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    Waivers will exacerbate Delhi’s water problems

    editorials
    Published on Jun 3, 2025 14:10 IST
    There are several problems with the waiver proposal, from the moral hazards to its implications on state finances. (ANI)

    The BRS turmoil and parties as Family Inc

    The fault mostly lies in leaders perceiving political parties as family inheritances, and not as democratic platforms. (Sonu Mehta/HT PHOTO)
    editorials
    Updated on Jun 2, 2025 14:04 IST

    Dhaka’s pivot to revenge politics

    The interim government headed by Muhammad Yunus has banned the activities of Awami League under the country’s anti-terror law until the party’s leadership has been tried by the tribunal. (REUTERS)
    editorials
    Updated on Jun 2, 2025 13:58 IST

    A train of hope, from Kashmir to Maharashtra

    Given the tertiary sector of J&K’s economy that contributes almost 60% of its GDP is largely tourism-driven, there is an urgent need to diversify (PTI)
    editorials
    Published on Jun 1, 2025 14:28 IST

    Projecting the right message

    Everyone, including international experts who have pored over detailed satellite imagery, admit that India was the clear winner in the military conflict (AFP)
    editorials
    Updated on Jun 1, 2025 14:27 IST

    Building on a strong base

    The biggest X factor for the economy, however, remains unchanged as far as the past few years are concerned. Will private capex finally gain momentum and emerge as the key driver of a sustained growth revival? (AFP)
    editorials
    Updated on May 30, 2025 18:06 IST

    B’desh politics heats up, Yunus on the back foot

    Yunus’ attempt to pivot Dhaka away from New Delhi and into the orbit of Islamabad and Beijing can only hurt Bangladesh’s economic and political stability. (Bloomberg)
    editorials
    Published on May 29, 2025 14:46 IST

    Court jolt for US tariffs plan

    The most important takeaway is that the constitutional battle over whether or not President Trump alone can decide all things about US policy is still a work in progress. (AFP)
    editorials
    Updated on May 29, 2025 14:45 IST

    Pushing the reforms agenda in the judiciary

    No judge of a constitutional court in independent India has been removed by Parliament and never have members of a ruling dispensation brought a motion to impeach a sitting judge. (ANI)
    editorials
    Published on May 28, 2025 15:13 IST

    Visa move will hurt America

    The larger message here is that America has changed and will henceforth be less tolerant of dissent. (AFP)
    editorials
    Updated on May 28, 2025 15:09 IST

    AI needs guardrails, not safety theatre

    AI development needs the same approach as aviation safety — secure testing environments, constant monitoring, and reliable human controls. And the guardrails must be robust and extensive. (REUTERS)
    editorials
    Updated on May 27, 2025 15:08 IST

    Living in the Covid shadow

    The balance India now strikes —maintaining robust surveillance while avoiding overreaction — is sensible and must trickle down in how we react to the disease. (PTI)
    editorials
    Updated on May 27, 2025 15:08 IST

    A foot overbridge lost in red tape

    the soldiers are forced to take a path straddling a stench-filled drain under a culvert on a busy stretch of the Ring Road (HT Photo)
    editorials
    Published on May 26, 2025 14:40 IST

    Fast-tracking India, Canada relations

    The Canadian side has firmed up an Indo-Pacific strategy that perceives India as a critical partner because of the common commitment of the two countries to a rules-based international system. (AP)
    editorials
    Updated on May 26, 2025 14:39 IST

    New captain, new zeal, new era

    Everything indicates a brave choice by the selectors to step into the future — starting with the choice of Gill, a relative veteran in this team with 32 Tests and an average of around 35 (which is low for a top-order batter)
    editorials
    Published on May 25, 2025 17:05 IST

    Preparing for the monsoon

    The monsoon arriving in Kerala and progressing in the rest of the country are different things, and the latter can deviate from the normal course for a variety of reasons
    editorials
    Updated on May 26, 2025 24:15 IST

    A timely reprimand from Supreme Court

    The CJI-led bench pulled up the central agency for initiating coercive search and seizure operations at Tasmac’s headquarters in Chennai between March 6 and 8 (ANI)
    editorials
    Updated on May 23, 2025 14:27 IST

    The next stage in protecting Asiatic lions

    In 2020, Project Lion identified six other protected areas in the country, in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and elsewhere in Gujarat (Zoo officials)
    editorials
    Published on May 22, 2025 14:02 IST

    Facing the heat in Chhattisgarh

    Factors such as the deepening of electoral democracy, improved delivery of public goods and services, better economic prospects, especially since the 1991 economic reforms, and the decline in the appeal of radical Left ideologies since the collapse of the Soviet Union and China’s embrace of capitalism, helped in building an environment that convinced many Maoists to leave a politics entirely defined by violence to join the mainstream (PTI)
    editorials
    Updated on May 22, 2025 13:58 IST

    Restrictions on speech have to be reasonable

    Time and again, the top court has rightly lamented how the lower judiciary and prosecutorial agencies need to be more circumspect in using their powers of arrest. But signals emanating from the top influence this behaviour (PTI)
    editorials
    Published on May 21, 2025 14:40 IST

    World must now build on the pandemic treaty

    The US’s refusal to fund WHO — it was the body’s largest historical funder — will mean the watchdog is left with very little teeth unless China or Europe fills the vacuum (REUTERS)
    editorials
    Updated on May 21, 2025 13:57 IST

    General Munir in Pakistan’s labyrinth

    The promotion is an ominous one; it is worth remembering that Pakistan’s last field marshal was the country’s first military dictator and longest-serving head of State (AP)
    editorials
    Updated on May 21, 2025 13:50 IST

    The churn in global trade

    Tinkering at the margins, which is what tariff negotiations in bilateral trade deals represent, will do nothing to address the fundamental asymmetry in global value chains where most of the physical production is carried out by cheap labour in emerging markets even though the bulk of the profits of this work are harvested by companies located in advanced economies (AFP)
    editorials
    Published on May 20, 2025 14:31 IST

    In Bengaluru flood, a pre-monsoon lesson

    This problem is not exclusive to Bengaluru. Most Indian cities — Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad among others — experience floods and waterlogging after seasonal and unseasonal downpours (PTI)
    editorials
    Published on May 20, 2025 14:27 IST

    President vs SC revives the federalism fault line

    The Constitution is silent on timelines for gubernatorial and Presidential action on state bills, though it was not written with the view that Governors and the President would keep state bills pending (Hindustan Times)
    editorials
    Published on May 19, 2025 14:04 IST

    Urging Pakistan to course correct

    It is significant that the IMF report announcing these new conditions has pointedly stated that the rising tensions between India and Pakistan, especially if they deteriorate further or are sustained, could heighten enterprise risks to the fiscal, external and reform goals of the bailout (AFP)
    editorials
    Updated on May 19, 2025 13:53 IST

    The US economy is generating more anxiety than stability

    Trump 2.0’s economic flip-flops have forced everybody to ask existential questions about the longevity of the current US-led economic order (AFP)
    editorials
    Published on May 18, 2025 17:02 IST

    New realities of Delhi-Dhaka ties

    The interim government in Dhaka led by Muhammad Yunus has taken a range of steps that appear to be aimed at whittling India’s access to Bangladesh’s markets (AFP)
    editorials
    Published on May 18, 2025 16:56 IST

    A realistic pivot in India, Turkey ties

    Under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish State has turned Islamist and pivoted close to Pakistan (AFP)
    editorials
    Updated on May 16, 2025 15:01 IST

    Questions from the President

    Neither the court nor the President should allow discretionary powers to be wielded as a political tool
    editorials
    Published on May 15, 2025 14:00 IST
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