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In West Asia, making of a post-OPEC order

A cartel has cracked. An order is being rewritten. The capitals doing the rewriting are few, the importers paying for the outcome are many. (AP)
Published on May 3, 2026 17:44 IST

An unbothered minstrel called Diljit Dosanjh

In an era when most artists and celebrities are yet to define their “it” factor, Dosanjh has stockpiles of it. (Getty Images)
Published on May 2, 2026 16:05 IST

Prepare now for heat, water, and crop risk

A large share of India’s farmland still depends on the monsoon. If a below-normal season unfolds, the consequences will not stay confined to farms. Reservoir replenishment, drinking water availability, food prices, rural incomes will all come under pressure. (AFP)
Published on May 2, 2026 16:05 IST

Reimagining the legal frame for cantonments

The Cantonments Act has always stood apart from ordinary municipal law. It regulates civic life in notified cantonment areas — sanitation, roads, public health, water supply, buildings, markets, trade licences and local administration — but does so in spaces shaped by military ownership, defence land management and security sensitivities. (HT Archive)
Published on May 1, 2026 15:25 IST

India’s dual opium crisis

Tramadol — marketed as non-addictive — has flourished precisely because it fell outside the strict controls on classical opioids. But the drug is widely abused. (Reuters)
Published on May 1, 2026 09:00 IST

Heat action plans must go beyond emergencies

Heat action plans can be tools of empowerment for vulnerable groups that stand to lose their livelihood during a heat wave. (HT Archive)
Published on Apr 30, 2026 15:02 IST

Original thinking vs automated thinking

The education the British installed in India rewards memorisation and leaves little room for curiosity or independent thought. (HT Archive)
Published on Apr 29, 2026 15:36 IST

We ❤️ women, but not in the House

The power of their vote. Women queue up during the 2024 parliamentary elections in Nadia, West Bengal.
Published on Apr 27, 2026 02:30 IST

How India must deal with Trumpian insults

The countries Trump respects, however grudgingly, are the ones that have imposed costs on him and held their public posture steady. (AFP)
Published on Apr 26, 2026 16:59 IST

The fever news channels catch on counting day

Exit polls are like horoscopes, you believe them only when they predict good results for you. (@ECISVEEP X/ANI)
Published on Apr 25, 2026 17:07 IST

Women’s rage finds a voice and vocabulary

In Manipur, women weary of ethnic conflict are back on the street to protest inaction following the killing of two children in a bomb blast in Bishnupur. (PTI)
Published on Apr 25, 2026 17:07 IST