stand guard after a militant attack, at Koutruk in Imphal on Sunday. Reportedly, two people died and six people injured including a Police personnel in the attack. (ANI Photo) (ANI)

Published on Sep 02, 2024 09:14 PM IST

Consumption growth rebound is promising

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Despite a contraction in government spending, investment demand, reflected in Gross Fixed Capital Formation, actually grew faster compared to the previous quarter, to 7.5%.

Published on Sep 01, 2024 11:57 PM IST

A safer society for women

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Kolkata, Sep 01 (ANI): Educationalists, actors, teachers, students, and other professionals take part in 'Maha Michil' to protest against the alleged sexual assault and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Hospital, in Kolkata on Sunday. (ANI Photo)

Published on Sep 01, 2024 11:56 PM IST

Caste census call needs nuance

Congress MLA Tara prasad Bahinipati climbs on the Speaker's podium along with other Congress and BJD MLAs in a protest demanding caste-based census during ongoing Budget session of Assembly, in Bhubaneswar, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI)

Published on Aug 30, 2024 09:26 PM IST

Shed partisan glasses in reading Meta letter

FILE - Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg . (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) (AP)

Published on Aug 29, 2024 08:51 PM IST

Standards must guide Ayush

The Supreme Court ruling brings back into focus the question of whether traditional medicine can be held to a different standard for advertising if it is not subject to science-based safety and efficacy scrutiny of comparable rigour(Photo by Sanchit Khanna/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Aug 29, 2024 08:51 PM IST