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A seller-beware market for financial products

Updated on Jan 07, 2026 01:15 pm IST

Caveat emptor is the default rule in markets for goods and services. This places the burden on buyers to inspect goods and services. (Shutterstock)

Tech and energy central to Rajasthan’s development

Progress and development comes when the long-term vision integrates all aspects of governance, economy, society, and environment into a cohesive, technology-enabled future. (AFP)

Published on Jan 06, 2026 09:11 pm IST

The DigiYatra’s journey hasn’t been seamless. But the future beckons

While the adoption of DigiYatra has been robust, the hard part lies ahead: How does one get the remaining 140-odd million domestic fliers to adopt the app? (Shutterstock)

Updated on Jan 06, 2026 05:28 pm IST

Why employment guarantee law called for an overhaul

Under the earlier regime, exclusion frequently stemmed from weak planning, limited administrative capacity, and operational bottlenecks. The new Act seeks to mitigate these risks. (REUTERS)

Published on Jan 05, 2026 09:02 pm IST

Lessons from Gandhi in truthful communication

Being truthful, as Gandhi tirelessly demonstrated, is an ongoing process of honest cognition. (HT Archive)

Published on Jan 05, 2026 09:02 pm IST

A wake-up call from Indore for India’s cities

True urban public health rests on less visible foundations — safe water, resilient infrastructure, and accountable governance. (PTI)

Published on Jan 05, 2026 09:02 pm IST

Zohran Mamdani & Rama Duwaji: How the wife rewrites rules of public life

Neither an arm-candy, nor the enfant terrible in the First Ladies club,Duwaji’s providing a different lexicon to define the public wife (Getty Images via AFP)

Published on Jan 05, 2026 08:26 am IST

Grok is on a global undressing spree. Can India stop it?

Elon Musk chose to post this can’t-unsee-it photo. Scores of other women did not consent.

Updated on Jan 05, 2026 03:17 pm IST

In 2026, the signs of a deeply divided world

Pakistan has always been a rogue nation, but its recent posturing has forced India to prepare for war. (via REUTERS)

Published on Jan 04, 2026 10:18 pm IST

Crossing a red line in Caracas

Maduro’s abduction by US security forces, from the presidential quarters in Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, is unprecedented, even by the US’s record of interventions in South and Central American countries. (AP)

Published on Jan 04, 2026 10:18 pm IST

The corrupted software of international relations

When the US ignores the Principle of Sovereign Equality (UN Charter Art. 2.1) to kidnap a head of State and attack a country’s capital city and try the former under American domestic law, it ends up corrupting the software of international law. (Bloomberg)

Published on Jan 04, 2026 10:17 pm IST

The message in the story of Somnath

Since time immemorial, Somnath has brought together people from different walks of life. (Mint)

Published on Jan 04, 2026 10:17 pm IST

Spin in speech lights up the conversation

I can’t help but feel that there is something wondrous about being in 2026. It’s like a journey into a future I once thought was far far away. (AFP)

Updated on Jan 03, 2026 09:40 pm IST

A New Year resolution: Eschew comparisons

Much of the fear of missing out (FOMO) is induced by social media. (AFP)

Published on Jan 03, 2026 09:40 pm IST

In the driving seat to beat pollution, build industry

India cannot afford to be a spectator. If we do not aggressively scale electrification across all vehicle segments, we risk losing not only domestic markets but also the opportunity to become a global export hub. (AP)

Published on Jan 03, 2026 09:40 pm IST

Sexual violence and the unevenness of justice

As 2025 came to an end, a court in Ernakulam finally convicted six men of raping and abducting a woman actor in 2017, but found no evidence against the actor Dileep, who the woman says hatched the plan. (PTI)

Published on Jan 03, 2026 09:40 pm IST

Israel seeks to harvest Iran’s domestic unrest

Iran, the only country to develop a 2,000-km missile without first having nuclear weapons capability, maintains that its missile programme, led by the IRGC, is “aimed at deterring aggressors from any idea of attacking Iran”. (West Asia news Agency via REUTERS)

Published on Jan 02, 2026 09:01 pm IST

India must speak out against the fringe’s attack on Christmas

A majority of Indians recognise that our pluralism and our diversity are our strengths. We celebrate these just as we celebrate all our festivals. We also know that such incidents only diminish us. (PTI)

Published on Jan 02, 2026 09:01 pm IST

Between strategic autonomy and global opportunity

The root cause seems to be US anxiety over its declining capabilities, which now outweighs concern about external geopolitical threats. India is being squeezed for immediate gains over paying uncertain costs for long-term strategic contests. (REUTERS)

Published on Jan 02, 2026 09:01 pm IST

Why the 1993 World Development Report Still Matters for India

Health investment is economic strategy, not charity. Poor health among the poorest imposes economy-wide costs — lost productivity, fragile human capital, and higher long-term dependency (HT Archive)

Published on Jan 02, 2026 01:47 pm IST

Why phasing out fossil fuels remains a challenge

Globally, fossil fuels account for about 40% carbon emissions from the power sector, about 21% from the transport sector and about 20% from manufacturing and industry. (REUTERS)

Published on Jan 01, 2026 10:08 pm IST

Managing wealth and assets in the New Year

The joy of an uncomplicated financial life can only be described by a person who lives it. (Shutterstock)

Published on Jan 01, 2026 10:08 pm IST

Restoring trust in the State, the Chhattisgarh experience

No reflection on Chhattisgarh is complete without addressing Bastar. For years, the region was defined nationally by violence alone. Our approach has been to change that reality through security, surrender, and development. (PTI)

Published on Jan 01, 2026 10:08 pm IST

Indian jails: Prisoners of the caste system

The Court’s judgment affirms that prisons exist to reform, not humiliate. Yet caste-based hierarchies have survived for generations, a silent nod of institutional complacency, cloaked in bureaucratic plausible deniability. (HT Archive)

Published on Dec 31, 2025 08:19 pm IST

Emerging multipolar world could be India’s moment

As India’s connectivity with the world deepens the positive externalities for South Asia will grow. But these benefits cannot be fully realised within the rigid institutional boundaries of Saarc or Bimstec. (AFP)

Published on Dec 31, 2025 08:19 pm IST

Building on the gains, reversing the decline

One of the permanent strengths that will keep us safe is Gandhi’s truth, saluting ahimsaic love unto the last human being. (HT Archive)

Published on Dec 31, 2025 08:19 pm IST

Growth story powered by indigenous engines

When Union Budget 2025 raised the cut-off for income tax exemption to <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>1,00,000 a month, Modi showed that the creation of an Indian middle class requires its protection from government. (@NarendraModi YT via PTI)

Published on Dec 30, 2025 09:00 pm IST

Old ideas for a new India, amid the churn

Revisiting four powerful ideas — not ideological novelties, but pragmatic reforms rooted in efficiency, governance, and basic morality. (HT Archive)

Published on Dec 30, 2025 09:00 pm IST

MAGA narrative on H-1B has done lasting damage

The turning point came in September, when Trump issued a presidential proclamation imposing a $100,000 fee to process new H-1B petitions. That marked a clear escalation. (REUTERS)

Published on Dec 30, 2025 09:00 pm IST

How warfare changed in many battlefronts in 2025

Airpower using manned aircraft will stay relevant for the foreseeable future. It can generate a level of mass and precision firepower that is hard to substitute with UAVs. (HT Archive)

Published on Dec 29, 2025 09:08 pm IST

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