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Making truce a durable peace

Updated on Jun 25, 2025 08:52 pm IST

An extended conflict in West Asia benefits none but hurts everyone. (AFP)

New paradigm in India-Canada ties

While India and Canada must surely focus on trade and investment to give a boost to bilateral relations there must be a substantive dialogue on security issues of concern to both sides, including the threat posed by cross-border, ideology-driven terrorism. (AP)

Updated on Jun 24, 2025 08:47 pm IST

Fifty years ago, tryst with fear

The government had its way with the Emergency because the institutions expected to provide the checks and balances failed to challenge the subversion of the Constitution. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 24, 2025 08:47 pm IST

The false binary of old and new cities

Cities are not merely the built-up area; they can become living spaces only if the physical infrastructure enables economic activities. (ANI)

Published on Jun 23, 2025 08:51 pm IST

In West Asia, the case for ceasefire

The world community should get to work on all the players to talk peace because a prolonged conflict in a region that generates most of the world’s energy supplies. (Getty Images via AFP)

Updated on Jun 23, 2025 08:51 pm IST

Rot in civil aviation sector needs redress

If indeed there were faults of omission or commission by the Air India management, accountability must be fixed — more so when DGCA talks of “repeated lapses” by key airline personnel (REUTERS)

Published on Jun 22, 2025 08:46 pm IST

Perils of war in West Asia

India imports about 40% of all its oil and about half of its liquified natural gas through the narrow Strait of Hormuz that separates Iran from the Arab peninsula, which Tehran has threatened to close (AP)

Published on Jun 22, 2025 08:32 pm IST

The prospect of a wider war

If Tel Aviv and Washington pursue an endgame that stops only with regime change in Tehran, it may lead to tumultuous changes in the region. (AP)

Updated on Jun 20, 2025 08:37 pm IST

In Bonn, the pursuit of elusive climate finance

The developed world resists any binding obligations on quantum, duration, and conditionality of funding that they must provide to the developing nations to undertake necessary climate action. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Updated on Jun 19, 2025 08:26 pm IST

The need to find common ground

The smooth running of the judiciary — one of the pillars of India’s democracy — depends on an honest and transparent working relationship between the courts and the executive. (ANI)

Updated on Jun 19, 2025 08:25 pm IST

A promising thaw in Alberta

The commitment by both sides to sovereignty and territorial integrity and the emphasis on mutual respect for concerns and sensitivities will help them to move forward. (DD/ANI)

Updated on Jun 18, 2025 08:06 pm IST

The roots of terror funding

India has made its case with bodies such as FATF and the UNSC about the need for renewed action against Pakistan-based terror groups. (PTI)

Published on Jun 17, 2025 07:51 pm IST

In Punjab, violence in the name of religion

The faithful look up to his office for religious and moral guidance. He ought to be a sobering voice in a state that has seen sectarian violence. (Kanchana Kumari/Instagram)

Updated on Jun 17, 2025 07:50 pm IST

At 50, G7 needs to reinvent its priorities

Leaders of G7 member-States and other countries attending the outreach session on June 17 will be hoping for greater clarity on Trump’s thinking on economic issues during their interactions. (AFP)

Published on Jun 16, 2025 07:26 pm IST

Hurting the GST regime with cess

The proposed new cesses, if imposed, will be among the many that add to the tax burden in the name of various objectives. (PTI)

Updated on Jun 16, 2025 07:25 pm IST

Bavuma’s XI, and sports as the great unifier

And, sports can reaffirm its potential as a balm for wounded souls, and nations (AFP)

Published on Jun 15, 2025 09:37 pm IST

Brinkmanship in West Asia

The unfortunate part is that there are no credible agencies to intervene and negotiate peace, especially with the UN being toothless and Iran seeing the US as partisan (AFP)

Updated on Jun 15, 2025 09:26 pm IST

Lessons from the Air India crash

Flying has become safer over time, but an accident of this scale is bound to cast a shadow over the sector, which has been expanding at great speed in India. (AFP)

Published on Jun 13, 2025 09:16 pm IST

Arctic sounds another warning on climate

With time running out, hesitation on rebuilding the consensus pushes the planet further towards climate peril. (AFP)

Published on Jun 12, 2025 08:09 pm IST

Rolling out the women’s quota

The challenge before the Union government is how to firewall the delimitation exercise from the contingencies of electoral politics. (HT PHOTO)

Published on Jun 12, 2025 08:09 pm IST

Private sector will drive defence manufacturing

India is on the cusp of converting defence reform into an engine for broader industrial resurgence and global leadership. (Via PTI Photo)

Published on Jun 12, 2025 08:08 pm IST

Behind the bleak growth scenario

Things weren’t exactly great even before Trump 2.0 shocked the world. (REUTERS)

Published on Jun 11, 2025 08:07 pm IST

Budget tailored to please Pakistan’s armed forces

Given that the Pakistani military still does not make public all aspects of its budget, there is a need for multilateral financial institutions and the world community to keep a close watch on how funds from loans and bailouts are used by the Pakistan government. (AFP)

Published on Jun 11, 2025 08:07 pm IST

In Trump vs California, fraying of federal pact

This is also the first street and State pushback to Trump’s anti-immigrant policies that many hold as impractical. (AP)

Published on Jun 10, 2025 10:38 pm IST

Badly needing an infra upgrade

The mill land redevelopment in Parel and the shiny upgrade of the Bandra-Kurla complex have dismantled old working-class neighbourhoods, pushing residents to the farthest edges of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 10, 2025 08:39 pm IST

In Madurai, the BJP’s pitch to win Tamil Nadu

With an alliance with the AIADMK, the chief opposition party, almost in place, the BJP seems to have readied its arsenal to launch a poll battle in Tamil Nadu. (All via PTI)

Updated on Jun 09, 2025 08:13 pm IST

A critical test for institutions

The Justice Yadav case is not merely about the conduct of one judge but will have wider implications for the principle of separation of powers and commitment of public institutions to constitutional ideals. (HT Archive)

Published on Jun 09, 2025 08:13 pm IST

Yunus buys peace with poll announcement

Yunus’s announcement clearly went against the call from the army and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), currently the main political force, to hold the election by the end of the year (REUTERS)

Updated on Jun 08, 2025 08:10 pm IST

Train to Srinagar, carrying hope

The railroad to Srinagar is the last piece in integrating J&K with the rest of India. Just as the abrogation of Article 370 set new terms of political integration, the railway link marks a milestone in geographical and economic integration (AFP)

Updated on Jun 08, 2025 08:07 pm IST

Monetary policy to push growth

The monetary and fiscal arms are in sync with each other to ensure that at least one of the policy drivers continues to pursue growth while the other protects stability (PTI)

Published on Jun 06, 2025 08:21 pm IST

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