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The choice before us: Star Trek or Mad Max

FILE PHOTO: An AI (Artificial Intelligence) sign is seen at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China July 6, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo (REUTERS)
Updated on Dec 30, 2024 14:45 IST

Why Indians don’t have one Happy New Year

Children ride their bicycle past a New Year 2025 numerals decoration made of plastic flowers in Hanoi on December 30, 2024. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP) (AFP)
Published on Dec 30, 2024 14:45 IST

Gender sensitive policing needed

Chennai: Police personnel stand guard at the entrance of Anna University after the alleged sexual assault of its girl student, in Chennai, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI12_26_2024_000412B) (PTI)
Updated on Dec 29, 2024 15:52 IST

How the West’s world order lost wider trust

This picture shows tents housing displaced Palestinians in the central Gaza Strip on December 29, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP) (AFP)
Published on Dec 29, 2024 15:52 IST

A prime minister who let his actions speak

FILE PHOTO: India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh walks on stage for a photo opportunity as part of the 5th East Asia Summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, October 30, 2010. REUTERS/Christophe Archambault/Pool)/File Photo (REUTERS)
Updated on Dec 29, 2024 15:51 IST

Law on marital cruelty needs robust backing

An activist shouts slogan as she leads a rally to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, in Kolkata, India, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Bikas Das) (AP)
Published on Dec 28, 2024 17:17 IST

The delightful, rude world of put-downs

Dorothy Parker’s wit could be excruciatingly sharp. Of the famous actress Katharine Hepburn, she hissed: “She ran the gamut of human emotions all the way from A to B.” (wikimediacommons)
Updated on Dec 28, 2024 17:15 IST

Building the consensus for a net-zero economy

India (rightly) champions climate justice by demanding differentiated climate action based on historical responsibility. . (Photo by Punit PARANJPE / AFP) (AFP)
Published on Dec 28, 2024 17:14 IST

Making policy for the last man in the queue

**EDS: FILE PHOTO** New Delhi: In this Jan. 17, 2014 file photo, then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in New Delhi. Singh passed away on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, at the age of 92. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav) (PTI)
Published on Dec 27, 2024 15:35 IST

Educating India’s young population

The Vidyalaxmi scheme offers a push and pull factor for students and institutions respectively.(Photo by Santosh Kumar/ Hindustan Times)
Published on Dec 26, 2024 15:07 IST

Nestlé judgment jolts Swiss MFN provision

FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured during the 152nd Annual General Meeting of Nestle in Lausanne, Switzerland April 11, 2019. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo (REUTERS)
Updated on Dec 26, 2024 15:07 IST

2025 promises to be exciting for aviation

Greater Noida, India- December 09, 2024: The Noida International Airport (NIA) conducted a first flight validation test at the newly built airport in Noida (Jewar), Uttar Pradesh on Monday. (Photo by Sunil Ghosh / Hindustan Times)
Updated on Dec 26, 2024 15:05 IST

The cinema ecosystem Shyam Benegal created

Mumbai: In this Friday, June 14, 2024 file image, filmmaker Shyam Benegal during the release of a special postal cover to mark Film Heritage Foundation's 10th anniversary, in Mumbai. Benegal passed away on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024 in Mumbai. He was 90. (PTI Photo/Shashank Parade) (PTI)
Published on Dec 25, 2024 14:53 IST

India’s choices when US confronts China

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump takes part in a welcoming ceremony with China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China, November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj/File Photo (REUTERS)
Published on Dec 25, 2024 14:52 IST

Statesman who chose ideology over power

File photo of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee. (PTI)
Published on Dec 24, 2024 15:28 IST

What BR Ambedkar means for today’s India

Chennai: Members of All India Lawyers Union (AILU) stage a protest against Home Minister Amit Shah over his remarks related to BR Ambedkar, outside the Madras High Court in Chennai, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (PTI Photo/R Senthilkumar) (PTI)
Published on Dec 23, 2024 15:29 IST

India needs long-term strategic assessments

(FILES) Indian army soldier stands on a snow-covered road near Zojila mountain pass that connects Srinagar to the union territory of Ladakh, bordering China on February 28, 2021. (Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP) (AFP)
Published on Dec 23, 2024 15:29 IST

What the Pelicot rape case tells us

Gisèle’s decision to waive her anonymity during the rape trial made her an Everywoman. It’s making men uncomfortable, as usual (AP)
Published on Dec 22, 2024 15:07 IST