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2 decades after tsunami, survivors still counting cost of great wave

Army personnel carry out relief at a tsunami-hit village, in Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu, on December 31, 2004. (PTI File)

Updated on Dec 26, 2024, 3:20 AM IST

Law, policy, contract: Why SC junked ruling on credit card interest

The court ruled that the NCDRC judgment to be unsustainable on three fronts — law, policy and contract. (ANI)

Updated on Dec 25, 2024, 6:14 AM IST

Rafi@100: Colossus who looms over Hindi music to this day

What set Rafi apart was an uncanny ability to mould his voice to fit the persona of each actor, adapting effortlessly to situation and style. This makes him one of the greatest playback singers in history (HT Archive)

Updated on Dec 24, 2024, 4:01 PM IST

Israeli spyware maker NSO found liable in WhatsApp hacking lawsuit

After WhatsApp’s lawsuit, the company in June 2021 had started releasing a transparency and accountability report (REUTERS)

Updated on Dec 22, 2024, 2:21 AM IST

Mumbai’s tryst with classical music

Among the brightest stars of the classical music tradition of Mumbai was Ustad Zakir Hussain, who died earlier this week. Simla House, Hussain’s home in Mumbai, was witness to over 50 years of this history. (Pradeep Bhatia/HT Archive)

Updated on Dec 21, 2024, 6:21 AM IST

SC order on elephants in fests turns focus on decades-old tussle in Kerala

The Thiruvambady and Paramekkavu Devaswoms, organisers of Kerala’s iconic Thrissur Pooram festival, appealed in the Supreme Court against the high court order. (REUTERS)

Updated on Dec 20, 2024, 4:49 AM IST

A very odd turn by cricket’s reigning master of spin

No matter where he was playing – for which team, in which match -- Ashwin was always game. Was is an incorrect verb, because we will still see Ashwin play – no doubt in the IPL for CSK and maybe for his TNPL team, the Dindigul Dragons. (PTI)

Updated on Dec 19, 2024, 5:18 AM IST

Bigotry, bias, acceptance: For EWS kids, school life a mixed bag

This winter, the parents of a six-year-old EWS student at an east Delhi school could not get him winter jacket with his uniform. (PTI)

Updated on Dec 18, 2024, 3:04 AM IST

Zakir Hussain was an institution in himself: Amjad Ali Khan

Zakir Bhai’s tabla playing was not just about technique; it was a language that spoke directly to the soul. (Rohit Chawla)

Updated on Dec 17, 2024, 6:20 AM IST

Political vendetta or zero tolerance to corruption? TDP actions ignite debate

Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu speaks in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly session, in Amaravati on Friday. (ANI)

Updated on Dec 16, 2024, 4:45 AM IST

Harikrishna: The China specialist on Gukesh’s team

P Harikrishna was one of D Gukesh's seconds.

Published on Dec 14, 2024, 7:56 PM IST

A confluence of heritage and infra as Prayagraj prepares for Kumbh

For representation only (HT File Photo)

Updated on Dec 14, 2024, 11:01 AM IST

Youngest Indian GM to youngest chess champ

There was a time when Gukesh was chasing the goal of becoming the youngest-ever GM between 2017 and 2018. (Raj K Raj/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Dec 13, 2024, 4:49 AM IST

Willow: What Google’s error-correcting chip means for quantum computing

Willow is packed with logical qubits consisting of 105 physical qubits. (AFP/Google)

Updated on Dec 12, 2024, 5:15 AM IST

India should propose a trade-tech-investment package deal to Trump: Mukesh Aghi

Aghi has played a key role in deepening India-US ties. (@MukeshAghi Official X account)

Updated on Dec 10, 2024, 10:11 AM IST

Top court issues guidelines on processing of mercy petitions

The Supreme Court also directed state governments to frame office orders or executive guidelines outlining the standard operating procedures for dealing with mercy petitions. (HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 10, 2024, 12:06 AM IST

Sledging gets milder and milder but is it still too much?

India's Mohammed Siraj, right, celebrates after the dismissal of Australia's Travis Head, centre, during the day two of the second cricket test match between Australia and India at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide, on Saturday. (AP)

Updated on Dec 9, 2024, 5:36 AM IST

Traversing centuries through a heritage walk of Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi

A well at Freoz Shah Kotla, which used to get water from the Yamuna. (Sanchit Khanna/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 8, 2024, 5:26 AM IST

The ‘seconds’ and their role in high-stakes games

On most game days, Ding Liren is accompanied by his second, Richard Rapport . (Shutterstock)

Updated on Dec 7, 2024, 6:52 AM IST

Hamilton’s last dance with Mercedes a reminder of his unparalleled legacy

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton. (AFP)

Updated on Dec 6, 2024, 5:02 AM IST

How a bal swayamsevak from Nagpur won, lost, and then reclaimed his state

Devendra Fadnavis, is set to take oath as chief minister of Maharashtra on Thursday. (Raj K Raj/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Dec 5, 2024, 4:46 AM IST

Makoka 315: Trigger-happy teens strike terror in NE Delhi

A view of the Kardampuri street in northeast Delhi where the gang is most active. (HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 4, 2024, 6:10 AM IST

A chess contest that bucked all predictions

India's D Gukesh and China’s Ding Liren during the sixth game of the World Chess Championship, in Singapore. (PTI)

Updated on Dec 3, 2024, 6:52 AM IST

An overnight dash to salvage a bombed runway that changed the face of ’71 war

Inderjit Singh Chugh’s team erected sandbag walls at the sites where the UXBs were being detonated. (HT Photo )

Updated on Dec 2, 2024, 5:49 AM IST

Born Tough: The Nathan Lyon story

A veteran of 130 Tests, Nathan Lyon has 532 scalps to his name, making him the most successful finger spinner from Australia. (AP)

Updated on Nov 30, 2024, 6:13 PM IST

47 going on 18: Encounter with influencer aiming to live forever

The millionaire tech entrepreneur and bio hacker is 47 but claims to have reversed his epigenetic age by 5.1 years. (Wikimedia Commons)

Updated on Nov 30, 2024, 6:48 AM IST

Latest missile launches put spotlight on India’s growing prowess

On November 17, India announced that the DRDO successfully tested the country’s first long-range hypersonic missile off the Odisha coast.

Updated on Nov 29, 2024, 12:03 PM IST

Football holds many parallels for teen prodigy

India's Vaibhav Suryavanshi celebrates his half century during an unofficial test cricket match between India U-19 and Australia U-19, at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, in September. (PTI)

Updated on Nov 28, 2024, 5:57 AM IST

How Team India rewrote the script in the first Test

Jasprit Bumrah celebrates victory in the first Test cricket match against Australia at Optus Stadium in Perth on Monday. (AFP)

Updated on Nov 26, 2024, 5:48 AM IST

‘Betrayed’: India leads revolt at COP

Activists participate in a demonstration for climate finance at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit. (AP)

Updated on Nov 25, 2024, 4:22 AM IST

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