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When law seeks to make the State the Big Brother

Interfaith couples who already find it tough to marry because of existing so-called anti-conversion laws will now find even living together impossibly hard.

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)

Opinion

Published on Jan 31, 2025 08:06 PM IST

ByNamita Bhandare

Saif Ali Khan case shows the culture of misogyny thrives

Media frenzy over Saif Ali Khan's stabbing mirrors past witch hunts, with Kareena Kapoor Khan unfairly targeted, revealing ongoing misogyny in coverage.

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)

Opinion

Updated on Jan 31, 2025 08:06 PM IST

ByBarkha Dutt

Revisiting the Republic’s relations with minorities

The distinctively Indian notion of republican democracy has produced a debate on the presence and role of minorities in a democratic setup

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)

Opinion

Published on Jan 31, 2025 08:06 PM IST

ByHilal Ahmed

Revolutionising India’s packaging industry

This article is authored by Jeevaraj Pillai, director, sustainability, president, Flexible Packaging and New Product Development, UFlex Limited.

Climate Change

Published on Jan 31, 2025 06:43 PM IST

ByJeevaraj Pillai

Sniggering at India’s AI efforts may be mistimed

Right now, everyone’s panicking about DeepSeek because it came out of China. But that’s the wrong way to look at it.

For representational purposes only. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Business

Updated on Jan 31, 2025 04:28 PM IST

ByCharles Assisi

Tech Tonic | OpenAI suddenly realises using someone else’s work is not cool

OpenAI, Sam Altman and Microsoft have no right to stand on any sort of pedestal and educate the world about ethics of AI

Distillation is the technique that’s used by developers to train smaller AI models to in theory replicate the capabilities of a larger model (in terms of parameters, and therefore ability to understand and contextualise) (Reuters)

India News

Published on Jan 31, 2025 04:14 PM IST

ByVishal Mathur

Looming tragedy: Sikkim lake was unstable for years, new study finds

The flood devastated the Teesta Hydroelectric Project Stage-III (1200 MW), washed away the dam and flooded the underground powerhouse.

A sudden cloud burst over Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim resulted in a flash flood in the Teesta River in the Lachen valley in October 2023. (PTI File Photo)

Environment News

Updated on Jan 31, 2025 02:35 PM IST

ByJayashree Nandi

The case for The Quillers’ Club

Ambreen Rasool’s publishing house aims to bring out books that connect Kashmiri children to their heritage

Publisher and author Ambreen Rasool (Courtesy the subject)

Books

Published on Jan 31, 2025 01:49 PM IST

ByMajid Maqbool

Union Budget should set the policy direction

This article is authored by Sabyasachi Saha, associate professor, RIS, New Delhi.

Economic Policy

Published on Jan 31, 2025 01:21 PM IST

BySabyasachi Saha

Union Budget 2025: Infrastructure must be engine of sustainable growth

This article is authored by YR Nagaraja, managing director, Ramky Infrastructure Limited.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (File image)(PTI)

Economic Policy

Published on Jan 31, 2025 01:19 PM IST

ByYR Nagaraja

Abundance and apathy: A tale of two polling booths in Delhi

Akbarpur Majra records high voter turnout driven by community ties, while Gopinath Bazar sees dismal participation due to apathy and transience.

India News

Published on Jan 31, 2025 05:10 AM IST

ByParas Singh

Need new round of reforms to benefit from earlier ones

The world has changed dramatically, but is that the reason for the growth to taper off?

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

Opinion

Published on Jan 30, 2025 08:04 PM IST

ByArindam Bhattacharya

Don’t mess with the midday meal scheme

Investing in the health of children is the first and best investment towards building a Viksit Bharat.

Ludhiana, India - July 22, 2023 : Students eating midday meal in school hours at Government School in Ludhiana. (Photo by Gurpreet Singh/Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

Editorials

Updated on Jan 30, 2025 08:04 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

Neil Gaiman controversy and the case of power differentials

The disjunction between Gaiman's account and the accusers is what a power differential looks like.

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)

Opinion

Updated on Jan 30, 2025 08:04 PM IST

ByDhamini Ratnam

Stop choking the consuming class

The call for a rational income tax regime in India grows as the tax base remains narrow, with heavy reliance on the already taxed consuming classes.

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: India's Ministry of Finance building is silhouetted against the setting sun in New Delhi April 2, 2015. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo/File Photo (REUTERS)

Editorials

Updated on Jan 30, 2025 08:03 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

Breaking India’s Sisyphean cycle

ASER 2024 survey shows positive results. NIPUN Bharat has created momentum in education, this needs to be sustained

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)

Opinion

Published on Jan 30, 2025 08:03 PM IST

ByAshish Dhawan, Bikkrama Daulet Singh

What Union Budget 2025 can offer women workers in manufacturing

This article is authored by Soumen Ghosh, assistant professor, School of Economics and Public Policy, RV University, Bengaluru.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chairs the sixth Pre-Budget Consultation with experts and representatives from the health and education sectors in connection with the forthcoming Union Budget 2025-26, in New Delhi, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024.(PTI)

Economic Policy

Published on Jan 30, 2025 02:25 PM IST

BySoumen Ghosh

The case for Indian IPs and encryption

This article is authored by Piyush Somani, chairman and managing director, ESDS Software Solution Limited.

Cybersecurity(via social media/ twitter )

Governance

Published on Jan 30, 2025 02:21 PM IST

ByPiyush Somani

Addressing mental health in high-stress professions

This article is authored by Neerja Birla, mental health advocate and founder-chairperson, Mpower and Aditya Birla Education Trust.

Public Health

Published on Jan 30, 2025 02:17 PM IST

ByNeerja Birla

Power to Indian Railways in its journey towards 100% electrification

Electrification enables using renewable sources of energy though initially the share of non-renewable may continue to be high

As of October 2024, about 97% of the route network is electrified (AFP Photo)

India News

Updated on Jan 30, 2025 01:21 PM IST

ByG Raghuram

Terms of Trade: Why we should stop hyperventilating about the Budget

The Budget cannot do much to change the Indian economy’s fortunes. In fact, it only distracts us from the central question at hand

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman before presenting Budget 2024 on February 1, 2024. (Sanchit Khanna/ HT File Photo)

Business

Updated on Jan 30, 2025 12:21 PM IST

ByRoshan Kishore

People, panic, pain: Anatomy of a disaster in Mahakumbh Mela

The situation spiralled out of control when devotees struggled to find an exit after their ritualistic bath.

Eyewitnesses recounted scenes of panic and disorder. “People fell, tried to stand up, lost from loved ones in the melee,” said an onlooker. (HT Photo/Deepak Gupta)

Lucknow

Published on Jan 30, 2025 05:44 AM IST

ByRajeev Mullick, Mahakumbh Nagar (prayagraj)

Patparganj: Closely fought seat, and the gateway to east Delhi

Patparganj constituency presents a contrast between upper middle-class residential societies and lower-income neighbourhoods.

Delhi

Published on Jan 30, 2025 05:34 AM IST

BySnehil Sinha, Karn Pratap Singh

The tragedy at Maha Kumbh

Managing a crowd of tens of millions is a tall task, but better planning can prevent a repeat of Wednesday’s stampede

Indian Hindu devotees arrive for a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers, on the eve of the 'Mauni Amavasya' or new moon day during the Maha Kumbh festival, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) (AP)

Editorials

Published on Jan 29, 2025 08:34 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

The messaging in Uttarakhand’s UCC

With several states indicating that they’ll follow Uttarakhand’s limited UCC model, it is clear the BJP has found a workable solution

Dehradun: In this image by @pushkardhami on Jan. 27, 2025, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami at an event to announce the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), in Dehradun, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (@pushkardhami via PTI Photo)(PTI01_27_2025_000088B) (@pushkardhami)

Editorials

Updated on Jan 29, 2025 08:34 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

Gandhi and the meaning of dharma and violence

For those preoccupied with conflict in the world, it must have been maddening that Gandhi insisted that the real Kurukshetra is inside our own mind and heart.

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

Opinion

Updated on Jan 29, 2025 08:34 PM IST

ByRajni Bakshi

Securing future with a minerals mission

The National Critical Minerals Mission seeks to meet India’s national security needs and the ‘net zero by 2070’ target in a responsible manner

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)

Opinion

Updated on Jan 29, 2025 08:32 PM IST

ByG Kishan Reddy

From temples to trade routes: The Indo-Indonesian civilisational bond

India and Indonesia’s historical links go beyond geography, weaving together centuries of trade, religion, and cultural exchange

Analysis

Published on Jan 29, 2025 08:31 PM IST

ByValay Singh

Lucy Caldwell and the return of the short story

The author, a mistress of paradoxes who defies genre even as she creates mysteries, will be at the Jaipur Literature Festival this year

Lucy Caldwell reading from her latest book, ‘Openings’. (Courtesy Vayu Naidu)

Books

Published on Jan 29, 2025 07:29 PM IST

ByVayu Naidu

Climate change intensified LA fires: Analysis by 32 climate scientists

The hot, dry, and windy conditions that drove the fires were about 35% more likely due to warming caused primarily by the burning of oil, gas, and coal.

A helicopter drops water on the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles (AP)

India News

Published on Jan 29, 2025 06:15 PM IST

ByJayashree Nandi

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Interfaith couples who already find it tough to marry because of existing so-called anti-conversion laws will now find even living together impossibly hard.

Media frenzy over Saif Ali Khan's stabbing mirrors past witch hunts, with Kareena Kapoor Khan unfairly targeted, revealing ongoing misogyny in coverage.

The distinctively Indian notion of republican democracy has produced a debate on the presence and role of minorities in a democratic setup

This article is authored by Jeevaraj Pillai, director, sustainability, president, Flexible Packaging and New Product Development, UFlex Limited.

Right now, everyone’s panicking about DeepSeek because it came out of China. But that’s the wrong way to look at it.

OpenAI, Sam Altman and Microsoft have no right to stand on any sort of pedestal and educate the world about ethics of AI

The flood devastated the Teesta Hydroelectric Project Stage-III (1200 MW), washed away the dam and flooded the underground powerhouse.

Ambreen Rasool’s publishing house aims to bring out books that connect Kashmiri children to their heritage

This article is authored by Sabyasachi Saha, associate professor, RIS, New Delhi.

This article is authored by YR Nagaraja, managing director, Ramky Infrastructure Limited.

Akbarpur Majra records high voter turnout driven by community ties, while Gopinath Bazar sees dismal participation due to apathy and transience.

The world has changed dramatically, but is that the reason for the growth to taper off?

Investing in the health of children is the first and best investment towards building a Viksit Bharat.

The disjunction between Gaiman's account and the accusers is what a power differential looks like.

The call for a rational income tax regime in India grows as the tax base remains narrow, with heavy reliance on the already taxed consuming classes.

ASER 2024 survey shows positive results. NIPUN Bharat has created momentum in education, this needs to be sustained

This article is authored by Soumen Ghosh, assistant professor, School of Economics and Public Policy, RV University, Bengaluru.

This article is authored by Piyush Somani, chairman and managing director, ESDS Software Solution Limited.

This article is authored by Neerja Birla, mental health advocate and founder-chairperson, Mpower and Aditya Birla Education Trust.

Electrification enables using renewable sources of energy though initially the share of non-renewable may continue to be high

The Budget cannot do much to change the Indian economy’s fortunes. In fact, it only distracts us from the central question at hand

The situation spiralled out of control when devotees struggled to find an exit after their ritualistic bath.

Patparganj constituency presents a contrast between upper middle-class residential societies and lower-income neighbourhoods.

Managing a crowd of tens of millions is a tall task, but better planning can prevent a repeat of Wednesday’s stampede

With several states indicating that they’ll follow Uttarakhand’s limited UCC model, it is clear the BJP has found a workable solution

For those preoccupied with conflict in the world, it must have been maddening that Gandhi insisted that the real Kurukshetra is inside our own mind and heart.

The National Critical Minerals Mission seeks to meet India’s national security needs and the ‘net zero by 2070’ target in a responsible manner

India and Indonesia’s historical links go beyond geography, weaving together centuries of trade, religion, and cultural exchange

The author, a mistress of paradoxes who defies genre even as she creates mysteries, will be at the Jaipur Literature Festival this year

The hot, dry, and windy conditions that drove the fires were about 35% more likely due to warming caused primarily by the burning of oil, gas, and coal.

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