crown

Subscribe Now

FOLLOW US

Sign in

pickoftheday

PAGE 18

‘Betrayed’: India leads revolt at COP

Updated on Nov 24, 2024 22:52 IST

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

What Maharashtra and Jharkhand verdicts mean for India’s top political leaders

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s political capital has been replenished substantially after the assembly election results in Maharashtra

Updated on Nov 23, 2024 14:17 IST

Why farmers are fretting across the world

A farmer holds a placard reading "The Last Straw" during a demonstration by farmers over inheritance tax changes, in London, UK, on November 19. (Bloomberg)

Updated on Nov 22, 2024 21:30 IST

Understanding the US charges on Adani

The indictment said Adani and others ‘concealed’ bribed Indian government officials to obtain billions of dollars of financing for green energy projects. (Bloomberg)

Updated on Nov 21, 2024 23:30 IST

Behind air crisis: High baseline pollution, multiplicity of factors

Vehicles ply on a road as the sky is enveloped with smog after Delhi's air quality worsened due to air pollution, in New Delhi, India, on Wednesday. (REUTERS)

Updated on Nov 22, 2024 03:18 IST

Fear and longing: Conversations with Dalits in Maharashtra ahead of polls

One of independent India’s longest-running movements – the 16-year-long Namantar struggle by Dalit activists to change the name of Marathwada University to Dr BR Ambedkar University. (HT Photo)

Updated on Nov 20, 2024 03:31 IST

COP29 president scrambles to save deadlocked talks

The COP29 UN Climate Summit venue in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo)

Published on Nov 19, 2024 04:52 IST

World Pickleball Championship: How a fledgling sport is scaling new heights

Armaan Bhatia, Indian Pickleball player plays a shot during PWR DUPR 2024 at RK Khanna Stadium in New Delhi, India, on October 27. (Sanchit Khanna/HT photo)

Updated on Nov 18, 2024 03:48 IST

Jharkhand polls: Soren brothers fight for ‘Abua Sarkar’ to carry Guruji’s legacy

Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren arrives in a chopper to address a public meeting for the Jharkhand Assembly elections, in Berhait on Sunday. (ANI)

Published on Nov 17, 2024 11:36 IST

The pattern in Trump’s picks for key jobs

Trump has made a range of extraordinarily controversial and, from the point of view of many Americans, even dangerous choices. (REUTERS)

Updated on Nov 15, 2024 19:05 IST

A baptism of fire: India seniors give pointers to GenNext

Yashasvi Jaiswal leads a bunch of talented Indian youngsters who are on their maiden tour to Australia. (AFP)

Published on Nov 14, 2024 16:41 IST

Top court strengthens rule of law, reiterates separation of powers

A bulldozer being used to demolish the illegal construction belonging to Naseeb Choudhary, who is accused of knife attack on RSS members, in Jaipur. (PTI)

Updated on Nov 14, 2024 24:52 IST

Being Salman under siege: Cops, guards, push-ups

Police security has been increased outside the apartment of Bollywood actor Salman Khan following the killing of former minister and NCP leader Baba Siddique. (Raju Shinde)

Updated on Nov 13, 2024 07:31 IST

The road ahead for the Chief Justice

Justice Sanjiv Khanna takes the oath as the 51st Chief Justice of India (CJI), at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Monday. (ANI)

Updated on Nov 12, 2024 24:48 IST

Maharashtra polls: The power of bloodlines

The Thackerays are one among several dynasties that define Maharashtra politics. (Photo by Raju Shinde/HT Photo) (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Nov 11, 2024 06:06 IST

Trade tensions, funding among COP29 challenges

The stakes are particularly high as 2024 is set to become the first year when annual average temperatures breach the critical 1.5°C threshold above pre-industrial levels. (AP)

Updated on Nov 10, 2024 24:46 IST

SC on AMU minority status: Dissent flags judicial impropriety, legal stability

Supreme Court (File photo)

Updated on Nov 10, 2024 05:09 IST

It’s complicated: What Trump means for India-US ties

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Donald Trump in New Delhi.

Updated on Nov 8, 2024 01:08 IST

Explained: How Donald Trump won

The Republican campaign smartly focused on inflation in most of its messaging, attributing blame to Joe Biden and promising lower costs under Donald Trump (AFP)

Updated on Nov 6, 2024 14:22 IST

AO Hume, Wayanad and a gold rush in 1878

Hume wrote to Master that the Governor-General had deemed it necessary to thoroughly examine the gold-bearing rocks and deposits in Wayanad and Nilgiri and that he (Hume) was assigning mining engineer Brough Smyth to investigate. (Wikimedia Commons)

Updated on Nov 5, 2024 23:08 IST

Who is ahead? The signal and the noise

A voter arrives to cast their ballot at the King County Elections headquarters in Renton, Washington, US, on Monday. (Bloomberg)

Updated on Nov 4, 2024 23:20 IST

New waste mounds creep up on Capital

The dumping site at Singhola. (Sanchit Khanna/HT)

Updated on Nov 3, 2024 23:20 IST

The $120 million Musk muscle in the Trump torrent

Elon Musk jumps on stage as he joins former US President and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania in October. (AFP)

Updated on Nov 2, 2024 05:33 IST

Once bitten, Kerala not shy to eye tunnel via Western Ghats

Indian Navy's disaster relief team conducts search and rescue operation at a landslide-hit area in Wayanad. (PTI)

Updated on Oct 30, 2024 21:30 IST

A tale of fire and water: Why Punjab’s paddy fields simmer

A farmer burns stubble after a harvest at a paddy field, on the outskirts of Amritsar. (PTI)

Updated on Oct 29, 2024 23:30 IST

Iconic jurist who set ball rolling on privacy rights

Retired justice KS Puttaswamy speaks during a press conference after the verdict of the Supreme Court on Aadhar card at his residence in Bengaluru, India, in September 2018. (Arijit Sen/HT Archive)

Updated on Oct 29, 2024 01:02 IST

Section 6A verdict: Reinforcing legislative supremacy on citizenship issues

New Delhi, Jan 10 (ANI): A view of the Supreme Court building, the apex judicial body of India, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (ANI Photo) (Sanjay Sharma)

Updated on Oct 28, 2024 24:56 IST

Is it time for India to look beyond Commonwealth Games?

PV Sindhu won the women’s singles gold at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games. Badminton is among the six sports where India usually excel that have been dropped from the 2026 Glasgow edition. (REUTERS)

Updated on Oct 26, 2024 23:32 IST

Reminiscing about country’s stalwarts, hoping for a refined political discourse

Dayaram Das said compared to the past, there is a lot of chaos in today’s politics. (Raju Shinde/HT Photo )

Updated on Oct 26, 2024 02:08 IST

Anxieties, agendas: Bihar land survey opens Pandora’s box

An official interacts with villagers during the land survey in Bihar on Thursday. (HT Photo)

Updated on Oct 24, 2024 22:44 IST

16
17
18

Home / India News / Pickoftheday

© 2026 HindustanTimes