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The meat of the obesity problem

Updated on Jan 15, 2025 14:37 IST
A man uses measuring tape on his waist in California on Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/JoNel Aleccia) (AP)

When Establishment memorialises Orwell

This photo, provided by The Royal Mint on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, shows a portrait of George Orwell and a new £2 coin. (The Royal Mint/PinPep via AP) (AP)
Updated on Jan 14, 2025 14:51 IST

Worry over a falling rupee

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)
Published on Jan 14, 2025 14:50 IST

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 14:46 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 14:46 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 18:14 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 16:51 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 9, 2025 15:23 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 8, 2025 14:49 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 7, 2025 14:51 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 6, 2025 15:15 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 6, 2025 15:15 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 5, 2025 15:17 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 3, 2025 14:58 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 2, 2025 16:55 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 2, 2025 16:54 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 1, 2025 15:54 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 1, 2025 15:54 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 14:32 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 14:31 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 14:45 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 15:35 IST