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    A wrong move by Imran Khan

    editorials
    Updated on Apr 4, 2022 14:38 IST
    A shopkeeper watches on television Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan while he takes telephone calls from the public, Islamabad, April 4, 2022 (AFP)

    Pawar’s take on the Congress is correct

    The Congress’s problems are many. Research shows that once it falls below second place, or 20% of the vote share in a state, it never recovers. (AP)
    editorials
    Updated on Apr 4, 2022 14:38 IST

    Safeguard LGBT people from bias

    Last week, three members of Parliament introduced in the Lok Sabha, separate private member’s bills on issues related to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex and Asexual (LGBTQIA+) communities. (Amal KS/HT PHOTO)
    editorials
    Updated on Apr 3, 2022 14:23 IST

    Afspa removal: A positive step

    The corrosive impact of AFSPA on human rights and local populations is well documented. The BP Jeevan Reddy Committee in 2005 recommended that the law be repealed because it had become an “instrument of discrimination and high handedness”. (HT Photo)
    editorials
    Updated on Apr 3, 2022 14:32 IST

    Penalty or not, keep masks on

    It may well be worth keeping one of the pandemic’s most significant symbols — the mask — on, akin to how many east Asian societies made those part of their daily routines following the 2002 Sars and 2006 bird flu outbreaks. (PTI)
    editorials
    Updated on Apr 1, 2022 13:08 IST

    Manual scavenging is a blot on society

    The families of the deceased alleged the contractors didn’t follow safety regulations or provide gear, and that none of them was trained for this hazardous job. 
    editorials
    Published on Mar 31, 2022 14:48 IST

    Upper hand in Upper House

    This hegemonic status also raises questions about the quality of scrutiny key bills will receive, and whether the Opposition can remain an effective check on the government.
    editorials
    Published on Mar 31, 2022 14:44 IST

    New methods, new concerns

    With technological advances — including biometric identification, footprint impressions, photographs, physical and biological samples and fingerprint analysis — agencies are vying for effective, reliable and accurate ways to ascertain a person’s identity to evolve a new, modern crime-control model (SHUTTERSTOCK)
    editorials
    Updated on Mar 30, 2022 15:58 IST

    Social media impact: Shield India’s young

    In tandem with the rise in smartphone and internet penetration in recent years has been an increase in reports of teenagers struggling with issues of mental health, and of authorities attempting to address these. 
    editorials
    Updated on Mar 30, 2022 16:02 IST

    China’s ‘Covid-zero’ policy is unscientific

    A man rides past a roadblock with his deliveries at a residential community under lockdown in Shanghai, China,
    editorials
    Published on Mar 29, 2022 13:48 IST

    Lessons from Sri Lanka’s economic crisis

    India has so far extended assistance worth $2.4 billion, including a recent $1 billion concessional loan for food and medicines. 
    editorials
    Published on Mar 29, 2022 13:45 IST

    Why strikes are less successful

    A man wearing mask stand outside a bank on the first day of a two-day nationwide strike in Mumbai, March 28, 2022 (AP)
    editorials
    Updated on Mar 28, 2022 13:21 IST

    Reshape the Indian women’s cricket team

    Indian team leave the field after their loss during the Women's Cricket World Cup, Christchurch, March 27, 2022 (AFP)
    editorials
    Updated on Mar 28, 2022 13:19 IST

    Pakistan plunges into turmoil

    Barring the success of some sporadic efforts to get the army to again throw its weight behind Mr Khan, it is likely he will have to step down sometime this week. 
    editorials
    Updated on Mar 27, 2022 16:24 IST

    Delhi Budget: A focus on long-term goals

    A welcome change in this year’s Budget has been an improvement on the share of capital spending in overall expenditure. 
    editorials
    Published on Mar 27, 2022 13:53 IST

    Wang Yi visit: Little relief on LAC

    Mr Wang spoke with Mr Doval about China not pursuing a “unipolar Asia” and respecting India’s traditional role in the region. 
    editorials
    Published on Mar 25, 2022 13:50 IST

    Bengal mayhem: Nab the culprits

    West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee meets the family members of those killed in Birbhum violence, Bagtui village, Rampurhat, March 24, 2022 (ANI)
    editorials
    Updated on Mar 24, 2022 17:48 IST

    Barty imparts a key lesson. Understand it

    At an age when elite athletes tend to peak and reset goals that define sporting excellence — in Barty’s case, adding to her tally of three Grand Slam singles titles — the 25-year-old world No. 1 chose to stop and change directions (REUTERS)
    editorials
    Updated on Mar 24, 2022 13:39 IST

    Ukraine: Pressure building up on India

    A Ukrainian firefighter stands in the ruins of a house destroyed by bombing in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 23, 2022 (AP)
    editorials
    Updated on Mar 23, 2022 12:46 IST

    Tackling Delhi’s air pollution

    The annual average PM2.5 levels in the city rose by almost 15% in 2021 compared to 2020 — from 84.1 micrograms per cubic metre (mcm) to 96.4 mcm. (REUTERS)
    editorials
    Updated on Mar 23, 2022 12:48 IST

    Bad loans: Why, this time, it’s different

    Some of the bad loans have been written off, the cost being borne by the exchequer. 
    editorials
    Published on Mar 22, 2022 13:30 IST

    CUET: A leap for education

    The Central University Entrance Test, or CUET, is compulsory for undergraduate admissions in 51 central universities from this year. 
    editorials
    Published on Mar 22, 2022 13:27 IST

    India must build its heat resilience now

    According to IMD’s temperature dataset, the average maximum temperature across India in the March 1-15 period this year is 31 degrees Celsius. 
    editorials
    Published on Mar 21, 2022 15:24 IST

    A clear case for booster shots

    It said that in adults above 50, protection against severe Covid-19 decreased by about 10% at the six-month mark, and by 32% against symptomatic disease. 
    editorials
    Published on Mar 21, 2022 15:20 IST

    The future of India-Japan ties

    While Mr Modi refrained from directly mentioning the Ukraine conflict, Mr Kishida bluntly said Russia’s aggression had shaken the roots of the international order, and that unilateral attempts to alter the status quo were unacceptable in any part of the world. (AFP)
    editorials
    Updated on Mar 20, 2022 12:29 IST

    In Nagaland, a crack in the glass ceiling

    S Phangnon Konyak, a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is the frontrunner after the state’s ruling coalition named her as its nominee. If elected, she will become the first woman from the state to walk into the Upper House, and the first Naga woman to step inside Parliament since 1977. (HT Photo)
    editorials
    Updated on Mar 20, 2022 12:30 IST

    In Maharashtra, a bruising feud

    On the first day of the budget session on March 3, an irked Mr Koshyari walked out within minutes of beginning his speech after sloganeering by legislators — the first time this has happened in the five-decade history of the Maharashtra legislature. (HT Photo)
    editorials
    Updated on Mar 19, 2022 04:05 IST

    Turbulent times in store for Pakistan

    In this unusual arrangement, which catapulted Mr Khan to the country’s top post, lies the genesis of the current political crisis. 
    editorials
    Published on Mar 17, 2022 14:41 IST

    What a surge in cases signifies

    Infection records too have been broken in some of these regions, although that has generally been the case where the Omicron variant of the Sars-CoV-2 takes hold. 
    editorials
    Published on Mar 17, 2022 14:38 IST

    Progress, but at a slow pace

    SRS numbers offer fresh evidence that India is making an improvement on developmental indicators such as child and maternal welfare including mortality. (Sonu Mehta/HT PHOTO)
    editorials
    Updated on Mar 16, 2022 14:49 IST
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