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    Saving India-US relationship from Trump & beyond

    opinion
    Published on Aug 22, 2025 15:34 IST
    US treasury secretary Scott Bessent accused India of “profiteering” from the purchase of Russian oil. But he has also conceded that the Trump administration was taking a 10% mark up on all weapons sold to the Europeans who in turn are selling them to Ukraine. (AFP)

    Why Bollywood is bleeding money and losing audiences

    Cinema in India is also in trouble because of the high maintenance costs involved in its production and exhibition. PVR-Inox, the biggest player in the exhibition sector, is reportedly bleeding because of high realty costs. (REUTERS)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 22, 2025 15:34 IST

    Small cities’ outsized role in the urban future

    There is an urgent need to revise the classification of land to reflect ecological function, and not just economic productivity. (HT Photo)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 22, 2025 15:34 IST

    Imagining a modern society free of plastic

    Nearly every discussion on environment-related matters has faced the problem that the plastics treaty has encountered in Geneva. A clash between collective global imperative and the vested interests of certain powerful nations has proved nearly impossible to resolve (AP)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 21, 2025 14:58 IST

    Unintended fallout of the green cover rule for industry

    What is more beneficial to the environment — small lawns with a few trees attached to each factory building or large uninterrupted stretches of forest? (Shutterstock)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 21, 2025 14:58 IST

    Behind Trump’s pursuit of ending Ukraine war

    It must be acknowledged that Trump’s heterodox methods do hold potential to break the mould and get out of the present morass. (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 21, 2025 14:57 IST

    The Taste by Vir Sanghvi: How one restaurant changed Delhi’s Italian dining

    The original Italian flavour is still intact even after 25 years.
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 21, 2025 13:28 IST

    Air India must tackle its inner demons first to regain public trust

    An Air India Airbus A321 aircraft takes off at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad. (REUTERS)
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 21, 2025 06:18 IST

    IBC as a preventive for funds diversion

    A well-implemented bankruptcy law can act as an effective deterrent because the penalties arising out of bankruptcy accrue privately to the managers and lead to a large reduction in the need to conduct deep financial audits. (Mint)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 20, 2025 14:43 IST

    Anatomy of the budding India-China bonhomie

    In an ideal world, New Delhi would prefer to see Chinese power balanced by the US and/or Russia. (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 20, 2025 14:42 IST

    ECI accountability call must not erode faith in democracy

    A referee such as the ECI, who bristles at scrutiny forgets that in democracy, appearance and legitimacy are as important as the arithmetic of votes. (ANI Photo)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 20, 2025 14:42 IST

    In Trump tariff threat, wake-up call for India

    With an unmatched pool of ambitious entrepreneurs, builders, and scientists, India becomes a driver in the global innovation race. (REUTERS)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 19, 2025 15:25 IST

    Data sovereignty is a strategic imperative

    India generates about 20% of global data but holds only a 3% share of global data centre capacity. It therefore remains deeply reliant on foreign-controlled digital infrastructure. (Shutterstock)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 19, 2025 15:24 IST

    The lessons for India from the plastics treaty

    While the need for a Plastics Treaty is widely accepted, most countries refused to commit to binding global targets to reduce plastic production. (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 19, 2025 15:24 IST

    Why leadership that is also nurturing matters

    Nurturing leadership is not about control but cultivation — of self, of people, and of performance. (Shutterstock)
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 18, 2025 15:19 IST

    Trump’s mercantilism risks America’s global leadership

    In Trump’s worldview, allies are “freeloaders” unless they meet his transactional benchmarks, and trade deficits are inherently bad, regardless of whether they reflect healthy economic specialisation. (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 18, 2025 15:18 IST

    Good for the investor, good for the industry

    The strong flow of money into mutual funds shows investors have understood that the rules of the game are there to protect them. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 18, 2025 15:18 IST

    A crisis of artifice: Makeup, body image, and choice

    Unless the terms of the aesthetic compact are renegotiated, the mirror will remain less an invitation to self-recognition than a summons to perpetual self-erasure
    opinion
    Published on Aug 18, 2025 05:58 IST

    Mind the Gap: In her words: Urvashi Butalia

    The 1947 Partition
    opinion
    Published on Aug 18, 2025 24:30 IST

    Putin, Trump break the ice, Kyiv feels the chill

    The summit did not reach any conclusion because Putin isn’t budging from his four core demands. Trump can neither accept these demands nor does he have the political capital to force Ukraine or his Western allies to accept these. (AFP)
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 17, 2025 15:15 IST

    Focus on rabies control, not stray dog population

    The seeds of the current situation were sown by the Animal Birth Control Rules, 2001 (updated in 2023) that prevents rabid dogs from being euthanised. (ANI)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 17, 2025 15:15 IST

    Reading the outcome of the Alaska summit

    By agreeing to a peace settlement to end the war, as opposed to a ceasefire, Trump has effectively agreed to the Russian position. (@WhiteHouseX)
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 17, 2025 15:14 IST

    Keeping up with UP | As floods ravage temples, will govt heed to ancient wisdom?

    Rituals being performed after the Ganga entered the bade hanuman temple in Prayagraj. (HT File Photo)
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 17, 2025 12:36 IST

    Empowering young women to enter higher education

    Since the 1950s, the government has launched numerous initiatives with the primary goal of enhancing educational opportunities for women. (Hindustan Times)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 16, 2025 15:25 IST

    Meghnad Desai: Who he was in his thoughts

    The great thing about Meghnad was that he was a well-informed and civilised conversationalist, from whom you always learnt something. (Mint Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 16, 2025 15:25 IST

    Hell hath no fury like Donald Trump scorned

    Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, has revealed that secondary tariffs on India could increase if Trump’s talks with Putin fail. (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 16, 2025 15:25 IST

    Resisting the coercive new global trade order

    Trump has inaugurated a new chapter in the global imperial project, which his successor may continue. Efforts are underway to establish new rules for international trade. (Bloomberg)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 15, 2025 15:06 IST

    Friends & foes in an uncertain, shifting world

    The Indian political and street mood is now, justifiably, furious at how the country has been treated by the US even as everyone realises the importance of that country and the bilateral relationship. (PTI)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 15, 2025 15:06 IST

    Make presumed consent the standard for organ donations

    To donate one’s organs so that others may live is perhaps the noblest legacy one can leave. (ANI Photo)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 15, 2025 15:06 IST

    India needs homegrown management consultancies

    For Indian firms to become globally influential, they must build intellectual property. Global firms like McKinsey gained ground not just through execution, but by shaping the discourse through platforms. (Shutterstock)
    opinion
    Published on Aug 14, 2025 15:15 IST
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