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    Need to root public health education in Indian realities

    opinion
    Published on Aug 20, 2026 05:40 IST
    Public health functions broadly include health surveillance, protection, promotion, planning, regulation, services organisation, delivery, and evaluation, and requires a wide gamut of workforce trained in public health nutrition, occupational and environmental health, epidemiology and biostatistics, health administration and management, informatics, social sciences, economics, and policy analysis. (Photo for representation)

    Sanction-proofing India’s interests and autonomy

    Sanctions can serve legitimate security purposes. But India should challenge coercion that travels far beyond the country imposing it. (Photo for representation)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 20, 2026 05:39 IST

    Is Claude down - or am I just waiting?

    Every AI service will experience outages, congestion or inconsistent performance.
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 19, 2026 07:16 IST

    Changing how insurance business is done in India

    Despite decades of high-cost distribution, insurance penetration remains stubbornly low.
    opinion
    Published on Aug 19, 2026 04:31 IST

    Ukraine aces drone game, but may lose ballistic match

    Ukraine’s long-range drones have struck targets as deep as 2,500 km inside Russia, reaching locations like Moscow and St Petersburg, among others.
    opinion
    Published on Aug 19, 2026 04:31 IST

    India should rethink how it taxes R&D investment

    India aims to become a developed economy by 2047. Achieving this goal will require sustained investment in knowledge creation, scientific discovery and technological innovation.
    opinion
    Published on Aug 19, 2026 04:31 IST

    A forced pause for India’s solar power generation

    If India doesn’t want to pause its renewable generation, one solution that has been talked about is to temporarily mothball a few of the country’s inefficient coal-based plants. But that doesn’t seem possible given demand during non-solar hours.
    opinion
    Published on Aug 18, 2026 01:18 IST

    Ecological equity needs constitutional protection

    Justice-oriented forest governance model must recognise circularity — the ecological rule that every right over a forest must carry a responsibility to sustain its regeneration.
    opinion
    Published on Aug 18, 2026 01:18 IST

    After Chandrasekaran, the true test for the Tatas

    The Tata group has survived leadership transitions before. It will survive this one too. It needs to emerge from this transition stronger.
    opinion
    Published on Aug 18, 2026 01:17 IST

    Ecostani: Centre’s mines amendment bill a blow to federal consultation

    Parl passes minerals bill
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 17, 2026 09:59 IST

    The radical idea of women who play just for fun

    Priyanka Parasher for Mint
    opinion
    Published on Aug 17, 2026 02:30 IST

    India @79: Much is done, much remains to be done

    If we need to maintain a balance in our demography, we must create employment opportunities in the villages. Along with secure borders, we need to ensure social and environmental security with equal sensitivity.
    opinion
    Published on Aug 17, 2026 02:22 IST

    More autonomy for the IITs will benefit India

    The IIT system became one of post-independence India’s greatest institutional achievements. Its graduates built domestic industries, helped power Silicon Valley and rose to lead some of the world’s most influential technology companies.
    opinion
    Published on Aug 17, 2026 02:22 IST

    Mecca pact: Interests primary, not alliances

    Holding grudges is the opposite of geopolitical agility, and they limit our options in a multi-aligned world.
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 17, 2026 02:21 IST

    Dil Chahta Hai’s to Animal: The loss of vulnerable men

    Farhan Akhtar’s 25-years-old landmark film also told us that it was okay for these men to be sad, to cry. It was perfectly cool for men portraying characters who did not care much for serious issues in life to also show their vulnerable side. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 16, 2026 16:04 IST

    India’s entrance exams emulate Sorting Hat’s opaque decision-making

    When lakhs of teenagers are told that their futures depend on an instrument whose inner workings are mysterious and whose difficulty can shift year to year, and whose administering body faces no real consequence for errors, opacity itself becomes a source of psychological harm. Students cannot prepare rationally for a process they cannot see. (Parveen Kumar/HT Photo)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 16, 2026 15:53 IST

    The factory township that birthed an education hub

    Company townships have produced some of the best human capital in this country. They understood something very basic about urban planning.
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 16, 2026 02:27 IST

    Tales of ‘brilliant’ men, and ‘perfect victims’

    The Bombay High Court judgment is a remarkable piece of legislation that rejects the notion of a “perfect victim” and should become a template on how to adjudicate on rape cases.
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 16, 2026 02:24 IST

    How Doon shapes its young students

    What made Doon special was that each of us was treated like an individual. I never felt one of many. I was always aware of my identity, preferences and interests.
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 16, 2026 02:24 IST

    Can the great decline of the Parsis be stemmed?

    If preserving faith and distinctive culture is the argument, any skew should in fact favour the intermarried Parsi woman since the mother remains the more significant “upbringer” even in the new, supposedly equity-favouring parenting paradigms
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 16, 2026 02:22 IST

    The next frontier for Indian science on the 80th Independence Day

    India has largely solved the first problem of scientific power. Its next challenge is to turn that population, its elite institutions, and diaspora into a densely connected system.
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 15, 2026 03:44 IST

    'Freedom itself is a means': Jawaharlal Nehru's article for HT in 1933

    File photo: Congress party workers pay floral tribute to India’s first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his 62nd death anniversary, in Bhopal.
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 15, 2026 04:17 IST

    Let platform-building be a pattern, not an aberration

    Skyroot was founded nearly eight years ago by former ISRO scientists. Its leaps from then to now required scientific expertise, patient investors, access to public infrastructure, regulatory support, and close engagement with ISRO
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 15, 2026 02:28 IST

    Do Indians need more meat on their plates?

    The best food policy gives people better choices for a balanced diet while leaving the final choice of what to eat to them.
    opinion
    Published on Aug 14, 2026 03:54 IST

    Signals from Parliament’s monsoon session washout

    Speed of passing legislation rather than detailed scrutiny of legislative proposals is becoming the norm
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 14, 2026 03:54 IST

    Operation Safed Sagar and the history missing from a Netflix retelling

    Kargil was a learning crucible with many lessons.
    opinion
    Published on Aug 14, 2026 03:46 IST

    Mecca pact: Regional fix to hedge against a fickle US

    Protecting the rights of survivors is not an act of paternal sympathy for helpless victims; it is a rigorous, evidentiary method that takes trauma seriously while protecting the dignity of the survivor as a non-negotiable constitutional right.
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 13, 2026 07:35 IST

    So far so good amid global turmoil: Don’t lose sight of reforms

    The tensions in West Asia have exposed India’s energy import dependence yet again. As the economy steers through this volatile geopolitical global environment, looking inward and beefing up energy security is fast becoming a policy priority.
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 13, 2026 04:31 IST

    A new vocabulary of gender jurisprudence in courtrooms

    Protecting the rights of survivors is not an act of paternal sympathy for helpless victims; it is a rigorous, evidentiary method that takes trauma seriously while protecting the dignity of the survivor as a non-negotiable constitutional right.
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 13, 2026 04:11 IST

    Grand Strategy: The bigness trap of India’s strategic community

    Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (left), Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif meeting in Mecca.
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 12, 2026 12:25 IST
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