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For an honest reckoning with air pollution, Delhi must confront its appetite for cars, concrete and convenience
December 17, 2025 15:22 IST
Toxic air is everyone’s problem. What Delhi needs is not obfuscation but robust, credible data to guide policy; bold interventions to curb vehicular emissions; serious investment in cleaner public transport and political and social will
Rahul, Priyanka name-calling ECs is a new low
December 16, 2025 10:46 IST
Its successive electoral defeats have evidently unsettled the Congress, but by raising the decibel levels, it draws attention to its own flailing
After Zakir Hussain, a quieter ‘taal’
December 16, 2025 07:59 IST
A year after his sudden demise at 73, the limits of music’s ability to absorb grief have become apparent.
MGNREGA needs reform but changes fray the safety net
December 16, 2025 08:00 IST
The problem with Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) is poor fiscal design that burdens the states unduly
Inflation is low, but policymakers cannot take their eye off the ball
December 15, 2025 08:03 IST
If one takes away food prices, core inflation has actually been trending up over the past year and stands at 4.3 per cent — from 0.7per cent
National Human Rights Commission has been drifting. Its directive on UP custodial-death compensation is welcome
December 15, 2025 08:04 IST
A cynical reading will see the NHRC’s directive as a symbolic gesture. Yet, it also represents a welcome moment of assertion, and a gesture towards a recovery of purpose.
Tripura’s arc underlines cricket’s possibilities
December 13, 2025 07:17 IST
Tripura’s journey was no fluke, or made solely on the virtues of semi-retired hands borrowed from other states. Seven of the 11 that upended the team from Karnataka were born and raised in the state.
On climate talks, the US shadow
December 13, 2025 07:16 IST
The latest GEO report, however, has been marked by a lack of consensus on phasing out fossil fuels, switching to renewables and reducing the use of plastics.
DMK move to impeach HC judge is disquieting
December 13, 2025 07:10 IST
In this backdrop, the impeachment motion does not just set a disquieting precedent. It is also a case of the DMK shooting itself in the foot.
Karnataka bill on hate speech can be used to curb citizens’ freedoms. It must be scrapped
December 12, 2025 07:48 IST
At best, the Bill is a band-aid that avoids a deeper reckoning. In fact, as with so many of its predecessors, it carries the danger of being used to criminalise the very people it seeks to protect
Human or fish, no one is safe from fake news
December 12, 2025 07:42 IST
If misinformation is unavoidable, wisdom lies in becoming more discerning and renewing the quest for knowledge. For fish and humans, one mantra could help: Don’t follow the herd, follow the science
Parliament Winter Session: Vande Mataram and vote ‘chori’, all heat, little light
December 12, 2025 07:42 IST
Parliament needs to come alive more often. But it also needs to use its time carefully and wisely
Don’t let AI steal the em dash from humanity
December 11, 2025 08:02 IST
In its attempt to commandeer the em dash — as though punctuation were a finite rare earth mineral to be strip-mined — what AI is really doing is wandering into a tradition older, stranger and more human than any language model can compute
From Belem to Copernicus, the unfolding climate challenge
December 11, 2025 08:00 IST
Unlike global warming mitigation, which can happen at national, regional or global levels, building defences against heat waves, floods, cyclones and storms requires action at the local level
Trump’s National Security Strategy is a break from the past. India should welcome it
December 11, 2025 08:00 IST
An America that recognises limits to its power, accepts diversity in international affairs, and becomes less interventionist ought to be welcomed by Delhi
What’s in the origin of a word? A lot actually
December 10, 2025 07:29 IST
In a new edition of his book A Short History of Nearly Everything, author Bill Bryson has corrected his etymology of “asteroid” after a Delhi schoolboy wrote to him pointing out that it comes from the Greek word aster (‘star’), not from Latin.
Shortcut to cricket’s big league is a warning
December 10, 2025 07:29 IST
The BCCI allows a regulated transfer of talent by permitting three guest players outside the jurisdiction of an association to play for them in the senior team. But when malpractice ensues, guests become “native locals”, for money.
Kerala case has a silver lining, breaks a silence
December 10, 2025 07:29 IST
Since 2017, when the survivor went to the police, this solidarity, and the entrenched silence that it has helped break, has been the silver lining that glimmered through the cloud that hung over the case.
From Goa, a message: On fire safety, break silence and complicity
December 9, 2025 18:06 IST
Looking into the specific lapses that led to this avoidable tragedy is certainly important. But there also needs to be a larger reckoning with the lack of fire safety compliance in the country
Pantone’s colour of the year and the promise of a fresh start
December 9, 2025 18:07 IST
In an anxious world, Cloud Dancer dredges up a desire for mental whitespace
Food inflation dips but that isn’t enough
December 9, 2025 18:07 IST
With the World Meteorological Organisation predicting a 55 per cent chance of a “weak” La Niña, which could result in a colder and longer winter, the rabi crop prospects appear bright.
Hold IndiGo to account, DGCA shouldn’t buckle
December 8, 2025 08:35 IST
The country’s largest airline, IndiGo, cannot get away by simply saying that disruptions “have arisen primarily from misjudgement and planning gaps”.
Not inviting LoP makes government look small
December 17, 2025 14:16 IST
The presence of a diverse political spectrum at the high table is not a courtesy to rivals but a statement of India’s democratic strength.
At Formula 1, it’s best car versus best driver
December 6, 2025 07:43 IST
Verstappen’s ability to win races despite being in average machinery, to complete overtakes in the tiniest of margins, and shave crucial milliseconds off his qualifying laps has him fighting for a championship in which he had ruled himself out by the summer.
Low inflation gives RBI space to support growth
December 6, 2025 07:32 IST
With limited fiscal space, after the recent tax cuts, and headwinds on the external front, the heavy lifting has to happen through monetary policy.
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