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Dealing with the Waqf storm

Updated on Apr 04, 2025 09:43 pm IST

Kolkata, India - April 4, 2025: Joint Forum For Waqf Protection stage a protest rally against Waqf Amendment Bill in Kolkata, India, on Friday, April 4, 2025. (Photo by Samir Jana/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

A first move to reaffirm public trust in the judiciary

As in any institution, the judiciary too has its black sheep. The challenge is to encourage transparency in the system (ANI)

Published on Apr 03, 2025 08:19 pm IST

America’s war with the world

Trump’s latest decision is a classic case of the road to hell being paved with good intentions (REUTERS)

Published on Apr 03, 2025 08:15 pm IST

Dhaka’s self goal in Beijing

Yunus’s exaggerated claim as “guardian of the ocean” exposes his ignorance of geography (Raj K Raj/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Apr 02, 2025 07:45 pm IST

Standing with the law of the land

Maharashtra’s political agenda can’t revolve around the memory of a divisive ruler from the past, and the government must uphold the law (PTI)

Updated on Apr 02, 2025 11:20 am IST

Breathing easy in the National Capital Region

The proposed shift must carefully weigh the implications for the government’s grain reserves, given buffer stock and public distribution requirements

Published on Apr 01, 2025 08:43 pm IST

Recalibration of India-China ties

It isn’t lost on anyone that the outreach came a day ahead of US President Donald Trump’s expected announcement of wide-ranging trade tariffs against countries including India and China (ANI)

Updated on Apr 01, 2025 08:38 pm IST

Timely justice in India: Can AI be the answer?

With millions of cases in the backlog, AI can help manage case tracking, scheduling, and document processing (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Apr 01, 2025 08:35 pm IST

In Bihar, two fronts in pursuit of power

Tejashwi Yadav’s challenge will be to keep the gathbandhan together and offer a narrative that offsets the criticism about its past record in office while challenging the NDA’s claims on governance (HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 31, 2025 07:40 pm IST

Larger lesson in welfare dispute

The funding-implementation asymmetry in centrally sponsored schemes (CSSs) — the Union government provide the funds and state governments implement them — is always a delicate equilibrium which can be destabilised easily (ANI)

Updated on Mar 31, 2025 07:29 pm IST

Monarchy is dead, long live the monarchy

The protests last week are a sign of the people’s growing disillusionment with political instability in the country over the past two decades. (AP)

Published on Mar 30, 2025 09:43 pm IST

Free speech is not negotiable

India, of course, has a great tradition — oral, written and performative — privileging the right of artists to challenge authority. (Shutterstock)

Published on Mar 30, 2025 09:35 pm IST

Reconfiguring ties with Russia

India has so far adroitly managed its relationship with Russia even while forging increasingly closer security and trade ties in the past two decades with the US, the historically different poles in world order (PIB)

Updated on Mar 28, 2025 07:50 pm IST

Battling colour and gender prejudices

There has been visible change over the past few decades, but the gulf that remains to be bridged is not small either

Published on Mar 27, 2025 07:55 pm IST

Old alliance, new context

Political calculations in Tamil Nadu in the coming days will be a complicated affair because of a new entrant, actor Vijay, whose star power is a big draw among young voters and a section of the minorities (ANI X)

Updated on Mar 27, 2025 07:38 pm IST

Delhi must rationalise jet fuel VAT rates

It would lower the burden on domestic airlines, some of which are struggling to recover costs. Improved airline health and competitiveness against foreign airlines due to the elimination of the tax disadvantage will have spillover gains for Delhi in terms of jobs, sales, and a boost to tourism and hospitality (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Mar 26, 2025 08:59 pm IST

Moscow to Kyiv via Washington

The Trump administration has been more focused on a deal, rather than fundamental issues such as international law and respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity (via REUTERS)

Published on Mar 26, 2025 08:56 pm IST

Listen to the court, end demolition justice

Some administrations have deliberately ignored the Court’s directives (PTI)

Updated on Mar 25, 2025 07:25 pm IST

Big budget boost for Delhi

A lot of the increase in budgetary spending for Delhi is coming from funds which have been given from the central government (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Mar 25, 2025 07:25 pm IST

Wetland protection needs both Centre, states to act

Whether the lethargy of the states on notifying wetlands is a symptom of a larger malaise of reluctance or mere administrative inertia needs to be ascertained (Arabinda Mahapatra)

Published on Mar 24, 2025 08:11 pm IST

The equity issue in representation

A key question is if population should be the sole criterion in addressing the issue of equity in political representation (DKShivakumar-X)

Published on Mar 23, 2025 08:14 pm IST

A cautionary tale on multiple counts

Fingers were pointed at Rhea Chakraborty and she was vilified even in the absence of conclusive evidence or a thorough investigation

Published on Mar 23, 2025 08:14 pm IST

Transactional dimension will define India-US ties

The Trump White House will continue to support India’s development of a semiconductor ecosystem providing the US with a trusted supply chain (Getty Images via AFP)

Published on Mar 23, 2025 08:10 pm IST

Clear the cloud over the judiciary

Judicial supremacy rests not on constitutional provisions alone but on moral authority. When public perception shifts away from viewing judges as principled arbiters, democracy itself is endangered (PTI)

Published on Mar 21, 2025 08:07 pm IST

Farm reforms need a new imagination

The obduracy around guaranteed minimum support prices by protesting farmers was the exact opposite of what was required after the victory of the 2019-2021 farmers’ protest (Raminder Pal Singh)

Published on Mar 20, 2025 07:43 pm IST

Time for a reset in India-Canada ties

The India-Canada relationship cratered after Trudeau alleged that Indian government agents were involved in the killing of pro-Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June 2023 (AP)

Updated on Mar 20, 2025 08:02 pm IST

Aadhaar-linked voter ID can be an EPIC change

The linking must be done in a fair manner — it is not mandatory at present, in keeping with a 2023 judgment of the Supreme Court, and the ECI must not try to make it otherwise (HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 19, 2025 07:50 pm IST

A US-mediated peace in Ukraine

Russia's President Vladimir Putin talks to U.S. President Donald Trump during their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/Files (REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 19, 2025 07:51 pm IST

Equity, discipline must guide states’ fiscal behaviour

The 16th Finance Commission’s recommendations, once finalised, will likely see more debate on central devolution of taxes and revenue deficit grants given to selected states (Shutterstock)

Updated on Mar 18, 2025 08:40 pm IST

Much ado about a Mughal ruler

Aurangzeb’s complicated legacy — not very different from that of many monarchs of his time — should be studied, not as an exercise in validation or vilification but to remember how bigotry, sectarian statecraft, unlimited hunger for territory, and warmongering can destroy even the mightiest of empires (WIKIMEDIA)

Updated on Mar 18, 2025 08:40 pm IST

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