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Budget powers Viksit Bharat with jobs, energy, and innovation focus

Published on Feb 02, 2025 09:22 PM IST

Despite India’s thriving tech ecosystem, research and development (R&D) investments remain below 1% of GDP, compared to 2.4% in China and 3.5% in the US (Photo by Sanjeev Verma/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

Middle class holds the key to Delhi elections

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The poor will likely be concerned about welfare benefits while the middle class may care more about better roads, management of traffic, and efforts to reduce air pollution (REUTERS)

Updated on Feb 03, 2025 08:31 AM IST

The Trump factor in India’s China policy

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Neither an open rivalry nor a great power rapprochement between the US and China serves Indian interests (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) (AP)

Published on Feb 03, 2025 08:29 AM IST

Mind the Gap: ASER survey finds the kids are (more than) alright

Leading the way

Published on Feb 02, 2025 12:33 PM IST

Just Like That | The hidden stories behind Pandit Jasraj’s rise to greatness

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Classical vocalist Pandit Jasraj passed away at the age of 90 on August 17. (Photo by Prakash Singh / HT Archive)

Published on Feb 02, 2025 08:00 AM IST

Agriculture budget is big on strategic vision

Farm labourers harvest potatoes at a field in Subhri village, in the northern state of Haryana, India, February 1, 2025. REUTERS/Bhawika Chhabra (REUTERS)

Published on Feb 01, 2025 11:38 PM IST

The threat of walking into middle-income trap looms

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Kolkata, India - Feb. 1, 2025: People watching Union Budget 2025-2026 is presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at an Electronic shop in Kolkata, India, on Saturday, February 1, 2025. (Photo by Samir Jana/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Feb 01, 2025 11:38 PM IST

Preparing the ground for next generation of reforms against global headwinds

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Mumbai, Feb 01 (ANI): People watch the live telecast of Union Budget 2025 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Lok Sabha of the Parliament on a display screen outside the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), in Mumbai on Saturday. (ANI Photo) (Vijay Gohil)

Published on Feb 01, 2025 11:32 PM IST

Six smart themes that define Budget 2025-26

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Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman (Malay Karmakar)

Published on Feb 01, 2025 11:31 PM IST

Riding on optimism, promising the riches

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Mumbai, Feb 01 (ANI): People watch the live telecast of Union Budget 2025 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Lok Sabha of the Parliament on a display screen outside the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), in Mumbai on Saturday. (ANI Photo) (Vijay Gohil)

Updated on Feb 01, 2025 11:29 PM IST

A high-class budget for middle-class India

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Mumbai, India - May 25, 2017: Office goers having food and drink together at Dishkiyaoon, BKC in Mumbai, India, on Thursday, May 25, 2017. (Photo by Pratik Chorge/Hindustan Times) (Pratik Chorge/HT Photo)

Published on Feb 01, 2025 11:29 PM IST

A walk that must balance between economic growth and people’s welfare needs

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Patna, Bihar, India -Feb .01, 2025: People looking Union Budget 2025-26 on TV screens presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at a shop in Patna, Bihar, India, Saturday,01, 2025.(Photo by Santosh Kumar/ Hindustan Times)

Published on Feb 01, 2025 11:27 PM IST

Appraising the Constitution on its 75 anniversary

The original Preamble to the Constitution of India.

Updated on Feb 02, 2025 10:46 AM IST

When law seeks to make the State the Big Brother

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Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami during an event to announce the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (PTI Photo)(PTI01_27_2025_000157A) (PTI)

Published on Feb 01, 2025 03:58 PM IST

Saif Ali Khan case shows the culture of misogyny thrives

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Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor Khan leaves the hospital after her husband Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan was discharged after being treated for stab injuries during a scuffle last week with an intruder at his home in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) (AP)

Updated on Jan 31, 2025 08:17 PM IST

Revisiting the Republic’s relations with minorities

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A statue of B.R. Ambedkar, the architect of India's constitution, stands outside of Parliament House in New Delhi, India Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)

Published on Jan 31, 2025 08:15 PM IST

Budgeting to raise the quality of life

Amritsar: A farmer in a mustard field on the eve of Union Budget 2025 on the outskirts of Amritsar, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. (PTI Photo/Shiva Sharma) (PTI01_31_2025_000227B)

Published on Jan 31, 2025 07:14 PM IST

Need new round of reforms to benefit from earlier ones

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FILE PHOTO: A general view of a market in New Delhi, India, September 6, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo (REUTERS)

Published on Jan 30, 2025 08:05 PM IST

Neil Gaiman controversy and the case of power differentials

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FILE - Neil Gaiman arrives at the Art of Elysium Heaven Gala on Jan. 6, 2024, at The Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File) (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Updated on Jan 30, 2025 08:05 PM IST

Breaking India’s Sisyphean cycle

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NEW DELHI, INDIA - January 13: Children attend a class under a Delhi Metro bridge at the Free School Under the Bridge, a school that provides free-to-cost classes to children from low income areas during the cold weather at near Akshardham Temple, in New Delhi India onJanuary 13, 2025. (HT Photo) (Hindustan Times)

Published on Jan 30, 2025 08:06 PM IST

Gandhi and the meaning of dharma and violence

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A-worker-cleans-the-statue-of-Mahatma-Gandhi-in-Bhubaneswar-on-his-birth-anniversary-PTI-Photo

Updated on Jan 29, 2025 08:35 PM IST

H-1B debate is a vote on America’s future

The H-1B visa programme has been instrumental in driving the growth of America’s tech industry over the past four decades (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Updated on Jan 31, 2025 08:18 AM IST

Securing future with a minerals mission

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FILE PHOTO: A truck passes through an open pit of the Bedara Bhommanahalli (BBH) iron ore mines at Chitradurga in the southern Indian state of Karnataka November 9, 2012. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: ENERGY BUSINESS POLITICS COMMODITIES)/File Photo (REUTERS)

Updated on Jan 29, 2025 08:37 PM IST

Potential targets for the Union Budget

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FILE PHOTO: A general view of a market in New Delhi, India, September 6, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo (REUTERS)

Published on Jan 28, 2025 08:22 PM IST

New G2 at the UN: Beijing budgets to win influence

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during "Summit of the Future" on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, September 23, 2024. BRYAN R. SMITH/Pool via REUTERS (via REUTERS)

Updated on Jan 29, 2025 06:32 PM IST

Trump 2.0 could still be an opportunity for Indian tech

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(FILES) US President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room" (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (AFP)

Published on Jan 29, 2025 06:37 PM IST

Two democracies, common interests

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(FILES) US President Donald Trump (L) shakes hands with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a joint press conference at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on February 25, 2020. (Photo by Prakash SINGH / AFP) (AFP)

Published on Jan 29, 2025 06:31 PM IST

Signs of more than a recovery in learning

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NEW DELHI, INDIA - January 13: Children attend a class under a Delhi Metro bridge at the Free School Under the Bridge, a school that provides free-to-cost classes to children from low income areas during the cold weather at near Akshardham Temple, in New Delhi India onJanuary 13, 2025. (HT Photo) (Hindustan Times)

Published on Jan 29, 2025 06:38 PM IST

The Taste by Vir Sanghvi: Exploring the best packed meals for airplane journeys

In-flight meals are often unsatisfactory, leading many travellers to pack their own food.

Published on Jan 28, 2025 12:32 PM IST

Does India need another tryst with the plan panel?

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30 March 1950 - Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru presiding over the inaugural meeting of the Planning Commission held in New Delhi on Tuesday - HT Photo.

Updated on Jan 28, 2025 12:48 PM IST

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