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No room for personal whims

Published on Jun 25, 2026 08:49 pm IST

The high court rightly observed that elected representatives, when taking office, are making these promises to the electorate. (Shutterstock)

Why Canada can no longer ignore the Khalistan challenge

Canada has institutionally responded to the bombing of Air India flight 182 with guilt and grief. The bombing, while staged against India, is consistently lamented as “the deadliest terrorist attack in Canada’s history”. (@PiyushGoyal X/ANI)

Published on Jun 24, 2026 07:51 pm IST

Why walking may be the best antidote to a sedentary lifestyle

Sitting, as they say, is (indeed) the new smoking, with the link between prolonged sedentariness and adverse long-term health impact, well-established. The cure: walking around for five minutes every hour. (Yogendra Kumar/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Jun 24, 2026 07:51 pm IST

Can India and China truly normalise relations?

New Delhi and Beijing continue the work of normalising relations that were taken to a six-decade low by the prolonged military standoff in Ladakh. (PTI)

Published on Jun 23, 2026 07:59 pm IST

Why winner-takes-all politics can weaken democracy

Sena’s dynastic patriarch committed political harakiri by stitching together an ideologically incoherent alliance with the Congress and NCP, and subsequently saw the majority of his party walk away to join hands with the BJP. (Raju Shinde/HT Photo)

Published on Jun 23, 2026 07:59 pm IST

The fall of a centrist Labour leader signals a shift in British politics

Andy Burnham was able to overcome a challenge from the far-right party and increase Labour’s majority in the by-election. This success enhanced his credentials to take on the reins of Labour to fend off the far right in the next election. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)

Published on Jun 22, 2026 08:20 pm IST

How populist policies are straining state finances across India

Fiscal prudence, while absolutely necessary for sustainable economic growth for not just individual states but also the Indian economy as a whole, must always work on both sides of the equation. (HT Archive)

Published on Jun 22, 2026 08:20 pm IST

Walking safely as a fundamental right

The course of action for the authorities is clear. Repairs, upgrades, and maintenance,must be urgently carried out, as needed. (HT Archive)

Published on Jun 21, 2026 08:42 pm IST

India’s interests must come first

Israel’s current conduct in Lebanon raises further concerns, both of principles and practicality. In recent months, Israeli strikes in Lebanon to neutralise Hezbollah have killed civilians, just like in Gaza, and intensified the conflict. (AP)

Published on Jun 21, 2026 08:42 pm IST

The dangers of unauthorised construction in the national capital

For decades, public debate has focused on illegal buildings, unauthorised colonies and encroachments as though they are aberrations that emerged despite planning. The reality is more uncomfortable. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 19, 2026 08:29 pm IST

Modi-Trump geniality must yield trade gains

Trump’s effusiveness about India and Modi with the backdrop of trade tariffs, Washington’s increasing closeness with Pakistan army chief Asim Munir, and US attack killing three Indian seafarers appears particularly jarring. (AP)

Updated on Jun 18, 2026 09:24 pm IST

What the Iran conflict reveals about America’s limits in West Asia

For the third time in six years, global supply chains have come under threat, and India would do well to prepare for the next crisis. (AFP)

Published on Jun 18, 2026 09:24 pm IST

Blocking Telegram won’t solve the bigger digital governance problem

After asking the air force to deliver question papers for the June 21 re-examination, asking the paramilitary force to escort the papers, and putting the question setters in isolation, the government explained its latest diktat. (Reuters)

Published on Jun 17, 2026 07:51 pm IST

India must prepare early for the economic impact of a weak monsoon

2026 is likely to have a rainfall deficit which will be much larger than what has been the case in the recent past. This will matter for agricultural production in the current and next two cropping seasons. (AFP)

Updated on Jun 17, 2026 07:50 pm IST

Stanford reminds US Inc. of social responsibility

Pichai is not the first industry leader to face a protest in an academic setting and he won’t be the last. (AFP)

Published on Jun 16, 2026 09:34 pm IST

Managing our cities better

Delhi’s suburban cousin Gurugram is an example of what can go wrong when real estate giants develop a city while the State takes a hands-off approach. (HT Archive)

Published on Jun 16, 2026 09:33 pm IST

TMC split puts laws on defection in the dock

Published on Jun 15, 2026 07:56 pm IST

Iran persisted, the US blinked

Whether US President Donald Trump will be able to withstand Netanyahu’s bellicosity, apart from swallowing his own pride, and go ahead with signing the deal is yet to be seen. (Bloomberg)

Updated on Jun 15, 2026 07:55 pm IST

The switch India doesn’t hold

Fable 5 and Mythos 5 are not irreplaceable; Anthropic offers others, as do its rivals OpenAI and Google. Nothing collapsed on Friday. Lesser models stayed live, and the task Indians most often turn to these tools for — writing software — has ready substitutes. (Reuters)

Updated on Jun 14, 2026 10:33 pm IST

No succour for families a year after the AI crash

Apart from saying that the inquiry was proceeding across aircraft systems, flight recorder data, and engine-related components, the statement offered barely any insights. (PTI)

Published on Jun 14, 2026 10:32 pm IST

Millions of women work every day without a paycheck

To begin with, the problem must be acknowledged as two-fold. The first is the socio-cultural baggage of burdening women with “homemaking” duties, a hangover from India’s pre-capitalist past. (HT Archive)

Published on Jun 12, 2026 11:31 pm IST

Building a roadmap for lasting peace in Manipur

Despite the end of President’s Rule and the emergence of a new political leadership drawn from the state’s principal communities, normalcy remains elusive. (Reuters)

Updated on Jun 11, 2026 08:06 pm IST

The cost of the US’s Iran gambit

Though acting nonchalant, the US is perturbed by Iran’s leverage over the Strait of Hormuz. (West Asia News Agency via Reuters)

Published on Jun 11, 2026 08:06 pm IST

Student suicides are a failure of institutions

Attitudes, not numbers, are the most alarming aspect of the report. The larger malaise — that of apathy to students — triggered not only suicide, but also suicidal attempts, ideation, passive death wish, self-harm, and mental health struggles. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)

Published on Jun 10, 2026 09:07 pm IST

Accountability down the sewers

he Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, was meant to permanently put an end to the practice. But the numbers tell a different story. (HT Archive)

Published on Jun 10, 2026 09:07 pm IST

H-1B visa is a measure of American politics

This week, a US court ruled Trump’s enhanced H-1B visa fee illegal. The ruling offers relief to both employees and employers under the visa programme. This is unambiguously good news. (AP)

Published on Jun 09, 2026 08:36 pm IST

India’s politics in the last 12 years

Modi has rewritten the grammar of electoral politics, expanded the Bharatiya Janata Party’s reach to communities and regions once thought impossible, and used a combination of welfarism, Hindutva, and personal popularity to corner the Opposition. (Narendra Modi Photo Gallery/ANI)

Published on Jun 09, 2026 08:36 pm IST

Why India's capital keeps running short of water

Every summer the Yamuna falls and every summer the same plants struggle. What is changing, slowly, is the upstream supply. (Vipin Kumar/HT Photo)

Published on Jun 08, 2026 08:40 pm IST

The INDIA bloc is running out of easy options

There was no coordination, no meeting, no common agenda or concerted effort to corner the government, so much so that commitments to conduct regular meetings of the bloc — in Parliament and outside — were two of the five resolutions adopted at Monday’s meeting. (Arvind yadav/HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 08, 2026 08:40 pm IST

Resetting New Delhi’s Kathmandu connection

The new Nepalese leadership has signalled that it wants to engage with India without any baggage of the past and on a more equal footing, with the focus squarely on speeding up the development of the country. (@DrSJaishankar)

Published on Jun 07, 2026 09:31 pm IST

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