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Rise of far-right in Paris will echo across Europe

Published on Jul 02, 2024 09:07 pm IST

A woman looks at election posters of French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) candidate Sandrine Chadournec (C) in Libourne, southwestern France on July 2, 2024 as part of the French legislative elections. France's far right won the first round of pivotal legislative elections on June 30, 2024, with the centrist forces of France's President coming in only third behind the left after the highest turnout in over four decades. (Photo by Philippe LOPEZ / AFP) (AFP)

Battle for the reins of SAD

Patiala: Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal with party candidate N.K.Sharma during a road show for Lok Sabha elections, at Samana in Patiala district, Monday, May 13, 2024. (PTI Photo)(PTI05_13_2024_000488A) (PTI)

Published on Jul 02, 2024 09:07 pm IST

Low turnout in Tehran reflects a political crisis

Newspapers with a cover picture of Iran's presidential election are seen in Tehran, Iran June 29, 2024. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) (via REUTERS)

Published on Jul 01, 2024 08:48 pm IST

Coping with the monsoon impact

New Delhi: A plane takes off from the Indira Gandhi International Airport where a canopy collapsed on vehicles parked at Terminal- 1 amid heavy rain, in New Delhi, Friday, June 28, 2024. One person died and five were injured in the collapse. (PTI Photo/Kamal Singh) (PTI06_28_2024_000297A) (PTI)

Published on Jul 01, 2024 08:45 pm IST

Governor vs CM in Bengal is an unedifying spectacle

West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose (File Photo)(HT_PRINT)

Published on Jun 30, 2024 11:40 pm IST

The T20 cup of joy and glory

Barbados, Jun 30 (ANI): India's Virat Kohli, Arshdeep Singh, Rinku Singh and others celebrate by doing the 'Bhangra' dance on the famous 'Tunak Tunak' song after Team India wins the ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2024 final match against South Africa, at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Saturday. (ANI Photo/Surjeet Yadav)(Surjeet Yadav)

Published on Jun 30, 2024 11:36 pm IST

The debate on US presidency

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - JUNE 27: U.S. President Joe Biden (R) and Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump participate in the CNN Presidential Debate at the CNN Studios on June 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. President Biden and former President Trump are facing off in the first presidential debate of the 2024 campaign. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by JUSTIN SULLIVAN / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) (Getty Images via AFP)

Updated on Jun 28, 2024 09:02 pm IST

A new T20 power rises in world cricket

Afghan cricket fans watch the men's T20 World Cup semifinal cricket match between Afghanistan and South Africa, on a big screen in the city of Jalalabad, east of Afghanistan, Thursday, June 27, 2024. AP/PTI(AP06_27_2024_000044A) (AP)

Published on Jun 27, 2024 08:46 pm IST

Challenge and an opportunity

New Delhi: Congress MPs Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi during President Droupadi Murmu's address to the joint sitting of the Parliament, in New Delhi, Thursday, June 27, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI06_27_2024_000116B) (PTI)

Updated on Jun 27, 2024 08:40 pm IST

Julian Assange and the battle for open society

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange waves after arriving at Canberra Airport in Canberra on June 26, 2024, after he pleaded guilty at a US court in Saipan to a single count of conspiracy to obtain and disseminate US national defence information. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned home to Australia to start life as a free man June 26 after admitting he revealed US defence secrets in a deal that unlocked the door to his London prison cell. (Photo by WILLIAM WEST / AFP) (AFP)

Published on Jun 26, 2024 09:20 pm IST

House keys with Speaker Om Birla

New Delhi: BJP MP Om Birla arrives at the Parliament House complex during the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha, in New Delhi, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Birla was later elected as the Speaker of Lok Sabha. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan) (PTI06_26_2024_000289A) (PTI)

Updated on Jun 26, 2024 09:18 pm IST

Learning to live with shifts in monsoon

FILE - A farmer carries a sack of paddy on his bicycle during monsoon rains as clouds hover over the sky on the outskirts of Guwahati, India, June 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File) (AP)

Published on Jun 25, 2024 09:27 pm IST

Friends turn foes in the new House

**EDS: IMAGE VIA PMO** Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi being greeted by former Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik during the swearing-in ceremony of new Odisha government, in Bhubaneswar, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (PTI Photo)(PTI06_12_2024_000281B) (PTI)

Updated on Jun 25, 2024 09:19 pm IST

Anand, Azad and the future of Dalit politics

Lucknow, India June 23, 2024:::BSP supremo Mayawati with her nephew Akash Anand and brother Anand Kumar (middle one) in the BSP office in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh India on Sunday, June 23, 2024. (Photo by Deepak Gupta/Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jun 24, 2024 08:32 pm IST

Blurred vision on Khalistan

**EDS: IMAGE VIA @HCI_Ottawa** Ottawa: Indian High Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma while paying homage to the victims of Air India flight 182 Kanishka in Ottawa, Monday, June 24, 2024, on the 39th anniversary of the terrorist bombing in which 329 innocent people including 86 children, lost their lives. (PTI Photo) (PTI06_24_2024_000185B) (PTI)

Updated on Jun 24, 2024 08:25 pm IST

Friends in the neighbourhood

This handout photograph taken and released on June 22, 2024 by the Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) shows India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi shaking hands with Bangladesh's counterpart Sheikh Hasina (L) after receiving her at the Presidential Palace Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on June 22, 2024. (Photo by PIB / AFP) (AFP)

Published on Jun 23, 2024 10:33 pm IST

Illicit liquor economy points to a social crisis

(FILES) A relative weeps next to the dead body of a victim who died after consuming toxic illegal alcohol in Kallakurichi district of India's Tamil Nadu state on June 20, 2024. Drinking liquor was acceptable in a south Indian village until at least 47 people died from a fatal poisoning earlier this week after they consumed arrack, a distilled alcoholic drink. (Photo by R. Satish BABU / AFP)(AFP)

Published on Jun 23, 2024 10:33 pm IST

When House gets down to business

New Delhi, India - June 3, 2024: Security personnel infront of Parliament house on the eve of result of General Lok Sabha election in New Delhi, India, on Monday, June 3, 2024. (Photo by Arvind Yadav/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jun 21, 2024 09:06 pm IST

Yoga isn’t just lifestyle choice, it is soft power

New York: People participate in a mass yoga session at Times Square organised by the Consulate General of India, in New York, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI06_20_2024_000345B) (PTI)

Updated on Jun 20, 2024 09:39 pm IST

Restore credibility of national tests

Lucknow, Jun 20 (ANI): A scuffle broke out between the police and National Students' Union of India (NSUI) supporters and students during a protest demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the alleged paper leak in the UGC NET exam, in Lucknow on Thursday. (ANI Photo) (Naeem Ansari)

Published on Jun 20, 2024 09:33 pm IST

India-US ties get an iCET injection

**EDS: HANDOUT IMAGE** New Delhi: Ajit Doval, KC, National Security Advisor, Government of India (L); Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, Confederation of Indian Industry (C); Jake Sullivan, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, United States of America (R) at the exclusive Industry Roundtable on India – US Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies, in New Delhi, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (PTI Photo)(PTI06_18_2024_000267B) (PTI)

Published on Jun 19, 2024 09:28 pm IST

Confronting caste in educational institutions

Though Tamil Nadu has been governed for more than half a century by political parties that claim their lineage from the Dravidian movement that was anti-caste in its ideology, caste prejudice has survived like cancer in the state’s body politic. (PTI Photo/R Senthilkumar)(PTI06_03_2024_000035B) (PTI)

Updated on Jun 19, 2024 09:28 pm IST

Tragedy on rail tracks flags uphill battle

Indian Railway engineers inspect the accident site of Kanchenjunga Express passenger train at Rangapani in India's West Bengal state on June 18, 2024. At least eight people were killed in India on June 17 when a goods train driver missed a signal and slammed into an express passenger train from behind, police and railway officials said. (Photo by DIBYANGSHU SARKAR / AFP) (AFP)

Updated on Jun 19, 2024 02:23 am IST

Congress eyes UP gateway to power

FILE PHOTO: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and her brother Rahul Gandhi, senior leader of India's main opposition Congress Party, are seen ahead of an INDIA alliance meeting in New Delhi, India, June 5, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo (REUTERS)

Updated on Jun 19, 2024 02:25 am IST

Ukraine summit is a start, build on gains

TOPSHOT - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky looks on waiting for his next bilateral meeting, during the Summit on peace in Ukraine, at the luxury Burgenstock resort, near Lucerne, on June 16, 2024. Dozens of countries meeting for a landmark international summit on peace in Ukraine agreed Sunday that Kyiv should enter dialogue with Russia on ending the war, while strongly supporting Ukraine's independence and territorial integrity. (Photo by ALESSANDRO DELLA VALLE / POOL / AFP) (AFP)

Updated on Jun 18, 2024 12:16 am IST

Campaigning for peace in Jammu

Reasi: A crane being used to pull out the bus which plunged into a gorge following a terrorist attack on pilgrims, in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, Tuesday, June 11, 2024. At least 9 people were killed and 33 others suffered injuries in the terror attack on the bus, according to officials. (PTI Photo)(PTI06_11_2024_000304B) (PTI)

Updated on Jun 18, 2024 12:17 am IST

Dealing with a summer of climate discontent

The blistering summer this year has exacted a toll on millions of people across northern India, where many cities have now been under a meteorological red alert (AFP)

Published on Jun 16, 2024 08:40 pm IST

Food cost remains a drag on inflation

Will RBI pivot soon? The answer depends on what happens to food inflation in the next two months. This, in turn, will depend on the performance of the southwest monsoon (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jun 16, 2024 08:35 pm IST

Modi’s foreign policy stamp

Prime Minister Narendra Modi received by Italian PM Giorgia Meloni at the G7 Outreach Summit, in Apulia on Friday. (ANI Photo) (ANI)

Updated on Jun 16, 2024 12:06 pm IST

Time to fix NEET, build confidence

New Delhi, Jun 12 (ANI): NEET aspirants protest against the alleged irregularities in the NEET-UG examination at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi on Wednesday. (ANI Photo/Ritik Jain) (Ritik Jain)

Updated on Jun 13, 2024 09:22 pm IST

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