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Banking data bodes well for the economy

Updated on Dec 28, 2022 14:28 IST
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s Report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India 2021-22, released on December 27, underlines the trend of continuous improvement in the health of India’s banking sector. (REUTERS)

Making India safer for women

As women’s groups have argued over the years, sensationalism cannot effectively tackle crimes against women at a larger level, only even-handed, reliable and persistent law enforcement can, because it tells criminals that they cannot get away. (AFP/Getty Images)
Updated on Dec 28, 2022 14:27 IST

Mathura throws up larger issues

A view of the Krishna Janmasthan Temple Complex and Shahi Eidgah Mosque, Mathura, (KK Arora)
Updated on Dec 27, 2022 15:35 IST

Wider impact of churn in Nepal

Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' takes oath as Nepal Prime Minister, December 26, 2022 (PTI)
Updated on Dec 26, 2022 15:39 IST

Suicide prevention needs care, nuance

Roughly 164,000 people ended their lives in the country last year. The largest chunk among them is low-income individuals, according to data, with groups such as daily wage workers and housewives seen as particularly susceptible to suicide (SHUTTERSTOCK)
Updated on Dec 26, 2022 15:15 IST

Don’t politicise state border rows

Police personnel detain Karnataka Rakshana Vedike supporters during a protest over the Maharashtra-Karnataka border dispute, at Hire Bagewadi, Belagavi (ANI)
Updated on Dec 25, 2022 15:09 IST

Pakistan poses a clear threat

A charge sheet filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) against 11 people includes the two killers who brandished the murder weapons on camera and gloated about the gruesome crime, and two Karachi-based suspects the investigators have linked to an Islamic organisation in Pakistan. (HT PHOTO)
Updated on Dec 23, 2022 16:14 IST

The fight against drugs is urgent

Union home minister Amit Shah speaks in Lok Sabha during the Winter Session of the Parliament, New Delhi, Wednesday (ANI)
Updated on Dec 23, 2022 04:17 IST

Listen to the Dibang Valley protesters

The Valley is home to a genetically distinct population of tigers, 75 species of other mammals, and 300+ species of birds, including many endangered ones. It is part of the Eastern Himalayan Global Biodiversity Hotspot and plays host to mammals that include the clouded leopard, Asiatic golden cat, Asiatic wild dog and the red panda (Hindustan Times Media)
Updated on Dec 22, 2022 15:15 IST

China’s Covid-19 spike is a worry

The longer the virus spreads, the more it evolves, and when it spreads in population with a new immune profile, the odds of unpredictable mutations rise. (AP)
Updated on Dec 22, 2022 03:20 IST

Taliban heap another injustice on women

Far too often, concerns that affect women are relegated to the backbenches of global diplomacy and questions of strategic, political, military and economic importance are deemed more urgent. (AFP)
Updated on Dec 21, 2022 13:37 IST

Critical moment for biodiversity

Montreal marks a breakthrough in the struggle to protect the planet’s biodiversity richness. A beginning has been made. (REUTERS)
Updated on Dec 21, 2022 01:49 IST

AAP goes national, but hurdles ahead

It appears to have zeroed in on an aspirational narrative of governance delivery with its so-called Delhi model, and successfully connected it to Arvind Kejriwal in a way that has resonance and recall.
Published on Dec 19, 2022 14:41 IST

Messi’s legacy etched in gold

For the last two decades, the high priest of football in Europe (not for the first time) has been a South American.
Published on Dec 19, 2022 14:40 IST

The poll bugle rings in the Northeast

Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with Union Home Minister Amit Shah at the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the North Eastern Council (NEC), in Shillong.
Published on Dec 18, 2022 13:54 IST

The high cost of spurious liquor

Families mourn at a hospital after spurious liquor claims the lives of 70 in Bihar. (AFP)
Published on Dec 18, 2022 13:52 IST

A new low in India-Pakistan ties

Mr Zardari, in keeping with the long-stated position of his Pakistan People’s Party, raked up the Kashmir issue.
Published on Dec 16, 2022 14:42 IST

A key moment in Opposition politics

This week, two of the strongest proponents of a socialist brand of politics (and two of its most successful) – the DMK and the Mahagathbandhan – made significant announcements.
Published on Dec 15, 2022 14:19 IST

RBI must keep playing it safe

RBI should continue to play safe, even as it remains open to global developments that may require a quick reaction.
Published on Dec 14, 2022 13:27 IST

Fusion breakthrough holds great potential

The US National Ignition Facility in California said in a recent experiment, it was able to generate more energy from a nuclear fusion reaction than what was put into it.
Published on Dec 14, 2022 13:25 IST

Don’t let any more lives perish in Kota

The crushing competition among hundreds of thousands of students for a once in a lifetime shot at prosperity has claimed scores of lives in the past decade.
Published on Dec 13, 2022 13:38 IST

At LAC, Beijing does it again

In the past decade, Beijing has turned back on the simple but powerful understanding that enabled stability and growth in India-China relations.
Published on Dec 13, 2022 13:37 IST

On Pocso cases, CJI has a point

Last week, the Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud, said the legislature must address concerns related to the age of consent and acknowledged that cases involving minors who were in consensual relationships posed difficulties for judges across the spectrum, given the presumption of the law is that there is no consent in the legal sense below 18. (ANI)
Updated on Dec 12, 2022 15:17 IST

A key moment for the Congress

Himachal Pradesh Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, left, administers oath to chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, in Shimla, December11, 2022 (AP)
Updated on Dec 12, 2022 04:40 IST