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    Reconciling the questions about voter-roll integrity

    opinion
    Published on Aug 8, 2025 15:06 IST
    Regions with a contested history of migration such as Assam have had long spells of unrest over electoral discrepancies, which led to controversial moves such as the NRC. (HT Photo)

    The physics of violin, when music and science meet

    By the 1920s, the violin had been thoroughly incorporated into Carnatic music. (HT Photo)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 8, 2025 15:06 IST

    What the ICJ ruling means for climate action and justice

    The court ruled that climate action is no longer optional. States have clear legal obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Paris Agreement, and customary international law to mitigate and adapt to the climate crisis (PTI)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 8, 2025 06:30 IST

    The Art of a Good Unicorn: The presence of AI doesn’t guarantee defensibility

    Rahul Bhasin underwent a course at the MIT to gain a deeper understanding of new-age technologies. (HT sourced photo)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 8, 2025 05:37 IST

    Ground may be shifting in India-China relations

    Several Chinese scholars and intellectuals felt that, despite outstanding issues and differences, India and China should advance cooperation in diverse sectors. (AP)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 7, 2025 15:41 IST

    Airlines’ push for speed: Is safety becoming a casualty?

    Post Covid, leisure travel has come back with a vengeance, and business travel has limped back, albeit at a much slower clip. Airports, some with improved facilities given the private-sector funds pouring in, have become more crowded (HT Photo)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 7, 2025 15:41 IST

    Trump’s tariff shadow on India-US relations

    India’s high import tariff structure is a long-maintained policy position of protecting the domestic agricultural sector. (PTI)
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 7, 2025 15:41 IST

    The Taste by Vir Sanghvi: Inside the global rise of authentic Indian cuisine

    From London to New York, Indian chefs are redefining global fine dining.
    opinion
    Published on Aug 7, 2025 07:03 IST

    Time for an ideological reset

    Donald Trump on Wednesday slapped an additional 25% tariff on goods coming from India as penalty for New Delhi's continued buying of Russian oil. After the order, the total tariff on Indian goods, barring a small exemption list, will be 50% (PTI FILE)
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 6, 2025 16:55 IST

    A road map to mitigate Delhi’s pollution crisis

    Delhi produces about 11,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste daily; yet, over half of it ends up in overloaded landfills, causing land and water pollution. (Hindustan Times)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 6, 2025 14:50 IST

    How India became Test titans on foreign pitches

    There have, unsurprisingly, been several instances of India recovering from distress to exhilaratingly overcome the opposition. Episodes of this nature abroad in unfamiliar playing conditions have generally been classified as more creditable. (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 6, 2025 14:50 IST

    Building on the gains of Green Revolution

    Revisiting the Green Revolution should not only mean growing more. It must also mean growing better — and negotiating smarter. (PTI)
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 6, 2025 14:49 IST

    Build readiness against rising dirty-war risks

    Each WMD category brings its own horrors: While nuclear weapons incinerate cities, biological and chemical agents work invisibly, silently, and over time. (AFP)
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 5, 2025 15:37 IST

    For Pakistan & US, it is back to doing business

    Given the transactional nature that dominates the US, there is the temptation to find direct factors for the upswing in US-Pakistan relations. (AP)
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 5, 2025 15:37 IST

    India’s economic resilience guards against tariff threats

    While the India-UK FTA negotiations were multifaceted, the agreement was not solely about lowering tariffs or increasing trade volumes; it was also about redefining economic diplomacy in a multipolar world. (Bloomberg)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 5, 2025 15:37 IST

    New doctrine & the terrorist food chain

    Wars of any kind, limited or otherwise, are an expensive business — in this case, requiring almost continuous military readiness. (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 4, 2025 15:14 IST

    Meghnad Desai: The view from classroom

    Meghnad Desai left an indelible mark on all of his students. His last message to one of us was: “Keep reading widely and hang on to some of your ideas but you will have a lot more to learn than you realise”. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 4, 2025 15:14 IST

    Why agriculture is key to building Viksit Bharat

    Indian agriculture has gone from stagnation and food insecurity before the 1960s to large surpluses today, disproving the Malthusian belief that population growth would outstrip food production. (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 4, 2025 15:14 IST

    How a law to protect children was weaponized against consensual teen sex

    A still from Rima Das’s Bulbul Can Sing, a coming-of-age movie that explores adolescence, emotional growth and sexual stirrings.
    opinion
    Published on Aug 4, 2025 24:30 IST

    Attacks on Indian migrants are against Ireland’s values

    Ireland has long prided itself on its warm welcome and hospitality. The overwhelming majority of Irish people welcome migrants into their society, workplaces, and homes. (ANI Photo)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 3, 2025 16:03 IST

    Misunderstanding India’s advocacy for multipolarity

    India’s foreign policy is not about indecision. It is a constant search for autonomy, balance and agency. (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 3, 2025 16:03 IST

    When politics reeks of bitterness, misconduct

    We, as citizens, have some basic expectations from our Parliament. It should not be reduced to an arena of vote politics. (Hindustan Times)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 3, 2025 16:03 IST

    What elevator use says about the Indian psyche

    Nobody teaches lift etiquettes, though; it’s like an email sign-off you copy from others. How you behave in the lift is learnt the hard way. (Shutterstock)
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 2, 2025 16:42 IST

    Why voting rights at 16 is the way forward

    Do people in their 20s and 30s or 50s and 60s decide intelligently? Or do they do so emotionally? Or just out of habit and prejudice? If it’s ok for them, why not 16-year-olds? (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 2, 2025 16:42 IST

    Trans-rights and the need for a nurturing ecosystem

    It was only when Dr. Jency became an assistant professor that she got recognition for her hard work. “I am a professor first and a transgender after,” she says. (ANI)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 2, 2025 16:42 IST

    Short-term hiccups, long-term rewards

    Notwithstanding all the noise on the television channels and in Parliament, it is in India’s interest to be linguistically altruistic to the US President for the sake of a relationship that has the space and dexterity to bridge ties beyond immediacy. (REUTERS)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 2, 2025 16:41 IST

    Short Stream | Hanging by a Thread

    ‘Hanging by a Thread’
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 2, 2025 15:53 IST

    Religion vs dissent: Which right wins?

    In India, streets are not just for commuting: The everyday affairs of community, religion, celebration, mourning, and social life play out on them too. (ANI)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 1, 2025 16:13 IST

    Trump tantrums complicate India’s strategic challenges

    Trump’s attacks on India — the uncouth language and sneering style — seem to be personally motivated, well beyond the stated aim of rebalancing US trade numbers. (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 1, 2025 15:42 IST

    Tariffs as a tool to extort, and slight India’s sovereignty

    The American penalty threat to India also violates general international laws of non-intervention in a country’s sovereign affairs, as laid down by the ICJ. (HT Photo)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 1, 2025 15:42 IST
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