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Manufacturing versus services: A false binary

Opinion

Published on Feb 20, 2024 10:00 PM IST

India does not need to choose between manufacturing and services. India has the capacity and means to succeed in both manufacturing and services.

Global services exports account for only ~22% of total exports.. (AP)

ByRahul Bajoria , Amruta Ghare

Between the Gulf and the Sea, a changing geopolitical scenario

The Red Sea is the eye of the storm today, with its winds changing West Asian international relations for actors both within and outside the region

An Israeli Navy missile boat is seen off the coast of Eilat, October 31, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

Opinion

Updated on Feb 20, 2024 08:44 PM IST

ByBashir Ali Abbas

The Taste With Vir: Remembering Chef Imtiaz Qureshi's impact on Awadhi cuisine

Explore the culinary journey of Chef Imtiaz Qureshi, a pioneer in Awadhi cuisine, whose innovative creations left an enduring impact on Indian gastronomy.

Chef Imtiaz left an indelible mark, especially through the iconic Dum Pukht biryani, shaping the landscape of North Indian cuisine.

Opinion

Published on Feb 20, 2024 06:11 PM IST

ByVir Sanghvi, New Delhi

What a Biden-Trump rematch entails for the US

The stage is definitely set for a potential Biden-Trump rematch. What might such a rematch entail?

After Trump lost to Biden in 2020, many believed that his political career would come to an end (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, REUTERS/Russell Cheyne/File Photo)

Opinion

Published on Feb 19, 2024 10:11 PM IST

ByFrank F Islam

In Indonesia, personality trumps democratic ideals

The recent elections demonstrate a trend wherein a few individuals dominate politics. There are similarities in this regard between India and Indonesia.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (C) shakes hands with Indonesia�s Defence Minister and presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto (L) arrive for the inauguration of the National Defense Central Hospital (RSPPN) in Jakarta on February 19, 2024. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP)(AFP)

Opinion

Published on Feb 19, 2024 10:04 PM IST

ByV Santhakumar

Governance risks in a post-truth world

Facts have become a casualty in the deeply polarised United States and authoritarian China, putting the rules-based order at serious risk

Xi Jinping took decisive steps to concentrate power, purged rivals on corruption grounds, and introduced stronger controls on civil society to silence any dissent(AP)

Opinion

Published on Feb 19, 2024 10:00 PM IST

ByJanmejaya Sinha

HistoriCity | Varanasi is a microcosm of Hindu India, it's also a city of reform

Kashi has captured the collective Hindu imagination as Shiva’s city. But to narrowly define this city in terms of orthodox Hinduism is a mistake

A Hindu priest performs evening prayers on the banks of the river Ganga at the Dashashwamedh Ghat, in Varanasi on February 10, 2024. (Photo by Niharika KULKARNI / AFP)(AFP)

Opinion

Published on Feb 19, 2024 09:42 PM IST

ByValay Singh

From soil to sip: How microbes are taking tea to new heights

A new study reveals soil microbes' crucial role in enhancing tea flavour. Here's how this could transform cultivation practices and sustainability efforts.

It's no secret that the environment in which tea grows plays a pivotal role in its quality(Pixabay)

Opinion

Published on Feb 19, 2024 06:42 PM IST

ByAnirban Mahapatra

Free speech on OTT: A Kerala model for films

The Kerala government's C-Space platform needs to be envisioned as a public OTT rather than government owned.

Opinion

Published on Feb 19, 2024 08:12 AM IST

ByDamodar Prasad

Govt must rethink the role of defence attaché

With growing capabilities and interests, India needs to reconsider the current terms of the partnership between the military and our diplomats.

The military’s main point of contact for its overseas engagements is through the office of the defence attaché. Since Independence, India has progressively increased the number of defence attachés posted worldwide(File Photo / HT)

Opinion

Published on Feb 19, 2024 08:07 AM IST

ByAnit Mukherjee

Restive farmers, responsive State

Agriculture in India needs redress — but its problems are not exceptional

Farmers Union members sitting on protest at Ladhowal Toll Plaza in Ludhiana on Saturday. (Manish/HT)

Opinion

Published on Feb 19, 2024 08:00 AM IST

ByShashi Shekhar

Globally, young women are becoming more liberal than men, but what about India?

There is evidence globally of a growing gender divide on ideological lines. In the past decade, young women are becoming more liberal. What about India?

Opinion

Updated on Feb 18, 2024 09:29 AM IST

ByNamita Bhandare

Seeing Silicon | Why Sam Altman and other tech magnates are banking on fusion

We haven’t been able to calculate the carbon footprint of a ChatGPT query. But Silicon Valley is looking at fusion as the sustainable answer to its AI models

TOPSHOT - This undated handout image taken and received by the National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST) on December 1, 2023 shows the JT-60SA, the world's biggest nuclear fusion reactor constructed to date, before its planned inauguration in the city of Naka, Ibaraki prefecture on December 1. Harnessing nuclear fusion, the same process which powers the Sun, has been described as potentially humanity's best energy source for the future but the technology is in its infancy. (AFP)

Opinion

Published on Feb 18, 2024 08:00 AM IST

ByShweta Taneja

Just Like That | Temple architecture is a spiritual journey

Hindu temple architecture mirrors the human form; from the entrance to the sanctum sanctorum, it leads away from the material world to commune with the divine

These days the prana pratishtha of the Ram temple in Ayodhya is much in the news. The designing of a temple is part of this matrix of aesthetic inter-connectedness and, as per rules, follows a certain pattern(ANI)

Opinion

Published on Feb 18, 2024 07:50 AM IST

ByPavan K Varma

Caught in Mumbai, a spy who came in from China

Found by the police in Mumbai in May, with what appeared like Chinese writing on the reverse side of its wings, the pigeon was held in custody for eight months.

A pigeon that was captured eight months back near a port after being suspected to be a Chinese spy, is released at a vet hospital in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Jan.30, 2024. (Anshuman Poyrekar/Hindustan Times via AP)(AP)

Opinion

Published on Feb 17, 2024 10:11 PM IST

ByKaran Thapar

On electoral bonds, a short-lived celebration

India’s political finance regime reverts to a shadowy place where the best-intentioned laws are honoured more in the breach than in the observance

Five-judge bench of Supreme Court delivers landmark judgment on electoral bonds scheme case

Opinion

Published on Feb 17, 2024 10:00 PM IST

ByMilan Vaishnav

From Qatar jail to India, the pursuit of freedom

The arrest in August 2022 of eight retired Indian naval personnel presented a major challenge to India's diplomacy and a threat to its friendly ties with Qatar.

A combination of pictures shows the ex-Indian Navy veterans, who were in custody in Qatar, at the Delhi airport on Monday. (ANI)

Opinion

Published on Feb 17, 2024 09:55 PM IST

ByKanwal Sibal

Has West lost its appetite for a rules-based order?

. The scales are tilting against the West as the inaction of the ICC calls into question the applicability of the international rules-based order.

The judges including President Joan Donoghue (C) attend a session of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a case of Ukraine against Russia, in The Hague on February 2, 2024. The United Nations' top court will decide on February 2, 2024, whether it has jurisdiction to rule in a case brought by Ukraine over Russia's brutal 2022 invasion, with Kyiv urging reparations. Two days into the invasion, Ukraine filed a suit at the ICJ,

Opinion

Published on Feb 17, 2024 09:50 PM IST

ByRavi Nair

In modern India, falling in love can be a radical act

A new TV series tells us that the act of falling in love can be radical

Opinion

Published on Feb 16, 2024 10:17 PM IST

ByNamita Bhandare

Time to explore public funding of polls in India

Elections in India have become a big industry where the voter is often reduced to a statistic. This practically negates the idea of one person one vote

In the first-past-the-post system in India, political parties, not individual candidates, run the show (PTI)

Opinion

Updated on Feb 17, 2024 09:11 AM IST

ByKaleeswaram Raj

Constitutional idealism gets a boost from SC

The verdict on electoral bonds suggests that the healthy and necessary tensions between the executive, judiciary and legislature are alive and well

Electoral bonds are unconstitutional, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday. (AP)

Opinion

Published on Feb 16, 2024 10:00 PM IST

ByBarkha Dutt

Keeping up with UP | In the footsteps of Charan Singh’s political journey

The progenitor of the Jat-Muslim political alliance blazed a trail in the realm of political defections but never compromised on the farmer's issues

A file photo of former prime minister Charan Singh at the India Gate in New Delhi in August 1980. (HT File Photo/Virendra Prabhakar)

Opinion

Published on Feb 16, 2024 09:51 PM IST

BySunita Aron

Northeastern View | Why is Manipur still on the boil?

It has been over nine months since the ethnic violence between the Meitei and Kuki-Zo communities began. Here are three reasons why violence continues to erupt

Manipur has been in the throes of ethnic violence between the majority Meitei community and the tribal Kukis since May 3 last year. (PTI)(HT_PRINT)

Opinion

Published on Feb 16, 2024 06:18 PM IST

ByAngshuman Choudhury

Terms of Trade | India needs a White Paper on agriculture

Neither farmers' movements nor governments are fighting for issues which are critical to its long-term sustainability. Somebody needs to fill this vacuum

Farmers at the Punjab-Haryana Shambhu border during a protest march, in Patiala district, on Thursday. (PTI)(HT_PRINT)

Opinion

Updated on Feb 16, 2024 02:27 PM IST

ByRoshan Kishore

Bridging North-South divide over tax shares

Inter-state disparities and the grievances of states in the south and west call for innovative solutions from the Centre

New Delhi, India - Feb. 8, 2024: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, during protest against the alleged attacks on federalism by the federal government, at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, February 8, 2024. (Photo by Raj K Raj/ Hindustan Times)(Hindustan Times)

Opinion

Published on Feb 15, 2024 10:08 PM IST

ByS Mahendra Dev

EU restates its mandate with Ukraine aid deal

By using hardball negotiating tactics to maintain the Union’s unity, the EU has proven again that, when push comes to shove, it can still do big things.

FILE PHOTO: Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban attends a European Union summit in Brussels, Belgium February 1, 2024. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo(REUTERS)

Opinion

Published on Feb 15, 2024 09:50 PM IST

ByIan Bremmer

On the Kyiv front, the West is losing ground

Ukraine’s military campaign is indeed faltering but it is also the West’s political strategy that is unravelling.

TOPSHOT - This handout photograph released on February 14, 2024 by the Press service of Ukrainian Armed Forces, shows Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky (2nd L) and Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov (L) visiting the frontline positions at an undisclosed location in eastern Ukraine. Newly appointed Ukrainian military chief said on February 14, 2024 that the situation on the front line was precarious, following a visit to positions near Avdiivka and Kupiansk. (Photo by Handout / Armed Forces of Ukraine / AFP) (AFP)

Opinion

Published on Feb 14, 2024 10:09 PM IST

ByHarsh V Pant, Kartik Bommakanti

Posthumous-isation of the Bharat Ratna

The national honour should be bestowed on people when they are alive, and not when they are holding high public office

Former prime ministers Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh and the pioneer of India’s Green Revolution MS Swaminathanwere conferred the Bharat Ratna award on Friday. (HT Photo)

Opinion

Published on Feb 14, 2024 10:03 PM IST

ByGopalkrishna Gandhi

Rethink road safety, look at the behaviour of people

By adopting a strategy that considers human behaviour, and designing streets with safety in mind, we can mitigate the persistent crisis of road traffic crashes.

Citizens are usually blamed for a crash. However, this mindset fails to assess if the road design is safe to begin with (HT File Photo)

Opinion

Published on Feb 14, 2024 10:00 PM IST

ByPawan Mulukutla, Tanushree Venkatraman

The United States has subtly shifted its stand towards the Israel-Gaza war

From outright support to characterising Israel's offensive on the Palestinians as "over the top", the US needs to protect its interests in West Asia's crises

Neighbors inspect the rubble of the Hasouna family house, which was struck by an Israeli airstrike during an operation to rescue two hostages in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. Ibrahim Hasouna, who was away at the time of the airstrike, says his entire family was killed, including his parents, two brothers, his sister-in-law and three nieces and nephews. AP/PTI(AP02_14_2024_000001B)(AP)

Opinion

Published on Feb 14, 2024 05:27 PM IST

ByBashir Ali Abbas

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India does not need to choose between manufacturing and services. India has the capacity and means to succeed in both manufacturing and services.

The Red Sea is the eye of the storm today, with its winds changing West Asian international relations for actors both within and outside the region

Explore the culinary journey of Chef Imtiaz Qureshi, a pioneer in Awadhi cuisine, whose innovative creations left an enduring impact on Indian gastronomy.

The stage is definitely set for a potential Biden-Trump rematch. What might such a rematch entail?

The recent elections demonstrate a trend wherein a few individuals dominate politics. There are similarities in this regard between India and Indonesia.

Facts have become a casualty in the deeply polarised United States and authoritarian China, putting the rules-based order at serious risk

Kashi has captured the collective Hindu imagination as Shiva’s city. But to narrowly define this city in terms of orthodox Hinduism is a mistake

A new study reveals soil microbes' crucial role in enhancing tea flavour. Here's how this could transform cultivation practices and sustainability efforts.

The Kerala government's C-Space platform needs to be envisioned as a public OTT rather than government owned.

With growing capabilities and interests, India needs to reconsider the current terms of the partnership between the military and our diplomats.

Agriculture in India needs redress — but its problems are not exceptional

There is evidence globally of a growing gender divide on ideological lines. In the past decade, young women are becoming more liberal. What about India?

We haven’t been able to calculate the carbon footprint of a ChatGPT query. But Silicon Valley is looking at fusion as the sustainable answer to its AI models

Hindu temple architecture mirrors the human form; from the entrance to the sanctum sanctorum, it leads away from the material world to commune with the divine

Found by the police in Mumbai in May, with what appeared like Chinese writing on the reverse side of its wings, the pigeon was held in custody for eight months.

India’s political finance regime reverts to a shadowy place where the best-intentioned laws are honoured more in the breach than in the observance

The arrest in August 2022 of eight retired Indian naval personnel presented a major challenge to India's diplomacy and a threat to its friendly ties with Qatar.

. The scales are tilting against the West as the inaction of the ICC calls into question the applicability of the international rules-based order.

A new TV series tells us that the act of falling in love can be radical

Elections in India have become a big industry where the voter is often reduced to a statistic. This practically negates the idea of one person one vote

The verdict on electoral bonds suggests that the healthy and necessary tensions between the executive, judiciary and legislature are alive and well

The progenitor of the Jat-Muslim political alliance blazed a trail in the realm of political defections but never compromised on the farmer's issues

It has been over nine months since the ethnic violence between the Meitei and Kuki-Zo communities began. Here are three reasons why violence continues to erupt

Neither farmers' movements nor governments are fighting for issues which are critical to its long-term sustainability. Somebody needs to fill this vacuum

Inter-state disparities and the grievances of states in the south and west call for innovative solutions from the Centre

By using hardball negotiating tactics to maintain the Union’s unity, the EU has proven again that, when push comes to shove, it can still do big things.

Ukraine’s military campaign is indeed faltering but it is also the West’s political strategy that is unravelling.

The national honour should be bestowed on people when they are alive, and not when they are holding high public office

By adopting a strategy that considers human behaviour, and designing streets with safety in mind, we can mitigate the persistent crisis of road traffic crashes.

From outright support to characterising Israel's offensive on the Palestinians as "over the top", the US needs to protect its interests in West Asia's crises

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