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When a no-confidence motion is moved against the Lok Sabha Speaker

The Constitution makes the removal of the Speaker an exceptional and heavily guarded power. Article 94(c) permits removal only by a resolution passed...

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Ravindra Garimella

The making of a new political order in Nepal

As the Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSP) inches towards a two-thirds majority, there is a tectonic shift in the political landscape of Nepal. As per...

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Ranjit Rae

After Nitish Kumar exits as Bihar chief minister

In March 2000, Nitish Kumar, chief minister (CM) for seven days, was facing a trust vote in the Bihar legislative assembly. He needed a minimum of...

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Shashi Shekhar

Dilemmas of neutrality as war breaks out at sea

The sinking of an Iranian naval warship in the eastern Indian Ocean offers a stark reminder of how quickly the comfortable assumptions of peacetime...

yesterday 10

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Abhijit Singh

Enduring gender gap in Time Use suggests the influence of patriarchal norms

The maiden Time Use Survey held in 1998-99 in six states of India was an epiphany as it made it bare a phenomenon which was otherwise omnipresent. It...

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Sunny Jose

Mind The Gap: Women won’t go back

Has there ever been a better time to be a feminist? The question might seem strange at a time when women’s rights are arguably under their most...

yesterday 10

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Namita Bhandare

Fallacy of parental consent in marriage

Do adult Indians have the right to marry whoever they want without parental permission? That may sound like a rhetorical question, but it could soon...

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Karan Thapar

In West Asia, a widening conflict with no clear ends

The US’ secretary of war, Pete Hegseth, did not hesitate in stating that America and Israel will sow “death and destruction from the sky, all day...

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Hindustantimes Editorial

Have your Men’s Day, but we’ll have the rest

It is a truth universally acknowledged that men and women, once they acquire a fortune of revisionist education, which is nothing but gibberish, must...

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Nishtha Gautam

War brings more pain, hurt to women in Iran

The war unleashed by Israel and the US against Iran can only mean more suffering and pain than already exists for the country’s women in the near...

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Lalita Panicker

Must Lutyens fall so that Bharat can rise again?

Edwin Lutyens has been expelled from Rashtrapati Bhavan, the iconic structure he designed. His bust has been cast into one of our substandard museums,...

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Rahul Sagar

Women’s health as a test of right to equality

Imagine a sixth-grade classroom in an Indian middle school that begins the year with 50 bright-eyed girls eager to dive into civics, algebra, and the...

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Jwalika Balaji

Building a safety net to protect people’s health

The true measure of a nation’s progress is often reflected in how easily its citizens can access basic necessities like health care. For decades,...

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Hindustantimes Editorial

After Khamenei’s death, unravelling of the regime

Following the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in the opening salvos of a devastating military campaign by the US and...

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Sreeram Chaulia

A war that Pakistan invented for itself

As Pakistan’s air attacks against Afghanistan intensify, criticism is also rising. Former secretary of state Mike Pompeo recently pointed out that...

05.03.2026 10

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Tara Kartha

NRLM 2.0 and addressing the extreme poverty issue

The future trajectory of rural development in India will depend on the extent to which it includes populations that remain excluded from the...

05.03.2026 10

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Hindustantimes Editorial

Fiscal federalism enters an uncharted phase

India’s fiscal debates have traditionally revolved around how much revenue the Union government shares with states. But the more consequential...

04.03.2026 10

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Avani Kapur

In the age of power, India must play peacemaker

The US participation in Israel’s strikes against Iran marks a decisive escalation in an already volatile region. What began as deterrent signalling...

04.03.2026 10

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Hindustantimes Editorial

Lost in war: An alternative template of governance

Rojava, the autonomous Kurdish-majority region in North and East Syria, faces its greatest existential crisis since its founding. Since early January,...

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Hindustantimes Editorial

The lessons from India’s HPV vaccine programme

India is poised to roll out the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for adolescent girls in the coming weeks. With this step, the country will...

03.03.2026 10

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Hindustantimes Editorial

What lies ahead in the Iran-West Asia crisis

The assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a joint strike by Israel and the US, underlined that the war aims have...

03.03.2026 10

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Dp Srivastava

Why China must opt for lower growth targets

China achieved a $1.19 trillion trade surplus in 2025 — 20% higher than in 2024 — helping meet its 5% growth target. It needs a large trade...

03.03.2026 10

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Hindustantimes Editorial

Two leaplings who nearly changed India’s history

If this were a leap year, there would have been a February 29, instead of March 1 following February 28. And leaplings, as those born on February 29...

02.03.2026 10

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Gopalkrishna Gandhi

A new West Asia disorder is born

On the morning of February 28, a coordinated US-Israeli airstrike — codenamed Operation Epic Fury — reduced decades of carefully constructed...

02.03.2026 10

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Hindustantimes Editorial

Reviving the message of Western supremacy

There are good reasons to take a close look at US secretary of state Marco Rubio’s Munich speech, delivered two weeks before the attack on Iran. It...

02.03.2026 10

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Navtej Sarna

Mind The Gap: More than ‘just’ a housewife

Even if a wife doesn’t earn, she contributes to the household. The Delhi high court’s recognition of the role of homemakers, can only be welcomed....

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Namita Bhandare

Making Artificial Intelligence work where it matters most

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