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Grief, lessons and hope: 25 years of super cyclone in Odisha

Updated on Oct 24, 2024 24:02 IST

The 1999 super cyclone killed nearly 10,000 people in Odisha and affected over 13 million others across 12 of the state’s 30 districts. (HT Archive)

Insidious network, demand for cheap liquor: Making of a hooch tragedy in Bihar

People being treated in a hospital in Saran, Bihar, after they consumed suspected spurious liquor last Wednesday. (PTI)

Updated on Oct 22, 2024 22:45 IST

The butcher with checkered past who dismembered Bangladesh MP’s body

The butcher with checkered past who dismembered B’desh lawmaker’s body

Updated on Oct 21, 2024 22:40 IST

In 15 days, the end of the election that may reshape the world

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.

Published on Oct 20, 2024 07:16 IST

In US indictment, hints of a purported link with Nijjar

Hardeep Singh Nijjar and Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.

Published on Oct 19, 2024 06:31 IST

Marital rape hearing starts, top court questions impact of criminalisation

Representing the lead petitioners, senior advocate Karuna Nundy argued that the marital rape exception violates fundamental rights, maintaining that the exemption for marital relationships is arbitrary. (ANI)

Updated on Oct 17, 2024 19:14 IST

Delhi underworld now in the grip of two gangs

Policemen escort Lawrence Bishnoi in New Delhi in April 2023. (Reuters)

Updated on Oct 18, 2024 24:10 IST

Rights of persons with disabilities a landmark Supreme Court verdict

This judgment has far-reaching implications for educational and regulatory frameworks, encouraging a progressive shift and ensuring that institutions assess candidates based on their potential rather than their limitations. (HT File)

Updated on Oct 17, 2024 24:22 IST

They showed institutions trump all other factors

Academy of Sciences permanent secretary Hans Ellegren, Jakob Svensson and Jan Teorell, of the Nobel Assembly at the Swedish Riksbank announce the Swedish Riksbank's prize in economic science in memory of Alfred Nobel 2024, which goes to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson, during a press meeting at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, on Monday. (REUTERS)

Updated on Oct 15, 2024 24:29 IST

Supreme Court directives on stubble burning over the years

The Supreme Court began monitoring Delhi’s air quality in 1985 with a public interest litigation case filed by environmental activist MC Mehta. (AFP)

Updated on Oct 13, 2024 19:15 IST

India-US ties require constant tending, not on autopilot: Ashley J Tellis

Ashley J Tellis. (Abhijit Bhatlekar/ Mint)

Published on Oct 12, 2024 07:12 IST

What is innovation? Lessons from AI’s Nobel controversy

While Geoffrey Hinton’s recognition is deserved, it underscores a common flaw in how credit is distributed: the contributions of early pioneers often fade from view. (AFP)

Updated on Oct 11, 2024 19:22 IST

Ratan Tata – the man behind the legend, writes Mukund Govind Rajan

Ratan Tata playing with one of his dogs. (Ratan Tata - Instagram)

Updated on Oct 10, 2024 19:40 IST

Nobel prize in chemistry: They used AI to decipher old proteins, make new ones

This year’s Nobel Prize for Chemistry, announced on Wednesday, honours three American scientists who used artificial intelligence to make all this possible. Their breakthroughs are very recent. Two of the winners are below 50; in fact, one is not even 40. (AFP)

Updated on Oct 10, 2024 01:07 IST

What’s the big-picture message from the outcome of the polls?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures, at the BJP headquarters as the party celebrates its win in the Haryana assembly elections on October 8.

Updated on Oct 8, 2024 23:12 IST

Medicine Nobel: They found tiny RNA and how it regulates life’s complexity

This photo combo shows 2024 Nobel Prize winners in physiology or medicine Gary Ruvkun, American molecular biologist, left, and Victor Ambros, professor of natural science at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, on Monday. (AP)

Updated on Oct 8, 2024 24:13 IST

The 3-act tragedy in Gaza: History, politics and international system

Displaced Palestinians walk past destroyed buildings in al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. (AFP)

Updated on Oct 6, 2024 23:26 IST

Interview | India connects G7, Indo-Pacific, drives Quad: Kurt Campbell

Kurt Campbell. (AFP)

Published on Oct 5, 2024 07:02 IST

In rural Haryana, the conundrum of Dalits goes beyond classification

Terrorised by the violence perpetrated by Jat mobs, scores of Dalit families spent the better part of the next decade on the streets. (HT achives)

Updated on Oct 4, 2024 21:56 IST

Laddus and the science of testing ghee’s purity

A priest performs the purification ritual to undo the alleged desecrations. (PTI)

Updated on Oct 3, 2024 20:16 IST

Lessons for aviation sector from IndiGo’s new financial results

Mumbai, India - May 28, 2020: Planes parked at The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport. A media tour was conducted witness the preparedness at CSMIA post resuming its domestic air service operation in Mumbai, India, on Thursday, May 28, 2020. (Photo by Satyabrata Tripathy/Hindustan Times) (Satyabrata Tripathy/HT Photo)

Updated on Oct 2, 2024 19:34 IST

Akhada and beyond: Haryana poll battle with Vinesh in the ring

The wrestling hall in Mamta Modern Senior Secondary School in Sonepat’s Rathdhana village. (HT Photo)

Updated on Oct 2, 2024 24:57 IST

India’s economic miracle made it key in global reforms: Larry summers

Lawrence H Summers (RAJ K RAJ /HT PHOTO)

Updated on Sep 30, 2024 18:51 IST

Gaza to Kyiv, via Washington: How 2 wars and 1 election intersect

Domestic American politics has always shaped international politics, from the days of the US’s late but game-changing entry into the two world wars to the American posture during the Cold War. (Getty Images via AFP)

Updated on Sep 30, 2024 01:55 IST

Young guns give India’s hockey team a fresh vigour

Indian hockey player Amir Ali. (Hockey India)

Updated on Sep 28, 2024 17:13 IST

Why simultaneous elections may be a good idea for India

Bengaluru: People wait in queues to cast their votes for the 2nd phase of Lok Sabha polls at a polling station at Rajarajeshwari Nagar, in Bengaluru, Friday, April 26, 2024. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak) (PTI04_26_2024_000061B) (PTI)

Updated on Sep 27, 2024 23:26 IST

In Ladakh’s clean slate, a rare chance for sport administrators to learn lessons

Ladakh has a chance like few others — to adopt distinctly clean sports governance habits. (Sanchit Khanna/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Sep 27, 2024 24:44 IST

Green nod details of security projects won’t be put on website, says ministry

The clarifications came in response to a July query from the Union home ministry on guidelines for projects exempted under the Forest Conservation Amendment Act or Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Adhiniyam, 1980. (Wikimedia Commons)

Updated on Sep 26, 2024 24:53 IST

As de facto Quad leader, Modi cements progress in Biden years

President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Quadrilateral Cancer Moonshot initiative event on the sidelines of the Quad Leaders Summit at Archmere Academy in Claymont, Delaware. (PTI)

Updated on Sep 24, 2024 18:56 IST

For Manipur’s displaced, home is just a memory

Security personnel fire tear gas shells to disperse protesters during a curfew in Imphal on September 10. (AFP)

Updated on Sep 23, 2024 23:35 IST

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