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The controversy over Sangeetha Kalanidhi

Published on Mar 21, 2024 09:50 PM IST

In giving the award to a musician who doesn’t respect the evolution from tradition and modernity, the Madras Music Academy may well have reduced its stature

The Music Academy decided to give this year’s Sangeetha Kalanidhi award to musician TM Krishna

India needs to douse its many water fires

Clean water access is a stepping stone to economic growth.

School children drink water at a roadside stall distributing free drinking water next to a bus stand in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, March 22, 2017. People in many parts of India provide free drinking water to commuters during summer months. Friday marks the World Water Day. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)(AP)
Published on Mar 21, 2024 09:45 PM IST
BySK Sarkar

CAA is rooted in pact made after Partition

Minorities in India's Islamic neighbors face existential crises. CAA is a modest effort to make up for broken promises

New Delhi, Mar 15 (ANI): Refugees from Pakistan and Afghanistan hold placards as they stage a protest against Congress over their remarks on the implementation of the CAA, outside the AICC headquarters in New Delhi on Friday. (ANI Photo/Amit Sharma)(Amit Sharma)
Published on Mar 20, 2024 09:51 PM IST

Clearing the air: GPS could become handy

GNSS technology can also be pivotal for implementing policy strategies that support improvements in air quality, and equitable passenger car taxation

GNSS enables regulatory interventions like low-emission zones(Istock)
Published on Mar 20, 2024 09:46 PM IST

Will EFTA show the way for other FTAs?

India has shown flexibility on positions that it has so far not been willing to yield in other trade negotiations

This handout photograph taken and released by the Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) on March 10, 2024 shows Piyush Goyal (5L), India's Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Textiles, Food and Public Distribution posing with diplomats at the signing ceremony of Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) between India and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) in New Delhi. (AFP)
Published on Mar 20, 2024 09:44 PM IST

2024, a bellwether year for the US

The legacy of racial discrimination and inequality, deeply ingrained in Georgia’s history, continues to shape perceptions among minority communities.

Visitors tour the grounds around The King Center on the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday in Atlanta, Georgia. (Tami Chappell/REUTERS)
Updated on Mar 20, 2024 02:12 AM IST

Ladakh turns restive over unkept promises

With talks between the Ladakhi leadership and the Union government failing, Wangchuk has started a fast unto death, and the region is heating up again.

Leh, Mar 06 (ANI): Reformist Sonam Wangchuk along with Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) leaders and supporters start a hunger strike as a protest demanding statehood for Ladakh, its inclusion in the 6th Schedule of the Constitution, restoration of statehood and separate Lok Sabha seats for Leh and Kargil districts, on Wednesday. (ANI Photo)(Mohammad Arhaan Archer)
Published on Mar 19, 2024 09:50 PM IST

How Rajiv and Benazir shaped nuclear restraint

A 1988 Agreement binds India and Pakistan to refrain from causing the destruction of, or damage to, any nuclear installation or facility in the other country

On December 31, 1988, of the Agreement on the Prohibition of Attack against Nuclear Installations and Facilities was signed(HT Archive)
Published on Mar 19, 2024 09:50 PM IST

Digital dividend for EPFO, subscribers

EPFO envisions achieving global standards in social security by 2047 through strategic initiatives, transitioning from enforcement to facilitation

FILE Photo: Employees provident fund organisation head office
Published on Mar 19, 2024 09:46 PM IST

Uncovering the hidden role of gut bacteria in breaking down cellulose

A groundbreaking study reveals that humans possess gut bacteria capable of breaking down cellulose, challenging the notion that it is indigestible for us.

Humans eat plants, but for the longest time, it was thought that we could not break down cellulose(Shutterstock)
Published on Mar 19, 2024 05:43 PM IST
ByAnirban Mahapatra

The Taste by Vir Sanghvi: The story of Rathikant Basu

The article traces the story of Rathikant Basu, one of the most under-appreciated pioneers of the Indian television industry.

The Taste by Vir Sanghvi: The story of Rathikant Basu and the Indian television industry(Unsplash)
Published on Mar 19, 2024 10:18 AM IST
By, Delhi

The right to dissent is the lifeline of democracy

A recent Supreme Court order underscores why free speech matters for empowerment of the individual and the health of democratic societies

The Supreme Court. (ANI)
Published on Mar 18, 2024 09:50 PM IST

Admiral who defended the nation and Constitution

Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas made a difference wherever he was. His leadership shone regardless of the arena he was in.

Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas was awarded a Vir Chakra for bravery in the 1971 war with Pakistan (PTI)(HT_PRINT)
Published on Mar 18, 2024 09:49 PM IST

Amended surrogacy law doesn’t go the full distance

While logical, the amendment still does not go far enough because even now at least one donor gamete has to be from the commissioning parents

The regulation of surrogacy and surrogacy clinics and also providing a legally sound set of safeguards for all parties, i.e. the commissioning parent/s, the surrogates and the children born of such arrangements was urgent(Getty Images/File Photo)
Published on Mar 18, 2024 09:44 PM IST

A Delhi-Tokyo-Seoul trilateral in the making

A New Delhi-Seoul-Tokyo trilateral collaboration provides a flexible and dynamic framework for adapting to emerging challenges and opportunities.

Tokyo, Mar 8 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar meets with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, in Tokyo on Friday. (ANI Photo)(Dr. S. Jaishankar-X)
Published on Mar 18, 2024 08:06 AM IST
By, Pratnashree Basu

The political message in electoral bonds findings

On March 14, the ECI made public the data on electoral bonds it received from State Bank of India. Can this cause a political storm?

The electoral bonds data was released on Thursday
Published on Mar 18, 2024 02:41 AM IST

Another Lok Sabha election nears with change in the air

The Kovind panel has proposed simultaneous polls. Any such change should factor in all possible consequences so that intention and outcome are in harmony

The Kovind panel noted that simultaneous elections “will fundamentally transform the electoral process and overall governance.
Updated on Mar 18, 2024 04:22 AM IST

The world has gone bonkers over the ‘disappearance’ of Kate Middleton

Speculation about the ‘missing’ future queen of England tells us a lot about our obsession with curating the perfect image. Read on…

The picture that launched a thousand conspiracies
Published on Mar 17, 2024 10:46 AM IST

Just Like That | Finding divine beauty in the spring symphony of Semal trees

There is a spiritual connection between the beauty and the divine, embodied by the resplendent Semal tree as it heralds the arrival of spring in New Delhi

The Semal tree's (Bombax Ceiba) blossoms take your breath away as spring commences. (Mayank Singh)(HT_PRINT)
Published on Mar 17, 2024 08:00 AM IST

On election eve, a tale of two BJPs 20 years apart

Not since the Congress in its heyday in the 1960s has one party dominated the national political landscape the way the BJP has.

India�s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) waves to his supporters from atop a vehicle during a road show as part of Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) election campaign ahead of national elections in Hyderabad on March 15, 2024. (Photo by Noah SEELAM / AFP)(AFP)
Published on Mar 16, 2024 11:34 PM IST

When food is turned into a weapon of war

The capital power of the apartheid Israeli aggression is a blow not just to the people of Gaza, but to the very values of liberty, fraternity and justice.

Israel-Hamas War: Israeli soldiers stand next to tanks at a position in Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip as smoke billows over the Gaza Strip after Israeli bombardment.(AFP)
Published on Mar 16, 2024 10:06 PM IST

Electoral bonds case casts SBI in a bad light

“The bank I knew would never have behaved the way SBI did last week. Its staff would have shrivelled at the rebuke from the Supreme Court.”

SBI is the sole authorised bank by the government to sell and redeem electoral bonds.
Published on Mar 16, 2024 10:00 PM IST

Why the climate fight matters to women more

Famine and food insecurity are all negative by-products of climate crises that will adversely affect women, girls and other marginalised communities first

Residents of Pumula East township walk home after fetching water from a well, as temperatures soar during an El Nino-related heatwave and drought affecting a large part of the country, in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe March 7, 2024. REUTERS/KB Mpofu(REUTERS)
Published on Mar 16, 2024 09:50 PM IST

Where have all the women gone? A film offers answers

In Laapataa Ladies, the brides are making their own journeys, gradually spreading their wings and discovering parts of themselves they have never known

Laapataa Ladies (Jio Studios and Kindling Pictures)
Published on Mar 15, 2024 09:56 PM IST

Conflict of interest is built into the idea of electoral bonds

It is a cause of worry that some of the firms raided by central agencies are among funders of India’s political parties

New Delhi: A replica of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) at the Election Commission of India (ECI) head office, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. (PTI Photo/Kamal Kishore)(PTI02_28_2024_000219A)(PTI)
Published on Mar 15, 2024 09:55 PM IST

At the Oscars, a reiteration of American exceptionalism

In the Oppenheimer universe, the US is right even when the US is wrong.

The film Oppenheimer sweeping seven major categories, including Best Picture(AFP)
Published on Mar 15, 2024 09:55 PM IST

Keeping up with UP | Modi juggernaut, INDIA dreams and the power of number 80

Successive elections have established the power of the state's 80 Lok Sabha seats, as the party winning the most in UP has often formed the Central government

In public perception, the BJP under the double-engine rule of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Yogi Adityanath, has already won the battle of ballots and the guesstimate is on picks ranging from 70+, though some have given a slogan of 80/80.(PTI)
Published on Mar 15, 2024 07:02 PM IST
BySunita Aron

Why NATO’s new roles may be one too many

It would be advisable for New Delhi to talk and engage with NATO, and understand its proposals to be a smart security enabler.

A flag with the logo of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is seen during the Nato - Ukraine Council Defence Ministers at the Nato headquarters in Brussels on February 15, 2024. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP)(AFP)
Published on Mar 14, 2024 10:09 PM IST

Making sense of China’s anti-corruption agenda

Its expansion into financial and other economic sectors is aimed at targeting institutions and positions where power and resources lie

A Chinese national flag at the Great Hall of the People following the closing of the Second Session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China, on Monday, March 11, 2024. The Chinese legislature voted to change a four-decade-old law so it tightens the Communist Party's grip on the cabinet, underscoring President Xi Jinping's drive to give the party control over all the main levers of government. Source: Bloomberg(Bloomberg)
Published on Mar 14, 2024 10:06 PM IST

Assam’s repeal of Muslim marriage law is a mistake

Singling out a chosen community for such a drastic step cannot stand the constitutional test of equal justice and non-discrimination.

A bride signs the nikah nama during Muslim marriage ceremony. (Representative Photo)(HT Photo)
Published on Mar 14, 2024 10:00 PM IST
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