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Why industry-driven, tailored courses are an alternative to bachelor’s degrees

As the worth of the time-tested bachelor’s degree becomes questionable, a bevy of newbies is luring students with new and attractive propositions

These new institutes are trying to grab the student early if he or she has a reasonable idea of which field they wish to pursue. (Representational image)

Opinion

Updated on Apr 28, 2025 02:49 PM IST

ByAnjuli Bhargava

Ecostani: India walking out of Indus Waters Treaty and its hydrological impact

Climate change has already reduced water flow in Indus; suspension of the Treaty would hit at least three big hydro projects and agriculture in Pakistan.

The Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project built on the Chenab river. (ANI Photo)

India News

Updated on Apr 28, 2025 01:30 PM IST

ByChetan Chauhan

Germany’s New Coalition Plans a Crackdown on Free Speech

Centrist parties seek to impose tighter controls on public debate, all in the name of democracy.

World News

Published on Apr 28, 2025 07:22 AM IST

WSJ

The Russian Military Moves That Have Europe on Edge

Putin is expanding bases and preparing to move more troops to European border regions far from Ukraine. “We’re expecting some conflict with NATO.”

World News

Published on Apr 28, 2025 07:20 AM IST

WSJ

America Inc. Slashes Spending as Tariff Uncertainty Swirls

CEOs are pausing travel, delaying construction projects and slowing hiring in response to tariffs and cloudy economic forecasts: “Control the controllables.”

Business

Published on Apr 28, 2025 07:19 AM IST

WSJ

The pope’s last coded message

The message that shone through Francis’s provisions for his departure was that the true place of his church was on the margins of society.

Pallbearers stand next to the coffin of late Pope Francis at the start of the funeral ceremony at St Peter's Square in The Vatican, on April 26, 2025.(AFP)

World News

Updated on Apr 28, 2025 07:18 AM IST

The Economist

Tensions soar as India weighs how to hit Pakistan

Yet India has few good options for more muscular kinetic action that would not risk provoking a bigger conflict

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the National Panchayati Raj Day programme, in Madhubani district, Bihar. (PTI)

World News

Published on Apr 28, 2025 07:15 AM IST

The Economist

Fadnavis’s go-to-man for every emergency

Deputy CM Eknath Shinde's Kashmir visit for tourist evacuation followed the Pahalgam attack, while Minister Girish Mahajan handles coordination quietly.

Mumbai

Updated on Apr 28, 2025 05:54 AM IST

ByShailesh Gaikwad

Women pedal their way to freedom

Working-class women typically travel shorter distances and make multiple stops to run errands during a single journey.

Marina Bibi Sheikh works as a cook in Gurugram. She uses a cycle to commute between houses in upscale DLF Phase-5, saving on transport costs. (Parveen Kumar/HT Photo)

Delhi

Published on Apr 28, 2025 05:12 AM IST

ByShivani Singh

The journey ahead in India-China ties

Restarting after a gap of five years, the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra is a cautious and agreeable step in normalising ties

Notwithstanding the importance of the pilgrimage, it’s important to remember that it is but one part of the complex nature of Sino-India ties

Editorials

Published on Apr 27, 2025 08:12 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

Falling short on credibility

Pakistan PM’s offer to join in a neutral probe on Pahalgam is duplicitous

This offer has little credibility because of Pakistan’s past record in cooperating with India in investigating terrorist attacks (via REUTERS)

Editorials

Updated on Apr 27, 2025 08:09 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

From cosmos to classrooms, the Kasturirangan impact

Kasturirangan recognised that the key to India’s growth lay in empowering its youngest minds with the foundational skills

Kasturirangan’s deep commitment to education was apparent long before his role as the chief architect of NEP 2020 (PTI)

Opinion

Published on Apr 27, 2025 08:05 PM IST

ByAshish Dhawan, Bikkrama Daulet Singh

A civilian duty to India after Pahalgam attack

We need to stand with the victims and show solidarity towards the Kashmiri people, as they have lost more lives and livelihoods than other parts of India

This is the time to stand by the government. This is the best homage to pay to those who laid down their lives in Pahalgam (Raminder Pal Singh)

Opinion

Published on Apr 27, 2025 08:03 PM IST

ByShashi Shekhar

Challenges New Delhi faces in responding to Pahalgam

India will have to factor in domestic political compulsions, bilateral impact, and international perception as it debates its options

In a short, conventional military action-reaction scenario, it is hard for even a stronger military to emerge as a clear winner (Indian Army)

Opinion

Updated on Apr 27, 2025 07:59 PM IST

ByHappymon Jacob

MP: As baton is passed, Mohan Yadav tries to leave behind Shivraj legacy

Mohan Yadav was appointed as CM of Madhya Pradesh in December 2023, replacing Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who had been CM for 16 years

A political analyst said Mahdya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav (right) was taking decisions to build his image of being people-friendly and good administrator to overshadow the adoration among public for the former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan (left).

Analysis

Updated on Apr 27, 2025 04:05 PM IST

ByShruti Tomar

Book Box : Reading China - Part 1

Traveling from Hong Kong to Mainland China, I reflect on the rapid transformation of China while reading insightful books that reveal its complex history.

Opinion

Updated on Apr 27, 2025 01:28 PM IST

BySonya Dutta Choudhury

Just Like That| British museums: Curators of plundered Indian wealth, culture

Among the most evocative looted object is Tipu Sultan’s mechanical tiger, a wooden automaton depicting a tiger mauling a British soldier

In 1937, the Kohinoor, the ‘pride of India’, pared down to European tastes, was embedded in the British crown. (AP File Photo)

India News

Published on Apr 27, 2025 11:16 AM IST

ByPavan K Varma

Neeraj to Dalilah, finding ways to stay motivated

Winning against the world’s best is a tough act, but finding the excitement and energy for a long career isn’t easy

Dalilah Muhammad has won back-to-back Olympic medals in Rio and Tokyo. (Getty Images)

Other Sports

Published on Apr 27, 2025 06:38 AM IST

ByShantanu Srivastava

The bark and bite of Indus Waters Treaty

Currently, India lacks the required infrastructure to use the Indus system as an effective hydro-disciplinary tool.

To craft an effective disciplinary tool, it is the flow of these western rivers – the Indus, the Jhelum and the Chenab – which hold 80% of the river system’s water, that India must control. (ANI)

India News

Updated on Apr 27, 2025 01:55 AM IST

ByMridula Ramesh

Across the border: An army’s rising desperation

Pakistan is still fighting ghosts. The only thing going for it, and why it is still dangerous, is that its army is suicidal

Dealing with such a force is tricky for a democracy (Hindustan Times)

Opinion

Updated on Apr 26, 2025 08:47 PM IST

ByAbhishek Asthana

In Bihar, women script a tale of empowerment with goat rearing

Project Mesha has led to para-veterinary services for goats becoming a key pathway for women’s economic and social empowerment

Opinion

Published on Apr 26, 2025 08:44 PM IST

ByLalita Panicker

Revealed: The mystery that Agatha Christie was

Lucy Worsley’s A Very Elusive Woman -- a fascinating biography of Christie -- reveals much about the author at her desk and in her home

British writer of crime and detective fiction, Dame Agatha Christie (1891 - 1976). (Photo by Walter Bird/Getty Images) (Getty Images)

Opinion

Published on Apr 26, 2025 08:35 PM IST

ByKaran Thapar

After Pahalgam, a nation united in battling terror

Trusting the government to do the right thing with all its might and maturity, we must assist it by resisting giving in to communal passions

There is something very important in this preparedness we must remind ourselves at all times: Readiness for war is one thing, the mongering of war quite another (Hindustan Times)

Opinion

Published on Apr 26, 2025 08:01 PM IST

ByGopalkrishna Gandhi

Health Talk: India’s 2026 target of measles-rubella elimination is achievable

India runs the world’s largest vaccination programme for pregnant women and children – 29 million pregnant women and 26 million newborns are covered annually

If we look at the global measles situation, we realise there is an urgent need to increase the immunisation coverage. (REUTERS)

India News

Published on Apr 26, 2025 04:38 PM IST

ByRhythma Kaul

Tariff wars and their effects on social development

This article is authored by Gunwant Singh, scholar, international relations and security studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

International Affairs

Updated on Apr 26, 2025 03:03 PM IST

ByGunwant Singh

Just someone I used to know?: Charles Assisi writes on fading intimacy

When friends, or ex-lovers, drift apart, it may leave no bruises. But it’s still hard to reconcile, isn’t it, the quiet loss of a bond that once meant so much?

We rarely even talk about it, except perhaps in the movies. (Above) Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg play cousins, once close and now in different worlds, in the masterful film A Real Pain (2024).

Art and Culture

Updated on Apr 26, 2025 03:14 PM IST

ByCharles Assisi

Mental health: A trigger for NCDs

This article is authored by Dr Atul Goel and Dr Bhavuk Garg.

17 small steps to improve mental health every day (Image by Freepik)

Public Health

Published on Apr 26, 2025 02:56 PM IST

ByDr Atul Goel, Dr Bhavuk Garg

Workout tunes: Sanjoy Narayan puts together a playlist to help you flex

‘I went from punk rock deadlifts to squatting with Miles Davis,’ Narayan says, ‘and discovered that jazz is the ultimate soundtrack to strength-training.’

The cover of Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue.

Art and Culture

Updated on Apr 26, 2025 03:10 PM IST

BySanjoy Narayan

Palm before the storm: A look at how gestures can be misunderstood

The cheery thumbs-up can mean “f**k you”. A raised palm, in Greece, is considered a deep insult. Adam Jacot de Boinod has more, in this week’s Capital Letters.

Stop, thanks, or shut your face? Even the simplest gesture can hold a range of meanings.

Art and Culture

Updated on Apr 26, 2025 03:08 PM IST

ByAdam Jacot de Boinod

The new ‘security dilemma’ and international relations

This article is authored by Sriparna Pathak.

International Affairs

Updated on Apr 26, 2025 02:44 PM IST

BySriparna Pathak

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As the worth of the time-tested bachelor’s degree becomes questionable, a bevy of newbies is luring students with new and attractive propositions

Climate change has already reduced water flow in Indus; suspension of the Treaty would hit at least three big hydro projects and agriculture in Pakistan.

Centrist parties seek to impose tighter controls on public debate, all in the name of democracy.

Putin is expanding bases and preparing to move more troops to European border regions far from Ukraine. “We’re expecting some conflict with NATO.”

CEOs are pausing travel, delaying construction projects and slowing hiring in response to tariffs and cloudy economic forecasts: “Control the controllables.”

The message that shone through Francis’s provisions for his departure was that the true place of his church was on the margins of society.

Yet India has few good options for more muscular kinetic action that would not risk provoking a bigger conflict

Deputy CM Eknath Shinde's Kashmir visit for tourist evacuation followed the Pahalgam attack, while Minister Girish Mahajan handles coordination quietly.

Working-class women typically travel shorter distances and make multiple stops to run errands during a single journey.

Restarting after a gap of five years, the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra is a cautious and agreeable step in normalising ties

Pakistan PM’s offer to join in a neutral probe on Pahalgam is duplicitous

Kasturirangan recognised that the key to India’s growth lay in empowering its youngest minds with the foundational skills

We need to stand with the victims and show solidarity towards the Kashmiri people, as they have lost more lives and livelihoods than other parts of India

India will have to factor in domestic political compulsions, bilateral impact, and international perception as it debates its options

Mohan Yadav was appointed as CM of Madhya Pradesh in December 2023, replacing Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who had been CM for 16 years

Traveling from Hong Kong to Mainland China, I reflect on the rapid transformation of China while reading insightful books that reveal its complex history.

Among the most evocative looted object is Tipu Sultan’s mechanical tiger, a wooden automaton depicting a tiger mauling a British soldier

Winning against the world’s best is a tough act, but finding the excitement and energy for a long career isn’t easy

Currently, India lacks the required infrastructure to use the Indus system as an effective hydro-disciplinary tool.

Pakistan is still fighting ghosts. The only thing going for it, and why it is still dangerous, is that its army is suicidal

Project Mesha has led to para-veterinary services for goats becoming a key pathway for women’s economic and social empowerment

Lucy Worsley’s A Very Elusive Woman -- a fascinating biography of Christie -- reveals much about the author at her desk and in her home

Trusting the government to do the right thing with all its might and maturity, we must assist it by resisting giving in to communal passions

India runs the world’s largest vaccination programme for pregnant women and children – 29 million pregnant women and 26 million newborns are covered annually

This article is authored by Gunwant Singh, scholar, international relations and security studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

When friends, or ex-lovers, drift apart, it may leave no bruises. But it’s still hard to reconcile, isn’t it, the quiet loss of a bond that once meant so much?

This article is authored by Dr Atul Goel and Dr Bhavuk Garg.

‘I went from punk rock deadlifts to squatting with Miles Davis,’ Narayan says, ‘and discovered that jazz is the ultimate soundtrack to strength-training.’

The cheery thumbs-up can mean “f**k you”. A raised palm, in Greece, is considered a deep insult. Adam Jacot de Boinod has more, in this week’s Capital Letters.

This article is authored by Sriparna Pathak.

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