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    EU gets serious about social media’s dangers

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    Published on Sep 17, 2026 15:25 IST
    Most platforms already claim a minimum age close to 13, so the rule will count only if the Commission’s age-verification app, meant to confirm age without revealing identity, works at scale. (AFP)

    Assert autonomy, build capacity

    History is witness to both Democratic and Republican presidents of the US abandoning, even punishing, allies whenever domestic politics needed it. It’s always an “America first” fist, neatly gloved in the claims of rules-based-order. (Shutterstock)
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    Updated on Sep 17, 2026 15:25 IST

    US sparks off a race to weaponise space

    Satellites guide missiles, time bank transactions, route ships and aeroplanes, and track the monsoon, and military planners expect them to be early targets in any war between major powers. More than a dozen countries are building the means to jam, dazzle, seize or destroy them. (AFP)
    editorials
    Published on Sep 16, 2026 16:10 IST

    Free launches, no free lunches

    The roll-out of MDR in parts of the UPI universe will undo some of the disadvantage these payment platforms had to face to vis-à-vis UPI. (Reuters)
    editorials
    Published on Sep 16, 2026 16:10 IST

    Brace for inflation and rate hikes

    Crude oil prices, thanks to the rapid military advances by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen along the Red Sea coast, have caused a major disruption to Saudi oil supplies. Brent crude, the international benchmark, is already above $100 per barrel. (Reuters)
    editorials
    Published on Sep 15, 2026 15:20 IST

    A growing threat in the Himalayas

    In the long-term, as glaciers shrink rapidly, freshwater sources could dry up for downstream areas. For India, that means water scarcity not just in the mountains and abutting valleys, but also in the plains. (Shutterstock)
    editorials
    Published on Sep 15, 2026 15:20 IST

    Two sides to China’s open AI proposal

    Open-weight AI models matter most for the Global South, whose languages, public services, and research focus are not the commercial priorities of a few Californian firms. (Reuters)
    editorials
    Published on Sep 14, 2026 15:21 IST

    UCC vision needs careful thought

    Union home minister Amit Shah’s declaration that UCC will be enacted in all NDA-ruled states marks the beginning of concerted nationwide efforts to push UCC towards fruition. (Bachchan Kumar/HT Photo)
    editorials
    Published on Sep 14, 2026 15:20 IST

    BRICS uses a unity-in-diversity template

    All eyes were on China’s President Xi Jinping as he visited India after seven years. In both his bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his address, Xi belied the perception in some quarters that China merely sees the grouping as a platform for challenging American hegemony. (AFP)
    editorials
    Published on Sep 13, 2026 16:08 IST

    An alliance for non-alignment

    BRICS itself is a coalition of convenience. While China and Russia see it as a tool to challenge western institutional dominance, for India and Brazil, it is a forum for reforming a rules-based global order. (PMO)
    editorials
    Updated on Sep 11, 2026 16:00 IST

    Not criminalising marital rape is hurting women

    The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act of 2013 — it acknowledged that marital rape was a form of abuse, but allowed an exception for sexual relations between a man and his wife, provided she is over the age of 16, and said this would be considered consensual — came about as a result of far-reaching recommendations of the Justice Verma Committee, but key suggestions were not included. (HT Archive)
    editorials
    Published on Sep 10, 2026 15:46 IST

    25 years of 9/11

    US military interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan, ambitiously named the War on Terror, resulted in two decades of turbulence in West Asia. The US emerged more of a global bully than a leader during and in the aftermath of this operation. (Shutterstock)
    editorials
    Updated on Sep 10, 2026 15:40 IST

    What aspiring India needs & what it gets

    The demand for student housing that has caused several localities such as Satya Niketan near the DU south campus and Kingsway Camp near north campus, with their densely-packed, regulation-flouting housing, to become preferred addresses for students. (Sanchit Khanna/HT Photo)
    editorials
    Published on Sep 9, 2026 14:52 IST

    Judiciary must not fear scrutiny

    The Supreme Court itself has repeatedly said that bona fide and constructive criticism can aid institutional self-introspection. (Arvind Yadav/HT Photo)
    editorials
    Published on Sep 9, 2026 14:48 IST

    Draconian decrees can’t be the norm

    In warning that some officers who forget their oath to the Constitution risk reducing Uttar Pradesh to “an Orwellian Dystopia”, the Allahabad High Court has underlined a disturbing trend among senior officers to privilege narrow career and political concerns over the demands of the country’s founding document. (Shutterstock)
    editorials
    Updated on Sep 8, 2026 16:21 IST

    An invitation to tango on the Moon

    Over the decades, Isro has demonstrated superior technological and operational ability that has, at times, even surpassed Nasa’s. Chandrayaan-3’s remains the world’s only soft landing on the lunar South Pole, a notoriously difficult and, thus, largely unexplored terrain. (PTI)
    editorials
    Updated on Sep 8, 2026 16:17 IST

    Preparing for an extreme 2027

    India will have a deficit of more than 10% in monsoon rainfall for the first time since 2015. This will have consequences for agricultural production, reservoir levels, and, in some cases, even drinking water availability. (AP)
    editorials
    Updated on Sep 7, 2026 16:00 IST

    A resurgence of the Right in Germany

    To be sure, this result could be just a temporary protest against Merz’s coalition rather than a bellwether for a socio-political realignment. (AFP)
    editorials
    Published on Sep 7, 2026 16:00 IST

    Talking peace in the Russia-Ukraine war

    This is the first initiative on the Russia-Ukraine conflict by the US since January, with Trump’s push to end the fighting largely losing momentum as his attention was focused on the war with Iran. (AFP)
    editorials
    Published on Sep 6, 2026 16:40 IST

    Total collapse of accountability

    As the debris is cleared and rescue operations are mounted, foremost on the mind of Delhi’s residents would be the well-being of the young boys who were inside the building at the time of collapse. (AFP)
    editorials
    Updated on Sep 6, 2026 16:40 IST

    An ambitious defence vision

    The four pillars of the Raksha document on defence diplomacy are forging global strategic partnerships better aligned with India’s national security objectives, capacity building through joint military exercises and training, ramping up defence exports by making India a reliable defence manufacturing hub, and enhancing New Delhi’s role in security across the Indian Ocean. (PIB/ANI)
    editorials
    Published on Sep 4, 2026 16:10 IST

    Forex boost delivered, over to markets now

    India’s macro-credibility, when backed with the sovereign’s commitment, remains strong with investors. The challenge is to make India’s markets as convincing about their long-term returns. (ANI)
    editorials
    Updated on Sep 3, 2026 15:30 IST

    Climate models’ clarity on calamity

    Last week, a flash flood in the Bhotekoshi river killed more than a thousand people in Nepal and left thousands more missing. (AFP)
    editorials
    Updated on Sep 3, 2026 15:30 IST

    Cruelty has no place in the classroom

    Annual ACER reports show that across India, students cannot read or solve mathematical problems at several levels below their own, and UDISE surveys underline serious problems of dropout at the secondary school level. (Shutterstock)
    editorials
    Published on Sep 2, 2026 16:44 IST

    The uncertain new world

    It is tragicomic that after a negotiated détente, the two countries have stumbled into a second round of a war. (AFP)
    editorials
    Published on Sep 2, 2026 16:36 IST

    A fail-proof tactic called Lionel Messi

    The 39-year-old’s retirement from international football marks the end of an era in which where Argentina employed a simple tactic: give it to Messi. (AFP)
    editorials
    Published on Sep 1, 2026 15:53 IST

    Making the SCO work for India

    The first issue the government, therefore, must worry about is that the institution still lacks a centralised consensus. Not only this, the asymmetrical dominance China enjoys in the grouping greatly influences any emergent consensus. (DPR PMO/ANI)
    editorials
    Updated on Sep 1, 2026 15:53 IST

    Growing dangers in the Himalayas

    The August 26 flash flood in Nepal, though, has now brought to the fore a mechanically different threat altogether: hanging glaciers, a mountain-side mass of ice, perched on a slope, collapsing and triggering catastrophic floods. (Reuters)
    editorials
    Published on Aug 31, 2026 15:19 IST

    Decoding 7.8% GDP growth

    It is still important that the West Asia war and its economic disruption end soon. If it does not end soon, the economic consequences will be more severe than what the June quarter numbers indicate. (WANA via Reuters)
    editorials
    Updated on Aug 31, 2026 15:18 IST

    Real state of play for US in Venezuelan oil

    Venezuela’s oil fields have suffered from decades of mismanagement and will require a massive capital infusion to scale up production as well as profits. (Reuters)
    editorials
    Published on Aug 30, 2026 15:52 IST
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