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    What guides the new GST reforms exercise

    opinion
    Published on Sep 7, 2025 15:51 IST
    A study of past GST dispute found that the majority of disputes on classification and rate were in the food sector and automobile parts. (REUTERS)

    Bhupen Hazarika: A voice for the people

    Bhupen Hazarika was an intellectual at heart — curious, articulate, and driven by an insatiable desire to understand the world. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Sep 7, 2025 15:51 IST

    Giorgio Armani’s secret code of Fashion

    By removing the classical scaffolding of masculine power dressing, Giorgio Armani offered liberation, not only to bodies but to identities, through his easy yet uncompromising silhouettes. (via REUTERS)
    opinion
    Published on Sep 7, 2025 11:12 IST

    Book Box | Himalayan floods, Sarajevo siege and the stories that anchor us

    l Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris and the latest Robert Galbraith thriller.
    opinion
    Published on Sep 7, 2025 07:38 IST

    Behind the scenes of leaders’ foreign visits

    President Venkataraman’s valet forgot to pack the black sherwani he wanted to wear at the main banquet given by his Chinese counterpart, during his 1992 visit to China. The Indian embassy in Beijing came to the rescue. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Sep 6, 2025 16:01 IST

    Trumpian jolt to India is debilitating, but not fatal

    Making common cause against China is not critical for Trump. Chances are that he would blithely go over our heads, given the opportunity to cut a beautiful deal with President Xi Jinping. (AFP Photo/Press Information Bureau (PIB))
    opinion
    Published on Sep 6, 2025 16:01 IST

    Why India’s judiciary needs more women

    India’s male-dominated Supreme Court has been adjudicating on some of the most significant gender issues of our time. Surely, these judicial pronouncements must be more reflective of the women of this country (HT PHOTO)
    opinion
    Published on Sep 6, 2025 16:01 IST

    Monsoon in Delhi, summer in London

    The freak summer of 1976 in London was talked about for years. Now it seems commonplace. Who knows heat waves in summer could be the new normal? (REUTERS)
    opinion
    Published on Sep 6, 2025 16:01 IST

    What could be in store with GST rationalisation

    The rate rationalisation will impact three distinct areas: Revenue, economic growth and formalisation of the economy. (AFP)
    opinion
    Updated on Sep 5, 2025 15:03 IST

    India’s iodine delivery policy is worth its salt

    Several members of the trade association are small-scale, coastal salt producers operating on razor-thin margins. Mandatory iodisation requirements in India change production models from bulk, loose salt traded locally, to packaged, branded products. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Sep 5, 2025 15:03 IST

    Stand up to the US, but be careful about standing with China

    The age of America as school captain is over. But if India is speaking of multi-polarity and strategic autonomy, then that’s what the coming months and years have to be steered by. (ANI)
    opinion
    Updated on Sep 5, 2025 15:03 IST

    The AI opportunity: How India can redefine the future of learning

    OpenAI is enabling further research on learning and AI, so the first step is to advance research on what success with AI in learning looks like (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Sep 5, 2025 10:57 IST

    Smarter stadiums, immersive apps, AI commentary: New era of sports engagement

    At the ongoing US Open at Flushing Meadows, for instance, IBM is offering AI-powered, near-real-time commentary and fan insights for all 254 singles matches on the US Open app (Representative photo)
    opinion
    Updated on Sep 5, 2025 08:54 IST

    Proactive protection lacking, US tariffs will hurt MSMEs

    The tariffs have had a particularly painful impact on Rajasthan. The pain is most acutely felt by smaller businesses and MSMEs that often secure loans against export orders and now face a scenario where they will be unable to repay these loans. (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Sep 4, 2025 16:31 IST

    Reimagining education is key to future of work

    AI is helping us expand our worldviews with vast amounts of information, enabling the intersection of interests, ideas and disciplines. (HT Archiv)
    opinion
    Published on Sep 4, 2025 16:31 IST

    Tehran-New Delhi: New horizons for old friends

    Current geopolitical imperatives further reinforce the rationale for closer Iran-India convergence. The unprecedented developments of 2025 have shown that a multipolar world order is no longer a far-fetched idea. (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Sep 4, 2025 16:31 IST

    Letters to financial inclusion, India’s postal system delivers

    The IPPB’s performance is extraordinary — deposits are now nearing <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>20,000 crore and revenue alone has grown to <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>2,200 crore, with profits amounting to <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>134 crore. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Sep 3, 2025 15:39 IST

    An India-China tango is unlikely at present

    A more normal footing for the relationship is beneficial for both countries, but that can be achieved only in a calibrated manner. (AFP Photo/Press Information Bureau (PIB))
    opinion
    Updated on Sep 3, 2025 15:39 IST

    In Ola’s battery efforts, a shift in Indian innovation

    What Ola is attempting is no less ambitious, despite the constraints. It is building not just a vehicle company, but a battery-technology platform inside an ecosystem that has historically lacked the infrastructure and incentives to support deep tech. (Getty Images)
    opinion
    Updated on Sep 3, 2025 15:39 IST

    A barometer of Chinese thinking on Modi’s visit

    The idea that India is pivoting to China to spite the US is a tantalising narrative in Beijing, even though most know it’s more wishful thinking than reality. (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Sep 2, 2025 15:16 IST

    Keeping growth out of the US tariff shadow

    MSME clusters producing textiles, leather, auto components, gems and jewellery, employing millions, will be the worst hit. (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Sep 2, 2025 15:16 IST

    Jan Vishwas Bill: Towards trust-based governance

    The legislation empowers regulatory authorities to impose monetary penalties through administrative channels rather than dragging cases through criminal courts. (Shutterstock)
    opinion
    Published on Sep 2, 2025 15:16 IST

    The opportunity beyond the SCO

    The SCO summit provided Modi an opportunity to meet the leaders of China and Russia to take stock of bilateral ties. (ANI)
    opinion
    Updated on Sep 1, 2025 14:56 IST

    Mandal, market, migration: The story of Bihar’s long exile

    Migration became the state’s largest export, with workers from the state forming the backbone of construction, transport, and low-skilled urban service economies in Delhi, Punjab, Maharashtra, and the Gulf (HT Photo)
    opinion
    Published on Sep 1, 2025 14:56 IST

    What has prevented another World War

    What is preventing another World War? Nuclear deterrence is the biggest game-changer. The doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction keeps nuclear States in check since conflict escalation comes with existential risks. (REUTERS)
    opinion
    Published on Sep 1, 2025 14:56 IST

    India, China & US: Need for calibrated closeness

    Both India and China swear by a multipolar order, but India’s insistence that this must be based on a multipolar Asia found no echo from China. (AFP/PIB)
    opinion
    Published on Sep 1, 2025 14:56 IST

    Mind the Gap: The death and life of Nikki Bhati

    Nikki Bhati
    opinion
    Published on Sep 1, 2025 24:30 IST

    India-Japan ties need a big leap in Indo-Pacific

    The key is to translate the defence collaboration declaration’s wealth of promising ideas into tangible initiatives. (AFP)
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 31, 2025 16:18 IST

    IWT in abeyance central to correcting past blunders

    India can now develop a fresh perspective keeping in mind our altered population demographics, our agriculture and irrigation needs and further accelerate the development of clean energy to meet our energy transition goals. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 31, 2025 16:18 IST

    Self-reliance is the mantra for overcoming trying times

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that a stable, pre-negotiated, and cordial relationship between the two neighbours — the two most populous countries in the world — can have a positive effect on global peace and prosperity. (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 31, 2025 16:17 IST
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