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Worry over a falling rupee

Published on Jan 14, 2025 08:20 pm IST
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: The Indian Rupee logo is seen inside the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) headquarters in Mumbai, India, December 6, 2024. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo/File Photo (REUTERS)

Good fences for good neighbours

A Border Security Force (BSF) official walks into a Border Outpost (BOP), a self-contained defence outpost situated near the India-Bangladesh international border in Petrapole, India, October 16, 2024. REUTERS/Sahiba Chawdhary (REUTERS)
Updated on Jan 13, 2025 08:16 pm IST

Why the House must debate CAG reports

CAG reports are not mere audits of public expenses meant for the archives. The government is mandated to present them before the assembly, where they need to be discussed to ensure that public funds are spent in the right manner and for the right objectives
Published on Jan 13, 2025 08:16 pm IST

The bitter battle to gain power in Delhi

New Delhi, India - Jan. 10, 2025: Delhi BJP activists being detained during a protest against AAP for allegedly making
Updated on Jan 13, 2025 02:45 pm IST

Boiling seas and scorched land

(FILES) A man is seen in front of smoke rising from an illegally lit fire on a maize field that borders a rainforest reserve, in Sinop, Mato Grosso state, Brazil, on August 9, 2020. . (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP) (AFP)
Updated on Jan 12, 2025 11:44 pm IST

Time running out for MVA in Maharashtra

Mumbai, Jan 10 (ANI): Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray with party leader Aditya Thackeray addresses a press conference after the first phase of the Bal Thackeray National Memorial, Shivaji Park has been completed, in Mumbai on Friday. (ANI Photo) (Sandip Mahankal)
Updated on Jan 12, 2025 11:46 pm IST

Ensure justice to queer people

New Delhi, India - Sept. 6, 2018: The Activists and Supporters of Article 377 in the Supreme Court Verdict on Article 377 at Supreme Court Campus in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, September 6, 2018. (Photo by Sushil Kumar/ Hindustan Times) (Sushil Kumar/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Jan 10, 2025 10:21 pm IST

Battle for Delhi splits INDIA bloc

New Delhi, Jan 07 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Atishi with Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh addresses a press conference after the announcement of Delhi Assembly Election dates, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (ANI Photo/Amit Sharma) (Amit Sharma)
Updated on Jan 09, 2025 08:53 pm IST

Why India wants to repair ties with Kabul

Dubai, Jan 08 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri greets Afghanistan Acting Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, in Dubai on Wednesday. (ANI Photo) (VikramMisri-X)
Updated on Jan 09, 2025 08:53 pm IST

Rekindle the animal spirits

Women shop for Christmas decorations at a roadside market in Ahmedabad, India, December 24, 2024. REUTERS/Amit Dave (REUTERS)
Updated on Jan 08, 2025 08:19 pm IST

Expansionist twist in Trump’s MAGA pitch

FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at Trump Tower in New York City, U.S., September 6, 2024. REUTERS/David Dee Delgado/File Photo (REUTERS)
Published on Jan 08, 2025 08:19 pm IST

Post Trudeau, Canada should reset India ties

Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaves a news conference after announcing his resignation as Liberal leader outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP/PTI) (AP)
Updated on Jan 07, 2025 08:22 pm IST

Bruised Delhi heads to polls

New Delhi, Nov 23 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party supporters cheer during the celebration of the party's victory in the Maharashtra Assembly election, at party headquarters in New Delhi on Saturday. (ANI Photo) (Modi website)
Published on Jan 07, 2025 08:21 pm IST

Early steps to digital dignity

Last week, the government released draft rules that will operationalise the digital privacy law passed in 2023. The rules, on which the public can give feedback till February 18, represent an ambitious attempt to protect the country’s 800 million-plus internet users. (Photo by Money SHARMA / AFP) / To go with 'India-Wedding-Detective', FOCUS by Aishwarya KUMAR (AFP)
Updated on Jan 06, 2025 08:45 pm IST

Connecting the NCR with public transport

New Delhi, India- December 24, 2024: Metro Rail service in the chilly morning with light fog amid rising air pollution near the Samachar apartment, in New Delhi, India, on Tuesday, December 24, 2024. (Photo by Sunil Ghosh / Hindustan Times)
Published on Jan 06, 2025 08:45 pm IST

Caste discrimination in university campuses

Students from poorer families, marginalised castes and first-generation learner backgrounds often find it difficult to survive on campuses — not only because they fail to get adequate help but also due to hostility
Published on Jan 05, 2025 08:50 pm IST

New pain points on China border

India must remain as clear-eyed as it is being in its approach to the rapprochement with China (AFP/Indian Army)
Published on Jan 05, 2025 08:47 pm IST

No end to farm economy unease

Jalandhar, Dec 30 (ANI): Farmers raise slogans during a sit-in protest for the 'Punjab Bandh' call given by the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) and the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) in support of Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been holding a hunger strike for more than a month over various demands, in Jalandhar on Monday. (ANI Photo) (Sunny Sehgal)
Updated on Jan 03, 2025 08:28 pm IST

Filling the gaps in school education

Ghaziabad India - December 26 2024: Ghaziabad School children at Ghaziabad Kavi Nagar Primary School in Ghaziabad , India on Thursday, Decemberr 26 2024. (Photo by Sakib Ali /Hindustan Times)
Published on Jan 02, 2025 10:25 pm IST

The battle to beat the heat

Shimla: Flames billow out after a fire broke out in a forest near residential area, in Shimla, on Sunday night, May 26, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI)
Updated on Jan 02, 2025 10:24 pm IST

The unsettled debate about Covid origins

People walk on a pedestrian street in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province on December 22, 2024, ahead of the fifth anniversary of China confirming its first death from the Covid-19 coronavirus. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) (AFP)
Published on Jan 01, 2025 09:24 pm IST

In Manipur, the search for peace

Imphal: Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh addresses a press conference, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI)
Updated on Jan 01, 2025 09:24 pm IST

Signalling a maturing space ecosystem

Sriharikota [Andhra Pradesh], Dec 31 (ANI): Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launches Polar Satellite Launch vehicle (PSLV-C60) with two Space Docking Experiment (SpaDex) satellites and 24 other innovative payloads into orbit from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), in Sriharikota on Monday. (ANI Photo) (PIB- X)
Published on Dec 31, 2024 08:02 pm IST

Optimism, with a dose of caution

Puri, Dec 31 (ANI): Sand artist Manas Kumar Sahoo makes a sand art wishing New Year 2025, at Puri beach in Puri on Wednesday. (ANI Photo) (Prahlad Mahato)
Updated on Dec 31, 2024 08:01 pm IST

Preparing for the Trump disruption

President-elect Donald Trump holds hands with Melania Trump after speaking to supporters at the Palm Beach County Convention Center during an election night watch party, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) (AP)
Published on Dec 30, 2024 08:15 pm IST

Start to finish, golden year for Indian chess

India’s victory march in chess began with 18-year-old D Gukesh when, against all odds, he became India’s first Candidates champion since five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand. / AFP PHOTO / Dibyangshu SARKAR (AFP)
Published on Dec 30, 2024 08:15 pm IST

Azerbaijan crash calls for a thorough probe

People mourn at the grave of Captain of the plane Igor Kshnyakin during the funeral of the crew members of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight J2-8243 that crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau, in Baku, Azerbaijan December 29, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Karimov (REUTERS)
Updated on Dec 29, 2024 09:21 pm IST

An emblem for the India story

**EDS: FILE PHOTO** Tokyo: In this Oct. 24, 2010 file photo, then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in Tokyo, Japan. Singh passed away on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, at the age of 92. (PTI Photo/Vijay Verma) (PTI)
Updated on Dec 27, 2024 09:05 pm IST

MT was a master of the word and screen

17 July 1991 - MT Vasudevan Nair, Writer - HT Photo by Sanjay Sharma.
Published on Dec 26, 2024 08:37 pm IST

Taliban lesson for Islamabad

Afghan victims injured in a Pakistani air strike, receive medical treatment at a hospital in Sharan, capital of Paktika province on December 25, 2024, a day after the attack. Pakistan air strikes in an eastern border region of Afghanistan killed 46 civilians, the Taliban government said December 25, whilst a Pakistan security official said the bombardment had targeted
Updated on Dec 26, 2024 08:37 pm IST
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