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Rice export and its discontents

Updated on Oct 07, 2024 08:57 pm IST
FILE PHOTO: Workers weigh and pack paddy bags at Sitapur market, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India October 20, 2023. REUTERS/Rajendra Jadhav/File Photo (REUTERS)

A war that can have no winners

Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli air strike that targeted a neighbourhood in Beirut's southern suburbs on October 6, 2024. Israel unleashed intense strikes targeting Hezbollah on October 6, almost a year since the attack by Palestinian Hamas militants that sparked the war in Gaza. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP)(AFP)
Published on Oct 06, 2024 11:59 pm IST

Curing prisons of caste prejudice

The bench said caste-based assignments of labour, such as assigning menial tasks like cleaning and sweeping to marginalised castes while reserving cooking for higher castes, is a violation of Articles 14 and 15 of the Constitution (HT File Photo)
Updated on Oct 06, 2024 11:58 pm IST

Importance of Haryana polls

Rohtak: Polling officials carry EVM and other election material as they leave for their respective polling stations on the eve of the Haryana Assembly elections, in Rohtak, Haryana, Friday, Oct 4, 2024. (PTI Photo)(PTI10_04_2024_000200A) (PTI)
Updated on Oct 04, 2024 09:03 pm IST

Political start-up’s bid to change Bihar story

Patna, Oct 02 (ANI): Election strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor greets the supporters at the launch of his party Jan Suraaj, at Veterinary College grounds in Patna on Wednesday. (ANI Photo) (Pappi Sharma)
Published on Oct 03, 2024 08:57 pm IST

Going ahead for Swachh Bharat

Navi Mumbai, India - Oct. 2, 2024:A clean-up drive was organised at the Mini Sea Shore, on the occasion of Swachh Bharat Divas along with DIG CRPF & Fortis Hiranandani Hospital at Vashi Mini Sea Shore in Navi Mumbai, India, on Wednesday, October 2, 2024. (Photo by Bachchan Kumar/ HT PHOTO) (HT PHOTO)
Updated on Oct 03, 2024 08:57 pm IST

Sebi’s measures will protect retail investors

The logo of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is seen on its headquarters in Mumbai, India, September 6, 2024. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo (REUTERS)
Updated on Oct 02, 2024 08:34 pm IST

In J&K polls, a win for democracy

Jammu, Oct 01 (ANI): Voters wait in a queue to cast their votes for the final phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, at a polling station, in Jammu on Tuesday. (ANI Photo) (Shanky Rathore)
Updated on Oct 02, 2024 08:33 pm IST

Many cinema lives of Mithun Chakraborty

Mumbai: Artists from Gurukul school of Art move a painting of congratulatory message for actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty after he was announced as the recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, in Mumbai, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (PTI Photo/Kunal Patil) (PTI)
Updated on Oct 01, 2024 08:38 pm IST

Hidden in the monsoon story

Visakhapatnam: Vehicles move on a waterlogged road after heaving rainfall, in Anakapalle, near Visakhapatnam, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI)
Published on Oct 01, 2024 08:37 pm IST

CPI-M’s battle to stay politically relevant

New Delhi, Sept 29 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Prakash Karat during the CPM Central Committee meeting at HKS Surjeet Bhawan, in New Delhi on Sunday. (ANI Photo/Jitender Gupta) (Jitender Gupta)
Published on Sept 30, 2024 08:44 pm IST

The case for UN reforms

The 79th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 30, 2024. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (REUTERS)
Published on Sept 30, 2024 08:43 pm IST

DMK fosters dynastic politics with son rise

Chennai, Sept 29 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin felicitates DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin as he congratulates him on being appointed as State Deputy Chief Minister, in Chennai on Sunday. (ANI Photo)(CMOTamilNadu-X)
Published on Sept 29, 2024 10:38 pm IST

War clouds all over West Asia

People hold pictures of Lebanon's Hezbollah Chief Hassan Nasrallah who was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, during a symbolic funeral in Baghdad, Iraq, September 29, 2024. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani(REUTERS)
Published on Sept 29, 2024 10:33 pm IST

Restoring a critical balance

Chennai, Sept 27 (ANI): Former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji leaves the ED office after his visit to sign documents, in Chennai on Friday. V Senthil released from Puzhal Central Prison on Thursday after SC granted him bail in a money laundering case linked to the cash-for-jobs scam. (ANI Photo) (ANI)
Published on Sept 27, 2024 09:14 pm IST

Delhi’s air crisis: A failure of will

New Delhi, India - Sept. 8, 2024: A view of the NH24 near Akshardham amid rising air pollution after rain in New Delhi, India, on Sunday, September 8, 2024. (Photo by Sanjeev Verma/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)
Published on Sept 26, 2024 09:03 pm IST

Rent-seeking in the name of NRI quota

Tripods of TV crew stand in front of the Supreme Court. (Reuters file photo)
Published on Sept 26, 2024 09:03 pm IST

Israel action triggers fears of regional war

Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted Lebanon's eastern city of Baalbeck in the Bekaa valley on September 25, 2024. Lebanon said 23 people were killed and dozens injured in Israeli strikes across Lebanon September 25, the third day of major Israeli raids in the country as fighting with Hezbollah has intensified. (Photo by AFP) (AFP)
Published on Sept 25, 2024 08:50 pm IST

SC joins battle to protect children

A view of the Supreme Court building, the apex judicial body of India, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (ANI Photo) (Sanjay Sharma)
Published on Sept 24, 2024 08:27 pm IST

Women’s stories, as mainlined by cinema

Laapataa Ladies has been picked as India’s official entry for the Oscars
Published on Sept 24, 2024 08:27 pm IST

Padma ilish shows the way for Delhi, Dhaka

Kolkata, Jul 11 (ANI): A woman buys Hilsa fish during the monsoon season, at a fish market in Kolkata on Thursday. (ANI Photo) (Sudipta Banerjee)
Updated on Sept 23, 2024 09:04 pm IST

The Left turn in Sri Lanka

Colombo: Anura Kumara Dissanayake takes oath as Sri Lanka's new president during a ceremony, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI)
Published on Sept 23, 2024 09:04 pm IST

India as an emerging chess superpower

D Gukesh of India competes in the Chess Olympiad. (AP)(HT_PRINT)
Published on Sept 22, 2024 10:28 pm IST

Quad woos the Indo-Pacific

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US President Joe Biden, Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on the sidelines of the Quad leaders summit on Saturday. (AP)(HT_PRINT)
Published on Sept 22, 2024 10:27 pm IST

What next in West Bengal?

Kolkata: People join junior doctors duirng a rally to CBI office (CGO Complex) after they announced a partial withdrawal of their ‘cease work’, in Kolkata, Friday, Sept 20, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI)
Published on Sept 20, 2024 09:40 pm IST

Message in the Fed Reserve rate cut

FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy in Washington, U.S., September 18, 2024. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo (REUTERS)
Published on Sept 19, 2024 08:46 pm IST

Indus Waters Treaty must reflect new realities

India formally informed Pakistan of its intent to review the treaty in early 2023 and the notice served last month is in line with those efforts. (Representative Image/PTI Photo/Kamal Kishore) (PTI)
Published on Sept 19, 2024 08:46 pm IST

Need consensus on synced polls

President Droupadi Murmu being presented a report on simultaneous elections in the country by former president Ram Nath Kovind who heads High-Level Committee (HLC) on 'One Nation, One Election', and Home Minister Amit Shah, at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. (PTI Photo) (PTI)
Published on Sept 18, 2024 09:17 pm IST

Booker 2024 shortlist a historical moment

Canadian author Margaret Atwood gives a press conference following the release of her new book 'The Testaments' a sequel to the award-winning 1985 novel
Updated on Sept 18, 2024 09:17 pm IST

Assembly polls mark little big step for J&K

Kishtwar, Sep 17 (ANI): Polling officials collect their EVMs and other polling materials at a distribution centre before they leave for their respective polling stations on the eve of the first phase of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls, in Kishtwar on Tuesday. (ANI Photo) (Gourav)
Updated on Sept 17, 2024 08:54 pm IST
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