Articles by Sanya Mathur
The year ahead: Where to?
Amid Covid crisis in China, governments around the world are bracing for how this will affect Covid tallies and economies around the world.
Published on Dec 31, 2022 06:26 PM IST
A surging Sunak takes on a revived Boris
Sunak’s warnings during the leadership race that Truss’s borrowing-led plan was a “fairytale” have largely borne out
Updated on Oct 24, 2022 04:04 PM IST
Sanya Mathur, New Delhi
Liz Truss resigns: Tories ignore growing calls for early elections
A petition to the British parliament, floated before Truss’s calamitous U-turns, demanding early elections gathered 657,586 signatures by Thursday evening, with the number of signatories continuing to rise.
Published on Oct 21, 2022 04:18 AM IST
UK: Tories kick off new leadership race despite growing calls for early elections
Truss is the fourth British prime minister in six years who has been elected to lead the party by the Tory Party members and not the general public
Updated on Oct 20, 2022 09:16 PM IST
Announcement of new UK prime minister: Tourists in London get unique experience
The race for prime minister was triggered when Boris Johnson announced his resignation after a slew of scandals that led to dozens of ministers and government officials quitting in record time
Updated on Sep 05, 2022 07:22 PM IST
Sanya Mathur, London
Truss or Sunak? Britons eagerly await appointment of new PM
The streets outside UK parliament were relatively calm in the earlier hours, but, as the clock inched closer to the announcement, between the arrival of the day’s tourists, media personnel covering the event and a handful of protesters, it started getting slightly chaotic
Updated on Sep 05, 2022 05:58 PM IST
Has Rishi Sunak lost the plot to become next British PM?
There’s a long list of factors that are understood to have contributed to Rishi Sunak’s sudden fall from grace. Some Tory party members question his loyalty and blame him for the rebellion that ended Boris Johnson’s premiership
Updated on Sep 04, 2022 05:29 AM IST
Texas shooting: A history of gun violence in US, and a call for tougher laws
On his 18th birthday, Salvador Ramos shot and killed at least 19 students and two adults after he opened fire at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, highlighting how out of control America’s gun problem has become.
Updated on May 25, 2022 06:54 PM IST
Canada’s British Columbia feels the effects of climate change
Many Canadians who have been affected by landslides and flooding in British Columbia last week brought on by massive rains, which experts say have been made worse by climate change
Updated on Nov 25, 2021 10:32 PM IST
Sanya Mathur
As festivals continue in India, how the world suffered due to crowded gatherings
Whether it’s a religious event or a conference or a rally, super-spreading events that can infect dozens, hundreds, even thousands, of people have illustrated the potential for the coronavirus to infect in dramatic bursts
Published on Apr 15, 2021 09:48 AM IST
Sanya Mathur
French Senate clears controversial “separatism bill”
Lawmakers in the French parliament’s upper house this week approved a tougher version of a controversial bill that the government says aims to safeguard France from radical Islamists but which critics fear could be anti-Islamic, according to local media reports
Published on Apr 14, 2021 12:13 PM IST
Sanya Mathur
China airs video confession of blogger booked for insulting PLA soldiers
In the one-minute long video played during a prime time news programme, the 38-year-old man, identified as Qiu, admitted to “annihilation of conscience” and “arrogance” for insulting PLA soldiers involved in the deadly brawl against the Indian army at Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh last June
Published on Mar 02, 2021 06:11 PM IST
Sutirtho Patranobis I Edited by Sanya Mathur
Xi Jinping declares ‘complete victory’ over rural poverty in China
Chinese state media called the achievement a “miracle” and said it was under Xi’s leadership that nearly 100 million people had been lifted out of poverty
Updated on Feb 25, 2021 05:05 PM IST
Sutirtho Patranobis I Edited by Sanya Mathur
Chinese report claims to have detailed knowledge of India’s border deployment
The analysis by expert Pan Xinmao, formerly from the PLA Academic of Military Science’s Operation Theory and Doctrine Research Department, was published on the website of the Outlook Weekly
Published on Feb 24, 2021 06:15 PM IST
Sutirtho Patranobis I Edited by Sanya Mathur
Landmark ruling: Chinese court orders man to pay ex-wife for housework
The Beijing court said the compensation awarded to the woman was for “unpaid labour” she did during the time the couple were married. This was the first such decision by a court in China, state media reports said, adding that the verdict raised questions about the status of women in Chinese families and unrecognised domestic work.
Updated on Feb 24, 2021 09:37 PM IST
Sutirtho Patranobis I Edited by Sanya Mathur
US President Joe Biden forms military task force to tackle China
Later, Biden spoke about his “priorities of protecting the American people’s security... and preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific” in his first phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping
Published on Feb 11, 2021 01:45 PM IST
Yashwant Raj | Edited by Sanya Mathur
Justin Trudeau calls up Narendra Modi, seeks Covid-19 vaccine shipment
Dispatch of shipments of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Canada is believed to be “imminent” and awaiting emergency-use authorisation by public health authorities in Canada
Updated on Feb 11, 2021 12:43 PM IST
Anirudh Bhattacharyya I Edited by Sanya Mathur
Covid-19: When lawmakers turned lawbreakers
From appalling to hilarious, here’s a rogue sheet of top politicians and prominent officials around the world who were caught breaching pandemic-related travel restrictions
Updated on Feb 03, 2021 08:06 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Ahead of Election Day, NYC bikers hit the roads to encourage people to vote
The so-called Justice Rides are part of biker groups’ strategy to encourage people get out and vote in places like Bronx that have historically seen low turnout.
Updated on Oct 28, 2020 12:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Sanya Mathur
Banksy’s Show Me the Monet to go on sale next month
Auction house Sotheby’s on Friday announced it would offer British street artist Banksy’s well-known tribute to Claude Monet for an estimated £3-5 million at a live-stream auction next month.
Published on Sep 20, 2020 01:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Sanya Mathur
Life after lockdown
The pandemic is still affecting some regions of Europe.
Updated on Jul 16, 2020 02:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Sanya Mathur| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi
Cold weather, premature reopening may escalate Brazil’s Covid-19 spread
The president has been fighting virus-related restrictions since the beginning of the pandemic, which he has called a “small flu”. The country is now a hotspot in Latin America and with more than 1.7 million registered cases since the pandemic began.
Updated on Jul 11, 2020 02:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Sanya Mathur | Edited by Sohini Sarkar
Covid-19: Across West Asia, life in lockdown is a study in contrast
Iran was Middle East’s focal point in the first days of the coronavirus epidemic, where the hotspot was the country’s holiest city of Qom.
Updated on Apr 06, 2020 08:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Sanya Mathur
Covid-19 update: Amid lockdowns over coronavirus, Europeans miss ‘la dolce vita’
Coronavirus update: Life is no better in Spain, which reported more than 400 deaths over the last 24 hours. The grim numbers and the lockdown across Spain has made anxiety levels run high.
Published on Mar 24, 2020 07:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Sanya Mathur
Angry protesters rally for rights
For many governments, from France to Bolivia, it was a year fraught with agitations. In many instances, the turmoil worsened already perilous economic situations.
Updated on Dec 31, 2019 01:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Sanya Mathur
Probe underway over first ever crime committed in space
In a first-of-its-kind charge, McClain’s estranged partner Summer Worden, a former US Air Force intelligence officer, has accused McClain of identity theft and improper access to Worden’s financial accounts.
Updated on Aug 25, 2019 07:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Sanya Mathur
In true Spider-man style, man scales down 19-storey building to escape fire
The unidentified man descends the building in less than three minutes with the only light coming from the helicopters’ spotlight. The video shows that he manages to safely reach the ground.
Updated on Jun 03, 2020 04:08 AM IST
New Delhi | Sanya Mathur
