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A dialogue of three musical streams

Updated on Feb 4, 2025 14:38 IST

Eru Matsumoto, from left, Wouter Kellerman, and Chandrika Tandon accept the award for best new age, ambient, or chant album for "Triveni" during the 67th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, in Los Angeles. AP/PTI(AP02_03_2025_000060A) (AP)

Vote that matters beyond Delhi

New Delhi, Feb 04 (ANI): Polling officials collect election materials before leaving for the polling stations at Atal Adarsh Bengali Balika Vidyalaya on the eve of the Delhi Assembly elections, at Gole Market in New Delhi on Tuesday. (ANI Photo/Jitender Gupta) (Jitender Gupta)

Published on Feb 4, 2025 14:37 IST

Cracking the whip on AI-enabled child abuse

FILE PHOTO: A message reading "AI artificial intelligence", a keyboard, and robot hands are seen in this illustration taken January 27, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo (REUTERS)

Published on Feb 3, 2025 15:12 IST

Budget’s first steps to secure gig workers

Implementation is where legislative measures to give social security to gig workers have been foiled, given the complexities and challenges that mark the changing nature of work the gig economy represents REUTERS/Rupak De Chowduri/File Photo (REUTERS)

Updated on Feb 2, 2025 15:44 IST

Destabilising the world economy

That Trump does not appreciate that the interdependence of complex economies is only a part of the problem (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) (AP)

Updated on Feb 2, 2025 15:41 IST

A budget that ticks all boxes

Ranchi, Feb 01 (ANI): People watch the live telecast of Union Budget 2025 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Lok Sabha of the Parliament, at a television showroom in Ranchi on Saturday. (ANI Photo) (Somnath Sen)

Published on Feb 1, 2025 17:56 IST

Road map to Viksit Bharat

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala with her team of officials while giving final touches to the Union Budget 2025-26, in New Delhi, Friday, Jan. 31, 2024. (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary) (PTI)

Updated on Jan 31, 2025 14:37 IST

Don’t mess with the midday meal scheme

Ludhiana, India - July 22, 2023 : Students eating midday meal in school hours at Government School in Ludhiana. (Photo by Gurpreet Singh/Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jan 30, 2025 14:34 IST

Stop choking the consuming class

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: India's Ministry of Finance building is silhouetted against the setting sun in New Delhi April 2, 2015. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo/File Photo (REUTERS)

Updated on Jan 30, 2025 14:33 IST

The tragedy at Maha Kumbh

Indian Hindu devotees arrive for a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers, on the eve of the 'Mauni Amavasya' or new moon day during the Maha Kumbh festival, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) (AP)

Published on Jan 29, 2025 15:04 IST

The messaging in Uttarakhand’s UCC

Dehradun: In this image by @pushkardhami on Jan. 27, 2025, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami at an event to announce the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), in Dehradun, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (@pushkardhami via PTI Photo)(PTI01_27_2025_000088B) (@pushkardhami)

Updated on Jan 29, 2025 15:04 IST

Tread carefully on the Himalayas

Shimla: Snow-covered Himalayas mountain range, seen from Shimla, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. (PTI Photo)(PTI02_09_2024_000167A)(PTI12_30_2024_000217A) (PTI)

Updated on Jan 27, 2025 14:51 IST

MAGA won’t gain from weaponising tariffs

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: A Pro-Trump supporter holding a MAGA hat stands outside of the United States Capitol before the inauguration of the 47th President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Jim Vondruska/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Jim Vondruska / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) (Getty Images via AFP)

Updated on Jan 27, 2025 14:51 IST

Surviving in politics without perks of office

Access to funds and the ability to extend patronage is central to the political economy of power, especially when political outfits lack a larger purpose of public good or ideology

Published on Jan 26, 2025 15:23 IST

Closure in the 26/11 attacks

It is necessary that Rana , like Kasab, is made to stand trial in an Indian court and held accountable for his role in the crime (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jan 27, 2025 04:28 IST

How the budget can deliver Viksit Bharat

New Delhi, India - Feb. 1, 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Minister of Finance along with Bhagwat Karad and Pankaj Chaudhary MOS Finance leaves the Finance Ministry carrying the Finance Budget ahead of the presentation of interim Budget 2024 in Parliament at North Block in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, February 1, 2024. (Photo by Sanchit Khanna/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jan 24, 2025 14:40 IST

UGC opens new front in federalism battle

The UGC draft, effectively, threatens to annul the state law, usurp the powers of appointment from the state executive and invest it in the office of the governor.. HT Photo By Sonu Mehta

Updated on Jan 23, 2025 14:48 IST

Spare the H-1B visa programme

TH-1B is a key (although not as key as it once was) pillar of the business model of the IT industry in India. / AFP PHOTO / OZAN KOSE (AFP)

Updated on Jan 23, 2025 14:48 IST

Stop stonewalling talks on Indus treaty

The Indus Waters Treaty is undoubtedly the most durable agreement between the South Asian rivals (PTI Photo/Kamal Kishore)(PTI01_27_2023_000054A) (PTI)

Published on Jan 22, 2025 14:38 IST

Hurting culture with litigation

Husain, who has worked with the Ramayana and Mahabharata traditions on the advice of socialist leader Rammanohar Lohia, is hardly disrespectful to his subjects in his works

Updated on Jan 22, 2025 14:38 IST

Trump-shaped climate disaster

Homes reduced to rubble by the Palisades Fire are seen in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on January 18, 2025. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (AFP)

Updated on Jan 22, 2025 02:58 IST

Rethinking women’s education in Kabul

(FILES) Afghan female students studying health studies walk along a street in Kabul on December 3, 2024. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP) (AFP)

Updated on Jan 22, 2025 03:00 IST

The bovine beliefs of a man of science

Veezhinathan Kamakoti

Published on Jan 20, 2025 15:04 IST

Engaging with President Trump

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends a service at St. John's Church on the inauguration day of his second Presidential term in Washington, U.S. January 20, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (REUTERS)

Published on Jan 20, 2025 15:04 IST

For Tejashwi, Lalu legacy is a mixed bag

Lalu Prasad was seen as uncompromising in furthering one of the two major strands of post-1980s national politics, Mandal, and opposing the other, Mandir. However, his legacy also includes a period in Bihar politics that was characterised by corruption, general lawlessness, and the collapse of the State and its institutions. (Photo by Santosh Kumar/ Hindustan Times)

Published on Jan 19, 2025 14:30 IST

AI challenge to electoral process

Deepfakes are a unique and evolving problem that needs a more dynamic solution (Getty Images)

Published on Jan 19, 2025 14:26 IST

Side-stepping NEET issues

Srinagar: Medical students from Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar, holding placards take part in a silent protest against the reduction of Open Merit (OM) seats in postgraduate admissions under the NEET PG framework, in Srinagar, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI)

Published on Jan 17, 2025 15:03 IST

The prospect of peace in Gaza

Destroyed buildings by Israeli bombardments as seen inside the Gaza Strip from southern Israel, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) (AP)

Published on Jan 16, 2025 15:48 IST

Congress’s legacy of unease with legacies

NEW DELHI, INDIA - JANUARY 14: Final touches of Indira Bhavan - Indian National Congress Headquarter, on the eve of the Inauguration, in New Delhi India on January 14,2024. (HT Photo) (Hindustan Times)

Published on Jan 16, 2025 15:48 IST

Russian roulette for Indian jobseekers

It is unclear how many are currently serving in the Russian army or are with units engaged in the fighting with Ukraine. Some reports have suggested a handful of Indians have been reluctant to give up their jobs in the Russian military, perhaps because of the pressure to recoup the huge amounts they paid to recruitment agents. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) (AP)

Published on Jan 15, 2025 14:37 IST

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