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What Navalny’s death tells us about Russia

Published on Feb 19, 2024 09:20 PM IST

His death, claimed as political murder by his family and supporters, is a blow to democrats everywhere.

A portrait of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and flowers are seen during a protest in front of Russian embassy in Belgrade, Serbia.(AP)
ByHT Editorial

INDIA bloc as a talking shop

AAP hints at seat-sharing with Congress in Delhi — but the Opposition grouping needs more than talk to recover lost ground

Delhi chief miniser Arvind Kejriwal with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, senior Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi and former Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda. (HT photo)
Published on Feb 19, 2024 09:18 PM IST
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Indian wrestling is still down on the mat

To truly change things, the Wrestling Federation of India itself will need to be reformed and that is a process that will take time.

The UWW, on August 23, 2023, banned the Indian wrestling body for failing to hold elections within the required period and for operating without a president for six months.. (HT File Photo)
Published on Feb 19, 2024 08:16 AM IST
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Message from Sandeshkhali

Bengal govt must uphold the rule of law, TMC needs to heed message from the grassroots

TMC leader Shibaprasad Hazra being presented before the Basirhat subdivision court in connection with the Sandeshkhali incident in North 24 Parganas district on Sunday (PTI)
Published on Feb 19, 2024 08:13 AM IST
ByHT Editorial

Undermining the right to learn

Maharashtra wants to exempt private schools from RTE provisions. This will undermine the law and diminish educational outcomes

ASER findings over the years have made it clear that states must harness private sector capacity in school education if the demographic dividend is to be realised substantially(HT PHOTO)
Published on Feb 16, 2024 10:16 PM IST
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Pakistan’s search for a stable government

The upcoming government will hardly be in an enviable position when it comes to tackling economic backsliding and fragile security situation

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (C) and leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) party, along with his younger brother and former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif (R) and his daughter Maryam Nawaz (L) speaks with supporters in Lahore on February 9, 2024.(AFP)
Published on Feb 15, 2024 09:40 PM IST
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The SC verdict is an opportunity

The scrapping of electoral bonds over lack of transparency is a welcome step. It is time to clean up poll funding

Five-judge bench of Supreme Court delivers landmark judgment on electoral bonds scheme case
Updated on Feb 15, 2024 10:09 PM IST
ByHT Editorial

Lost in the MSP debate

Challenges facing agricultural policy go beyond the minimum support prices debate

Tear gas being fired to disperse farmers staging the 'Dilli Chalo' protest march demanding a legal guarantee for MSP for crops at the Shambhu border on Tuesday. (ANI)
Published on Feb 14, 2024 09:34 PM IST
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India-UAE relations look beyond the diaspora

The India-UAE partnership has to be seen in the backdrop of a churn in the region where most Gulf States are eyeing a future beyond fossil fuel

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves during a tour of the BAPS Hindu Mandir, the largest Hindu temple in the Middle East, at its inauguration ceremony on February 14, 2024 in Abu Dhabi. (Photo by RYAN LIM / AFP)(AFP)
Published on Feb 14, 2024 09:31 PM IST
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Clampdown in the national capital

The authorities have a responsibility to maintain law and order and ensure that no protest turns violent

Tear gas being fired to disperse farmers staging the 'Dilli Chalo' protest march demanding a legal guarantee for MSP for crops at the Shambhu border on Tuesday. (ANI)
Published on Feb 13, 2024 09:45 PM IST
ByHT Editorial

Food concerns in inflation data

The numbers justify the RBI Monetary Policy Committee’s conservatism on interest rates

The MPC has been highlighting the threat of food price pressures spilling over into general prices, which it has underlined, can undo the gains on the inflation management front.(PTI Photo)
Published on Feb 13, 2024 09:40 PM IST
ByHT Editorial

Lessons from the U-19 World Cup

A run to the final, where they lost to Australia by 79 runs, showed that India has some good depth at the youth level

Benoni, Feb 11 (ANI): Skippers Uday Saharan and Hugh Weibgen walk out with teammates before the start of the final between India U19 and Australia U19 in the ICC Under-19 World Cup 2024, at Willowmoore Park, in Benoni on Sunday. (ANI Photo)
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Published on Feb 12, 2024 09:09 PM IST
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Diplomatic win for New Delhi

Freedom for former naval personnel imprisoned in Qatar points to India’s rising profile in West Asia

New Delhi, Feb 12 (ANI): A combination of pictures shows the ex-Indian Navy veterans, who were in custody in Qatar, have arrived at the Delhi airport, on Monday. Seven of the eight Indian Navy veterans were sentenced to death on 'espionage' charges. (ANI Photo)(ANI)
Published on Feb 12, 2024 09:00 PM IST
ByHT Editorial

Fiscal federalism at a crossroads

Centre should engage with southern states’ concern over funds allocations

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal interacts with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan during LDF's protest against the BJP-led Centre over alleged neglect and partiality in allocation of funds to their states, at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi, (PTI)
Published on Feb 12, 2024 08:06 AM IST
ByHT Editorial

Bulldozer justice is politically fraught

The administration needs to be careful how it proceeds with municipal actions, especially with general elections around the corner

Police officers patrol a road a day after clashes during a government demolition drive, in Haldwani.(Reuters)
Published on Feb 12, 2024 07:54 AM IST
ByHT Editorial

Murky elections, unclear verdict

Weak government in Islamabad diminishes prospects of thaw in the relations with India

Polling staff opens the ballot boxes in presence of poling agents in Pakistan.(AFP)
Published on Feb 09, 2024 09:40 PM IST
ByHT Editorial

Israel’s rejection of peace will backfire

Washington should tell Tel Aviv that its security is not necessarily served by the total annihilation of Hamas, but by a friendly neighbourhood

The rubble of destroyed buildings in a residential area targeted by Israeli missiles in the center of Khan Younis, southern Gaza,(Bloomberg)
Published on Feb 08, 2024 09:42 PM IST
ByHT Editorial

RBI’s battles with inflation

MPC’s status quo on repo rate makes sense, given the volatile external environment

Mumbai: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das with Deputy Governors Swaminathan Janakiraman, Michael Debabrata Patra, M. Rajeshwar Rao and T. Rabi Shankar arrives to deliver the Monetary Policy Statement, at the RBI headquarters in Mumbai, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. (PTI Photo/Shashank Parade)(PTI02_08_2024_000101B)(PTI)
Published on Feb 08, 2024 09:35 PM IST
ByHT Editorial

Privilege equality over uniformity

The UCC bill flags the need for reforming personal laws but reveals the limits of pursuing a uniform code amidst India’s diverse traditions

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami with others holds a copy of the Constitution of India, at Vidhan Sabha Bhawan, in Dehradun.(PTI)
Published on Feb 07, 2024 09:31 PM IST
ByHT Editorial

When Sharad Pawar loses the party he founded

How Sharad Pawar deals with this new challenge — of losing the name and symbol of the party he built — will shape his political legacy.

Nationalist Congress Party founder Sharad Pawar’s faction has said that it will challenge the ECI order in the Supreme Court (Sandip Mahankal)
Published on Feb 07, 2024 09:29 PM IST
ByHT Editorial

Delhi’s waste needs to be managed better

Delhi's civic body now needs to effect a series of measures that will need to work in lockstep to dial down the volume of untreated waste.

Garbage dumped near railway tracks at Sarai Rohilla in New Delhi. (Sanchit Khanna/HT Photo)
Published on Feb 06, 2024 09:44 PM IST
ByHT Editorial

The Congress as the punching bag

PM Modi’s speech in Parliament targeted the party because it helps to distinguish the BJP’s record in office, and its ideological distinctiveness

Prime Minister Narendra Modi replies to the 'Motion of Thanks' on the President's address in Lok Sabha during the Budget session of Parliament(PTI)
Published on Feb 06, 2024 09:31 PM IST
ByHT Editorial

Bharat Ratna for a seminal political voice

The Bharat Ratna, coming in the wake of the pran pratishtha in Ayodhya, is an acknowledgement of LK Advani's seminal role in the making of the temple.

LK Advani addresses a rally in February 1986. That year, the BJP elected Advani as its president. He served till 1991, got a second term as president between 1993 and 1998 and a third term in 2004-2005. Advani is credited with reviving a party that won just two seats in the 1984 general elections by galvanising support for the Ram Janmabhoomi movement. (Santosh Kumar Gupta / HT Archive)
Published on Feb 05, 2024 09:10 PM IST
ByHT Editorial

Engaging with Myanmar junta

Delhi needs to be more proactive in nudging Naypyidaw to restore democracy

A squad of Myanmar pro-democracy fighters works to ready drones for an attack on a nearby military base, the target in a wave of aerial assaults that has helped turn the war against the junta. (AFP file)
Published on Feb 05, 2024 09:00 PM IST
ByHT Editorial

The India-US defence tango

The drone deal shows the strategic ties are on track, with the iCET taking them to new heights

**EDS: IMAGE VIA GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS (GA-ASI)** New Delhi: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.�s (GA-ASI) MQ-9B drone. The US on Thursday approved the sale of 31 MQ-9B armed drones to India at an estimated cost of USD 3.99 billion. (PTI Photo) (PTI02_01_2024_000445B)(PTI)
Published on Feb 05, 2024 08:13 AM IST
ByHT Editorial

The new star on Tamil Nadu political firmament

Box office draw and fan clubs suggest that Vijay is the most popular and durable star among his peers. But is that sufficient to break into Tamil Nadu politics?

Tirunelveli [Tamil Nadu], Feb 02 (ANI): Actor Vijay's supporters in Tirunelveli celebrate as the actor enters politics, and announces the name of his party - Tamilaga Vetri Kazham, in Tirunelveli on Friday. (ANI Photo)(ANI)
Published on Feb 05, 2024 07:41 AM IST
ByHT Editorial

A Ranchi window to Indian politics

Champai Soren as CM has his task cut out. But the events in Jharkhand have resonance beyond the state borders and the future of JMM

Former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren at the ED court in Ranchi on Thursday.(ANI)
Published on Feb 02, 2024 10:09 PM IST
ByHT Editorial

A statement of vision, certitude

The budget speaks of a government convinced that its economic stance has delivered, and confident of the outcome of this year’s elections

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman holds up a folder as she leaves her office to present the interim budget. (REUTERS)
Published on Feb 01, 2024 10:01 PM IST
ByHT Editorial

Challenge in the Indian Ocean

Piracy, the Gaza war, and rising Chinese power are stretching the Navy’s capabilities. Delhi needs to augment its capabilities

Commandos stand guard with a group of detained pirates after the Indian Navy freed a hijacked fishing vessel. (AP)
Published on Jan 31, 2024 09:38 PM IST
ByHT Editorial

Expressway to prosperity

CEA’s review of the Indian economy presents an optimistic roadmap to a $7-trillion economy. But bumps on route will have to be negotiated

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman at the halwa ceremony to mark the commencement of the final stage of preparations for Interim Union Budget 2024 in New Delhi on January 24. (PTI)
Published on Jan 30, 2024 09:30 PM IST
ByHT Editorial
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