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    Waste water, not funding, should go down the drain

    opinion
    Published on Oct 21, 2026 24:45 IST
    Despite years of investment, Indian cities continue to discharge nearly 72% of their sewage untreated. Access to the Special Infrastructure Grant is conditional on integrated wastewater management plans, signalling a deliberate move away from piecemeal works towards coordinated, city-level solutions. (HT Archive)

    Technology is central to the agri-transformation vision

    Our objective must now be to produce more — with less water, land, and energy, and fewer avoidable inputs, while ensuring higher quality, safety, and nutrition. (ANI)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 21, 2026 24:40 IST

    French protests highlight deep, historical faultlines

    Protesters are facing the most heavily weaponised crowd-control arsenals in Europe. (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 21, 2026 24:35 IST

    Route mental health care through communities

    Deinstitutionalisation is a cultural shift that requires the meaningful involvement of people with lived experience, health service providers, and the whole of society. To support this transition, the World Health Organization has released new, practical guidance to help health leaders navigate each step. (Shutterstock)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 20, 2026 24:45 IST

    A new round of political boxing in Pakistan

    Imran Khan was imprisoned a year later on what are largely believed to be politically driven convictions, but his arrest sparked unprecedented protests. (Reuters)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 20, 2026 24:40 IST

    What India must do when energy gets weaponised

    No single technology holds the answer to India’s future energy security. We must develop a portfolio of technologies to meet this challenge. (Shutterstock)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 20, 2026 24:35 IST

    What happens when the act of reporting becomes an act of resistance?

    HT Photo/Raj K. Raj
    opinion
    Published on Oct 19, 2026 02:30 IST

    Reading the tea leaves before the UP elections

    Yogi Adityanath will complete his tenth year as chief minister (CM) of UP in March 2027. He enjoys a unique image due to his uncompromising working style. As the CM, he has always been at the top of his game (PTI)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 19, 2026 24:45 IST

    The revolution that the West is imagining

    People seem to be more concerned about rising prices and blocked roads than about the protests. (Reuters)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 19, 2026 24:41 IST

    Starlink and the digital sovereignty question

    A technology partnership needs attention to licensing conditions and plans for what happens if access is cut. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 19, 2026 24:35 IST

    The Taste by Vir Sanghvi: An unnecessary controversy in Dubai over Michelin stars

    Michelin’s Dubai awards once made headlines with historic three-star wins for FZN and Tresind Studio.
    opinion
    Updated on Oct 18, 2026 13:15 IST

    Vigilantism of any kind only erodes the State

    The political usefulness of violence forces governments to look away. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 18, 2026 24:50 IST

    Crimes against women, control, and the railways

    During the Covid-19 pandemic, the Railway Protection Force launched “Meri Saheli,” aimed at deploying female personnel at stations and in trains to ensure the safety of women passengers. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 18, 2026 24:46 IST

    Air India is wilfully flying into turbulence

    There’s no denying the fact that Air India has a bad reputation. At least some of it is because of the airline itself. (Reuters)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 18, 2026 24:40 IST

    The right, gutsy choice for the 2026 Nobel Peace prize

    Pillay is the fifth South African to get the Nobel Peace Prize, after Chief Albert Luthuli (1960), Bishop Desmond Tutu (1984), and former presidents Nelson Mandela and FW de Klerk (shared, in 1993). (AP)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 18, 2026 24:35 IST

    The remarkable plainness of the Peter Nagy I knew

    Peter’s eye was made in New York; brought to Delhi, it let him see what the rest of us walked past every day, the larger language an artist was trying to speak; sometimes, even before the artist could. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 17, 2026 09:06 IST

    Time for New Delhi to assert itself with action

    On defence, India can slow the pipeline on additional P-8Is and Javelin co-production, and MQ-9B drone purchase, and also cut back some of its joint exercises with the US. Some of this can and should be done without any announcement. (Indian Army/ANI)
    opinion
    Updated on Oct 17, 2026 09:06 IST

    Wait out Trump’s term without rocking the boat

    EAM S Jaishankar recently mentioned one particular drag on India-US ties: terrorism, with an obvious context. (Bloomberg)
    opinion
    Updated on Oct 17, 2026 09:06 IST

    Reviving the rhino: A true conservation gain

    The Indian Rhino Vision 2020 (IRV2020) was launched in 2005 to push up the population to 3,000 across seven protected areas in Assam. Today, the count exceeds 3,200, with Kaziranga alone housing 2,600. (@narendramodi X/ANI)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 17, 2026 05:28 IST

    Women’s turn to visit a doctor need not come last

    For much of India’s public health history, a woman met the system chiefly through her reproductive role — antenatal visits, institutional deliveries, family planning — services built out systematically on the logic that a healthy mother meant a healthy child. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 17, 2026 05:22 IST

    Indian democracy: Views of voters and experts at variance

    A premise of democracy is that every individual deserves an equal vote because they have equal worth. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 17, 2026 05:17 IST

    Worse than unemployment is the loss of hope

    The lesson is not that unemployment doesn’t matter, but that the critical driver of youth unrest is the gap between what education promises and what it delivers. (Raju Shinde/HT Photo)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 16, 2026 01:00 IST

    AI gets cheaper, but human thought remains priceless

    AI prices fell four times faster than DNA sequencing, 18 times faster than lithium-ion batteries, and 54 times faster than electricity. These results come from five benchmarks that cover mathematics, hard science, and game skills. (Reuters)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 16, 2026 24:45 IST

    India & the UK: From ties of history to scripting a future

    Much like the rest of the world, the UK has a massive interest in India being the biggest, best version of itself, and of being part of that journey. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 16, 2026 24:40 IST

    Indispensable partners, unfinished business

    The opportunity of the next decade is to let trade, capital and people move freely enough to build true resilience. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 16, 2026 24:35 IST

    Fix the Tejas problem fast, and then move beyond it

    Modern air warfare is increasingly about systems rather than individual platforms. Sensors, electronic warfare, missiles, communications, command-and-control networks, training and doctrine can be as important as the aircraft itself. (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 15, 2026 24:45 IST

    Jantar Mantar, when it was not a protest site

    Jantar Mantar and its environs have always occupied a very distinctive place in Delhi’s landscape. Its history begins sometime in the 16th century, when Akbar occupied the Mughal throne. (Shutterstock)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 15, 2026 24:41 IST

    SIR and the perils of a free run for executive law-making

    Executive-made rules are almost never struck down by the courts on grounds of being outside the scope of the parent statute. (Arvind Yadav/HT Photo)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 15, 2026 24:35 IST

    Lost in crafting narratives, instead of presenting alternatives

    The Congress’ long record in government must be judged not merely by its achievements, but also by its failures, policy choices and accountability. (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 14, 2026 16:37 IST

    New conflict in Ethiopia can become a global problem

    Ethiopia is currently witnessing fighting in its Tigray province that borders Eritrea, renewed tensions in Amhara, and the formation of an extraordinary alliance of armed groups opposed to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government/ (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 14, 2026 24:45 IST
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