...

...

Editorials

An unequal sparring in Indian wrestling

Published on Aug 04, 2026 07:41 pm IST

For months, WFI has made life difficult for those who complained. Like it, many other sports bodies are run as fiefdoms, with money, muscle, and political influence coming together (AP)

Advertisement

Adjudicating without sexism

The courtroom must remain a site where a woman’s constitutional right to personhood, choice, life, liberty, and dignity are upheld, irrespective of what society thinks

Published on Aug 04, 2026 07:40 pm IST

The quarrel over Cauvery

The immediate trigger for the bitterness appears to be developments on the Mekedatu reservoir project, first proposed by Karnataka decades ago to solve the drinking water woes of Bengaluru (ANI Video Grab)

Published on Aug 04, 2026 04:49 pm IST

Looking for offshore oil to beef up supply

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

Published on Aug 03, 2026 09:27 am IST

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 02, 2026 08:24 pm IST

Protestors vs pellets, yet again

PREMIUM

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 08:16 pm IST

Indian inertia around the cholesterol crisis

PREMIUM

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 09:37 pm IST

Constitutionally united India

PREMIUM

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 31, 2026 04:57 pm IST

Balance between food and fuel security

PREMIUM

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 09:21 pm IST

Don’t close the doors on open-weight AI

PREMIUM

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 31, 2026 05:27 pm IST

The end of the easy Canada era for Indians

PREMIUM

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 10:18 pm IST

Manipur needs honest reckoning

PREMIUM

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

Published on Jul 28, 2026 10:16 pm IST

System needs to clean the system

PREMIUM

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 08:56 pm IST

In Karnataka, a Cong heavyweight exits

PREMIUM

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 09:00 pm IST

A test for the testing agency

PREMIUM

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 10:11 pm IST

Beijing’s sovereignty claims erode trust

PREMIUM

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 10:13 pm IST

Tariffs go, tariffs come…

PREMIUM

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 08:56 pm IST

Perils of independent, artificial minds

PREMIUM

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 07:55 pm IST

LeT continues its J&K adventurism

PREMIUM

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 07:52 pm IST

Back to a fuel Strait-jacket

PREMIUM

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 08:45 pm IST

Call out Pakistan’s bluff on Indus treaty

PREMIUM

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 07:50 pm IST

Can Burnham labour enough for the UK?

PREMIUM

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 11:45 pm IST

Treat the cause, not the symptom

PREMIUM

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

Published on Jul 21, 2026 09:07 pm IST

Monsoon session a test for government and Opposition

PREMIUM

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 09:46 pm IST

‘One for all’ in Spain’s big win

PREMIUM

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 08:41 pm IST

Two pillars of space success

PREMIUM

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 08:09 pm IST

A Shiv Sena without the Thackerays

PREMIUM

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 08:11 pm IST

Right to walk, but where’s the ease?

PREMIUM

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 08:20 pm IST

Unacceptable to leave children unvaccinated

PREMIUM

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 08:34 pm IST

Wager beneath the mission

PREMIUM

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 08:32 pm IST

Home / Editorials