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    What lies ahead in the Iran-West Asia crisis

    opinion
    Updated on Mar 4, 2026 24:36 IST
    The bombing campaign is predicated on the assumption that this will bring Iranian protestors to the streets again. The coming days will test this assumption. (AFP)

    Reviving the message of Western supremacy

    It is uncertain how much Europe will buy into Rubio’s message of Western supremacy. The initial relief has already subsided: Eroded trust cannot be fully recouped by sweet talk. (Reuters)
    opinion
    Updated on Mar 3, 2026 03:01 IST

    Two leaplings who nearly changed India’s history

    Morarji Desai was capable of doing some unexpected things.As prime minister he held secret parleys with Israel’s defence minister Moshe Dayan, in the interests of India’s security. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Updated on Mar 2, 2026 15:31 IST

    A new West Asia disorder is born

    The larger objective appears not only to be regime change in Iran but also the establishment of uncontested Israeli hegemony in the region. (AFP)
    opinion
    Updated on Mar 2, 2026 15:31 IST

    Mind The Gap: More than ‘just’ a housewife

    Valuable work
    opinion
    Published on Mar 2, 2026 02:30 IST

    Turning agriculture into an engine of prosperity

    India needs a fresh approach that connects farmers to markets, rewards quality, and builds globally competitive value chains. (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Mar 1, 2026 18:32 IST

    Securing the authority & integrity of the judiciary

    In the last few years, broadsides against the apex court have increased. (Sanchit Khanna/ HT Photo)
    opinion
    Published on Mar 1, 2026 18:31 IST

    Dealing with the wars on the western frontier

    I ndia has maintained careful ties with Iran despite US pressure. (Reuters)
    opinion
    Published on Mar 1, 2026 18:29 IST

    The Museum of Innocence and the question(s) of love

    If we do not name love as love, perhaps we’ll be spared its vagaries and vengeance (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Mar 1, 2026 11:49 IST

    The university-brand trap, for students & institutions

    The age-old desire of students is to study at a place known to their relatives. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Feb 28, 2026 16:16 IST

    Why a social media ban makes sense

    Social media’s harms cut across ages. We are less connected, less able to focus, and our brains are turning into mush. But young people are far more susceptible to peer pressure, to be vulnerable to abuse by strangers, to be more open to addiction. (AFP)
    opinion
    Updated on Mar 1, 2026 01:17 IST

    The prince and the police: A British tale

    I dare say Andrew himself could never have believed this is what he would face. The photograph of him slumped at the back of a police car, shaken and shocked, reflects he can hardly believe what’s happened. (Reuters)
    opinion
    Published on Feb 28, 2026 16:15 IST

    Reading the tea leaves on a bubble in the AI space

    History shows that revolutionary technologies, from railroads to the internet, often generate bubbles before their true economic value is realised. In the short run, technology is overestimated. In the long run, it is underestimated. (Bloomberg)
    opinion
    Published on Feb 28, 2026 16:15 IST

    Why India’s semiconductor story is a work in progress

    India’s membership to the Pax Silica grouping will help Indian firms gain access to important markets and ease the flow of inputs such as chips, chip-making software, and manufacturing equipment. (PTI)
    opinion
    Published on Feb 27, 2026 15:10 IST

    Missing in the policy on counterterroism

    The government should factor in modifications in the modus operandi of security agencies, subject to the evolving security scenario. A case in point is the current gains by security forces vis-à-vis the Maoist insurgency, which has seen a marked decline in the insurgents’ combat capabilities. (ANI)
    opinion
    Published on Feb 27, 2026 15:10 IST

    In Great Nicobar, a shifting of the green goalposts

    All available records and evidence suggest it should have CRZ-1A status and maximum legal protection. Yet, the MoEFCC went ahead and granted EC to the project. (Shutterstock)
    opinion
    Published on Feb 27, 2026 15:09 IST

    Life After 65: India’s Next Development Frontier

    A healthier 65-year-old is less likely to require years of dependency. The cheapest pension reform is disease prevention. The most sustainable social security system is one in which older adults remain functionally independent for longer. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Feb 27, 2026 14:36 IST

    Climate crisis and health, and AI at the intersection

    AI and machine learning have the potential to transform weather forecasts into daily, hyper-local health risk alerts. This involves analysing temperature, humidity, night-time heat, and urban hotspots, while considering the most vulnerable. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Feb 26, 2026 15:28 IST

    India’s flying training organisations need reset

    The last several weeks have seen several incidents involving India’s FTOs and smaller trainer-aircraft. In January itself, an IndiaOne Air Cessna Grand C208B aircraft with six on board crash landed in Odisha’s Rourkela. Thankfully, there were no fatalities. (Fire Department/ANI)
    opinion
    Updated on Feb 27, 2026 24:36 IST

    Fate of US trade deal post tariff takedown

    While the Trump administration certainly has alternative levers to pull to resuscitate the tariffs, they all have limitations. (Reuters)
    opinion
    Published on Feb 26, 2026 15:27 IST

    The Price of Delay, The Promise of Prevention: India’s HPV Vaccine Moment

    If HPV vaccination is institutionalised within India’s universal immunisation programme with assured financing, supply continuity, transparent monitoring, and parallel strengthening of screening and treatment pathways, the country could compress decades of projected mortality into a generational shift. (AP)
    opinion
    Updated on Feb 26, 2026 18:26 IST

    The private forestry plan must square with Forest Rights Act

    Bypassing gram sabhas excludes the well-established benefits of community-based forest management. Those who live in and depend on forests are more likely to make sustainable decisions. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Feb 25, 2026 14:41 IST

    Indian constitutionalism’s stress test in the digital age

    Until the landmark NALSA judgment that recognised a “third gender”, the Supreme Court constantly maintained that the Constitution does not recognise privacy as a fundamental right (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Feb 25, 2026 14:41 IST

    The smartphone can wait, childhood can’t

    Access to smartphones at a young age can mean social media anxiety at the cost of genuine friendship. (Shutterstock)
    opinion
    Updated on Feb 26, 2026 24:21 IST

    India is now at a clean energy inflection point

    India’s clean energy manufacturing ecosystem is scaling, but has some distance to go before we can truly turn it into a competitive advantage. (REUTERS)
    opinion
    Published on Feb 24, 2026 15:25 IST

    A sledgehammer approach to monitoring AI-origin info

    The definition of synthetically generated information and the due diligence obligations are vague and leave it to the intermediaries to decide on and label such content. (Reuters)
    opinion
    Updated on Feb 24, 2026 15:24 IST

    A ‘decades happening in weeks’ moment?

    Advances in AI models have wiped out a massive amount from the market value of software companies in the past few weeks. (Shutterstock)
    opinion
    Published on Feb 24, 2026 11:18 IST

    The Taste by Vir Sanghvi: Why hotels love buffets

    From a hotel’s point of view, the buffet successfully exploits the difference between appearance and human capacity.
    opinion
    Updated on Feb 24, 2026 04:26 IST

    Weaving richer success for India’s apparel sector

    For India to emerge as a true alternative manufacturing hub rather than a supplementary one, the industry must rapidly make bold choices and transform. (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Feb 23, 2026 14:34 IST

    The great Indian local governance challenge

    Local governments received statutory backing only after the liberalisation of the economy in the early 1990s. The 73rd and 74th constitutional amendments were aimed at empowering village and city governments to deliver local public goods. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Feb 23, 2026 14:33 IST
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