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Spare maths, and students, please

Published on Sep 18, 2025 15:08 IST
The purpose of university education is to familiarise students with evidence-based learning, its methodologies and frameworks, and prepare students to compete with the best in the world and engage in cutting-edge research in the best institutions around the world. (HT Archive)

Beating tariffs with exports

Any economic strategy that wants to promote exports has to first ensure that exporters suffer minimal damage. (AFP)
Published on Sep 17, 2025 14:53 IST

Rebuilding ties, brick by brick

While India works towards a trade deal with the US and rebuilding the overall relationship, it would be with the awareness that the fundamental basis for these ties has changed and it will not be business as usual under Trump. (AFP)
Published on Sep 16, 2025 14:52 IST

Build consensus for waqf reforms

All laws need to evolve over time. Only well-intentioned moves towards establishing transparency can ensure a genuine overhaul. (HT Archive)
Updated on Sep 15, 2025 16:18 IST

A rail link between Aizawl and Delhi

The fears of the North East regarding migration will have to be assuaged so that local communities and markets plug into the national economy. (@CMOMizoram/PTI)
Published on Sep 15, 2025 16:18 IST

New PM in office, all quiet in Kathmandu

The next few months will be crucial for Kathmandu as the promised fair probe into graft gets underway and the political class regroups to address the new situation and engage with Gen Z. (AFP)
Published on Sep 14, 2025 15:54 IST

Quest for peace, progress in sight

The PM’s comments in Manipur linking development to peace, his promises to help the internally displaced people, and his assurance that the government will back any attempt at restoring normalcy, hold out hope. (PMO)
Updated on Sep 14, 2025 15:54 IST

Signs of thaw, ties on mend

India also displayed restraint in not responding to every statement from members of Trump’s cabinet, ensuring that the exchange did not descend into a slanging match. (PTI)
Updated on Sep 12, 2025 15:35 IST

Demographic concerns ahead

India must exorcise the ghosts of population control and focus on urgent management of the rapidly shrinking window to tap its demographic dividend. (HT Archive)
Published on Sep 11, 2025 15:28 IST

When Gen Z challenges the establishment

Past youth “revolutions” have floundered because they failed to build on the spirit and energy in the street for political transformation and allowed the old order to return or regressive forces to fill the vacuum. (REUTERS)
Published on Sep 10, 2025 16:12 IST

Israel’s reckless military actions

With Israel apparently unwilling to engage with peace plans proposed by the Arab League or other countries in the region and outside, Qatar has emerged as a crucial mediator for some time and needs to be secured as a protected site. (AP)
Updated on Sep 10, 2025 16:12 IST

Challenges ahead for new vice-president

C P Radhakrishnan can help the Rajya Sabha return to its true purpose — to be a voice for the states, a reasoned check on the more immediate impulses of the directly elected Lok Sabha, and to help create an atmosphere of constructive discussions. (PTI)
Published on Sep 9, 2025 17:42 IST

Gen Z moment in Kathmandu

The Gen Z of Nepal accesses the world through social media. Not surprisingly, Nepal’s Gen Z seems to have perceived the crackdown on social media as censorship by an ineffective government. (REUTERS)
Published on Sep 9, 2025 17:38 IST

Refreshing India, EU relationship

The work being done by India and the EU on the trade deal dovetails with their efforts to impart greater strategic substance to their bilateral partnership. (DPR PMO/ANI)
Updated on Sep 8, 2025 15:28 IST

No sheltering terror finance

At their meeting in June, Modi and Carney agreed to forge a constructive bilateral relationship “grounded in mutual respect for concerns and sensitivities”, and the recent decision to appoint high commissioners in each other’s capitals has helped take reconciliation forward. (DPR PMO/ANI Photo)
Published on Sep 7, 2025 15:52 IST

In Manipur, a ray of hope

Despite thousands of security personnel, sporadic violence has continued. Previous attempts to restore normalcy, including initiatives to start bus services that resulted in civilian casualties, underscore how quickly progress can unravel. (PTI)
Published on Sep 5, 2025 15:04 IST

Making GST lean and low

The GST Council’s decision needs to be praised as it has given a boost, both material as well as sentimental, to consumer sentiment, especially among the non-rich, ahead of the critical festive season. (@FinMinIndia X via PTI)
Published on Sep 4, 2025 16:31 IST

The Maratha quota conundrum, again

The demand for reservation for Marathas, numerically and politically the state’s dominant community, largely emanates from the agrarian belt of Marathwada that has remained educationally backward and desperately poor. (PTI)
Published on Sep 3, 2025 15:39 IST

No normalising jail without trial

In the case of Khalid, Imam and others, five (or more) years have elapsed since their incarceration, giving enough time to the police to collect and present evidence. (HT Archive)
Published on Sep 3, 2025 15:39 IST

Dealing with extreme, hyperlocal rainfall

As weather watch does its bit, the Centre, states, and local bodies must make climate resilience a proactive function. (PTI)
Published on Sep 2, 2025 15:17 IST

SCO triggers US unease

The SCO joint declaration expressed the bloc’s opposition to “unilateral coercive measures” of an economic nature that go against the rules of the World Trade Organisation and negatively affect the global economy. (DPR PMO/ANI)
Published on Sep 2, 2025 15:17 IST

No complacency on growth headwinds

The disruption of 50% US tariff and its disproportionate impact on India’s labour-intensive manufacturing pockets will have to be tracked carefully to unleash effective mitigation. (REUTERS)
Updated on Aug 31, 2025 16:18 IST

Rebuilding ties with pragmatism

A pragmatic approach towards rebuilding of ties with China will serve India well, but more will need to be done to address the trust deficit that has plagued bilateral relations in recent years. (AP)
Updated on Aug 31, 2025 16:18 IST

Wrecking a relationship

Central to Navarro’s claim about India aiding Russia’s war effort is the purchase of Russian oil. The context of that decision — and the hypocrisy in the US stance — has been eloquently explained by Jaishankar. (Bloomberg)
Published on Aug 29, 2025 15:29 IST