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State of democracy is the Opposition’s battle cry

Opinion

Published on Apr 09, 2024 10:06 PM IST

“BJP’s washing machine” is surely one phrase that will figure in future histories of Indian democracy.

New Delhi, India - March 31, 2024: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, NCP (Sharad) leader Sharad Pawar and AAP leader Bhagwant Mann and others during I.N.D.I.A. bloc's 'Loktantra Bachao' rally at the Ramlila ground, in New Delhi, India, on Sunday, March 31, 2024. (Photo by Sanjeev Verma/ Hindustan Times)(Hindustan Times)

ByRajmohan Gandhi

PMLA has more teeth than needed

There is a need to reassess the balance between the State’s powers in enforcing anti-money laundering measures and safeguarding individual liberties

AAP MP Sanjay Singh comes out of the Tihar Jail after the Supreme Court granted him bail.(PTI)

Opinion

Published on Apr 09, 2024 10:00 PM IST

ByUtkarsh Anand

The Art and Science of Fitness | Chasing the runner’s high

Most non-runners think of this term, often used in the running community, as an exaggeration, an elusive mythical sensation. Is it?

For a couple of decades now, I have been telling folks who I have mentored for running that if you want to last as long as you possibly can, you need to slow down.(Pixabay)

Opinion

Published on Apr 09, 2024 09:17 PM IST

ByDr Rajat Chauhan

As young leaders emerge, Dalit community seeks their share of power

BSP supremo and former CM Mayawati’s plan and prowess will be tested in the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections like never before

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati with her nephew Akash Anand (PTI File)

Opinion

Published on Apr 09, 2024 06:03 PM IST

BySunita Aron

Amnesty regime under competition law: Is it the dawn of a new era?

There is a difference between mechanics and semantics of the law, and the CCI might have to tackle this.

Competition Law ensures free and fair markets for all and promotes the ‘consumer welfare standard’ in the economy.

Opinion

Published on Apr 09, 2024 06:03 PM IST

BySumit Jain, Siddharth Mishra

The Taste by Vir Sanghvi: Indian chefs need to have discerning palates

Does this matter? Should we want to serve the best carrots? Or should we just accept that our food is about spice and not the quality of ingredients?

Why French chefs are a lot better at tasting than our Indian chefs(Freepik)

Opinion

Published on Apr 09, 2024 09:57 AM IST

ByVir Sanghvi, New Delhi

Scientifically Speaking | The bitter truth about non-sugar sweeteners

In my column last week, I discussed how many steps we need to stay healthy. This week, I talk about changing scientific views on using non-sugar sweeteners.

Sugar and artificial sweeteners have shown negative effects linked to obesity and diabetes during research.(Shutterstock)

Opinion

Published on Apr 09, 2024 08:00 AM IST

ByAnirban Mahapatra

Tread with caution on Katchatheevu

India and Sri Lanka share a civilisational mutuality. They must be exemplars of it on Katchatheevu, making it a shelter for fishermen from both countries

Opinion

Published on Apr 08, 2024 11:12 PM IST

ByNirupama Rao

Euthanasia Debate | How euthanasia can be a step towards dignified endings

Finding a balance between individual autonomy and safeguarding against abuse is a central challenge in the ongoing discourse on euthanasia.

If suicide is legal, why such a hullabaloo about euthanasia? Why does it move some to anger and judgement? (HT File (Representational Image))

Opinion

Published on Apr 08, 2024 10:45 PM IST

ByDeepak Agrawal

Euthanasia Debate | The case against legalisation of euthanasia in India

As a society, we should focus on comprehensive mental health care, psychosocial support, and interventions to address suffering and promote resilience

Legalising euthanasia raises significant ethical concerns, particularly regarding autonomy, beneficence, and non-maleficence. (MINT_PRINT)

Opinion

Published on Apr 08, 2024 10:27 PM IST

ByRajesh Sagar

Poll finance is waiting for a clean-up by ECI

Creating a level-playing field for elections should not just mean reining in central investigative agencies that are selectively targeting Opposition leaders.

Election staff scans serial numbers of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) before dispatching them from a warehouse in Ahmedabad.(Amit Dave / Reuters)

Opinion

Published on Apr 08, 2024 10:00 PM IST

ByPramit Bhattacharya

Name games Beijing plays with New Delhi

Timing chosen by China to resuscitate the boundary dispute is important. It hopes that the border row may find resonance in the public debate before the polls

An Indian Army truck drives along a road to Tawang, near the Line of Actual Control (LAC), neighbouring China, near Sela Pass in Arunachal Pradesh (AFP)

Opinion

Published on Apr 08, 2024 09:56 PM IST

ByKalpit Mankikar, Harsh V Pant

View: Why Akhilesh Yadav is demanding a probe into Mukhtar Ansari's death

Asaduddin Owaisi jumped into the fray. After achieving some degree of success in Maharashtra and Bihar, UP looks tempting. It is this that has Akhilesh worried.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav meets family members of late gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari(PTI)

Opinion

Published on Apr 08, 2024 11:36 AM IST

BySutanu Guru

Season of appearances and political deceptions

The gravest issue with Indian politics is that it operates in a murky realm of half-truths

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh with his wife Anita Singh, Delhi Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj and party supporters during his visit to Raj Ghat.(ANI)

Opinion

Published on Apr 07, 2024 11:48 PM IST

ByShashi Shekhar

Predictive precision medicine will shape the future of health care

Predictive precision embodies the promise of a health care system where disease prevention, personalised management, and efficiency are at the forefront.

Predictive precision medicine, leveraging advanced data analytics, technology, and AI, together, can help create a formidable strategy to meet these challenges.(HT file photo)

Opinion

Published on Apr 07, 2024 11:47 PM IST

ByNaresh Trehan

Classical in core, champion of folk

Kumar Gandharva’s immense popularity is a reflection of the kind of deep connections he made among worlds that were seemingly unconnected.

Opinion

Published on Apr 07, 2024 11:47 PM IST

BySopan Joshi

Ecostani | Cong manifesto is high on social justice, jobs; what about delivery?

The party has promised to convert all contractual workers to regular ones, fill up 30 lakh vacant posts in the Central government, and a national MSP law

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, with AICC general secretary KC Venugopal and Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy, hold up the party’s manifesto Nyay Patra at a public meeting in Hyderabad on April 6 (PTI)

Opinion

Published on Apr 07, 2024 08:54 PM IST

ByChetan Chauhan

What do Taiwan's (and New York's) earthquakes teach us about our preparedness?

Building codes, early warning systems, and most importantly, understanding plate movements are crucial if we want to mitigate the impact of future earthquakes

A police officer stands guard near a partially collapsed building after a powerful earthquake struck eastern Taiwan on April 3.(AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Opinion

Published on Apr 07, 2024 05:24 PM IST

ByKusala Rajendran

Gender Question | JK’s Rowling’s new X post, and the limits of its logic

Much has been written about the Harry Potter series author's ideas about trans identity, but not enough has been said on her anxieties — and ours — about gender

A flag supporting the rights of transpersons at a demonstration(WikiCommons)

Opinion

Published on Apr 07, 2024 04:50 PM IST

ByDhamini Ratnam

The time of their lives: For some women age is just a number

Life expectancy is up finds a new Lancet report. But for some women, it’s not just about living longer but also living better…

Prabhavati Bhagwati: Living her best life at 97

Opinion

Published on Apr 07, 2024 10:53 AM IST

ByNamita Bhandare

Just Like That | Why Indian art is a blip on the big global canvas

Indian art is yet to get its due. That will happen when our artists shun mimicry and have far more patrons, if only for investment.

MF Husain in a picture dated 2 January 1969 (N Thyagarajan/Hindustan Times)

Opinion

Published on Apr 07, 2024 08:00 AM IST

ByPavan K Varma

At the core of elections is the idea of the public

Voting is the method of choosing representatives to enhance the public's wealth. Each one of us has a responsibility to strengthen the idea of the public

A man walks past a large model of a woman's finger pressing a button of an electronic voting machine displayed outside the office of Election Commission of India in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. From April 19 to June 1, nearly 970 million Indians - or over 10% of the world's population - will vote in the country's general elections. The mammoth electoral exercise is the biggest anywhere in the world - and will take 44 days to complete before results are announced on June 4. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)(AP)

Opinion

Published on Apr 06, 2024 10:00 PM IST

BySundar Sarukkai

Up and close: Ashok, the idol of my youth

Last week my cousin, Ashok Thapar, suddenly died. He was 15 years older but, in my teens and early twenties, he was an icon I sought to emulate.

Opinion

Published on Apr 06, 2024 08:12 PM IST

ByKaran Thapar

In parched cities, water brings women closer

Embracing innovative solutions to strengthen water quality testing, and embrace circular water economy principles can build resilience in water governance.

Women protest against the Karnataka government over ongoing water crisis. (PTI)

Opinion

Published on Apr 06, 2024 08:12 PM IST

ByLalita Panicker

Euthanasia Debate | The right to live and die with dignity

Euthanasia applies to animals, not human beings. We need to learn to use other terms — but first, talking about death itself must no longer be a taboo

For humans, euthanasia is a word with a dark and sordid history. (Shutterstock)

Opinion

Published on Apr 05, 2024 11:55 PM IST

ByRoop Gursahani, Raj Mani, Srinagesh Simha

When space shrinks for writing on the arts

Controversies do not sustain an art form or help popularise it. It can only happen when there is a thriving ecosystem of healthy dialogue around the arts.

TM Krishna singing at Kala Mandapam, Qaisarbagh, Lucknow. (Courtesy Mahindra Sanatkada Lucknow Festival)

Opinion

Published on Apr 05, 2024 11:47 PM IST

ByKunal Ray

A spark on screen from the Quit India firestorm

Usha Mehta was the daughter of Hariprasad Mehta, a judge in the Raj. Trapped between patriotism and paternal love, she dedicated herself to patriotism.

Sara Ali Khan in the first look poster of Ae Watan Mere Watan.

Opinion

Published on Apr 05, 2024 11:46 PM IST

ByPrem Singh

Two seat-belts to safely invest in small-cap stocks

Small caps have a place in a retail portfolio, but investors must have protections in place

Opinion

Published on Apr 05, 2024 11:44 PM IST

ByMonika Halan

Terms of Trade | What critique of BJP gets wrong about Indian democracy

Arguments on democratic backsliding in India focus less on the concentration of power, as it should, and instead on the behaviour of the political elite

What explains the BJP’s unending urge to recruit local/regional level leaders from other political parties even 10 years after being in pole position in Indian politics? (AFP)

Opinion

Published on Apr 05, 2024 06:50 PM IST

ByRoshan Kishore

Limits of Opposition’s ‘save democracy’ plank

2024 is not 1977: ‘Democracy in danger’ slogan is unlikely to help INDIA bloc challenge the dominance of the BJP

Opinion

Published on Apr 04, 2024 10:00 PM IST

ByRajdeep Sardesai

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“BJP’s washing machine” is surely one phrase that will figure in future histories of Indian democracy.

There is a need to reassess the balance between the State’s powers in enforcing anti-money laundering measures and safeguarding individual liberties

Most non-runners think of this term, often used in the running community, as an exaggeration, an elusive mythical sensation. Is it?

BSP supremo and former CM Mayawati’s plan and prowess will be tested in the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections like never before

There is a difference between mechanics and semantics of the law, and the CCI might have to tackle this.

Does this matter? Should we want to serve the best carrots? Or should we just accept that our food is about spice and not the quality of ingredients?

In my column last week, I discussed how many steps we need to stay healthy. This week, I talk about changing scientific views on using non-sugar sweeteners.

India and Sri Lanka share a civilisational mutuality. They must be exemplars of it on Katchatheevu, making it a shelter for fishermen from both countries

Finding a balance between individual autonomy and safeguarding against abuse is a central challenge in the ongoing discourse on euthanasia.

As a society, we should focus on comprehensive mental health care, psychosocial support, and interventions to address suffering and promote resilience

Creating a level-playing field for elections should not just mean reining in central investigative agencies that are selectively targeting Opposition leaders.

Timing chosen by China to resuscitate the boundary dispute is important. It hopes that the border row may find resonance in the public debate before the polls

Asaduddin Owaisi jumped into the fray. After achieving some degree of success in Maharashtra and Bihar, UP looks tempting. It is this that has Akhilesh worried.

The gravest issue with Indian politics is that it operates in a murky realm of half-truths

Predictive precision embodies the promise of a health care system where disease prevention, personalised management, and efficiency are at the forefront.

Kumar Gandharva’s immense popularity is a reflection of the kind of deep connections he made among worlds that were seemingly unconnected.

The party has promised to convert all contractual workers to regular ones, fill up 30 lakh vacant posts in the Central government, and a national MSP law

Building codes, early warning systems, and most importantly, understanding plate movements are crucial if we want to mitigate the impact of future earthquakes

Much has been written about the Harry Potter series author's ideas about trans identity, but not enough has been said on her anxieties — and ours — about gender

Life expectancy is up finds a new Lancet report. But for some women, it’s not just about living longer but also living better…

Indian art is yet to get its due. That will happen when our artists shun mimicry and have far more patrons, if only for investment.

Voting is the method of choosing representatives to enhance the public's wealth. Each one of us has a responsibility to strengthen the idea of the public

Last week my cousin, Ashok Thapar, suddenly died. He was 15 years older but, in my teens and early twenties, he was an icon I sought to emulate.

Embracing innovative solutions to strengthen water quality testing, and embrace circular water economy principles can build resilience in water governance.

Euthanasia applies to animals, not human beings. We need to learn to use other terms — but first, talking about death itself must no longer be a taboo

Controversies do not sustain an art form or help popularise it. It can only happen when there is a thriving ecosystem of healthy dialogue around the arts.

Usha Mehta was the daughter of Hariprasad Mehta, a judge in the Raj. Trapped between patriotism and paternal love, she dedicated herself to patriotism.

Small caps have a place in a retail portfolio, but investors must have protections in place

Arguments on democratic backsliding in India focus less on the concentration of power, as it should, and instead on the behaviour of the political elite

2024 is not 1977: ‘Democracy in danger’ slogan is unlikely to help INDIA bloc challenge the dominance of the BJP

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