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Allahabad High Court affirms right to love and live as you please

December 20, 2025 07:36 IST

HC’s intervention is a modest but necessary corrective — an assertion that the law must recognise adults as rights-bearing citizens, with the freedom to make their own way, not wards to be steered towards socially-approved choices

Express View on PM’s three-nation tour: Three countries, one new story

December 20, 2025 07:35 IST

All three countries — Jordan, Ethiopia and Oman — are significant for the geopolitics of the neighbourhood to the west. The PM’s visits brought to the fore different critical policy strands — security in the Middle East, economic development of Africa, and connectivity in the Indian Ocean

Work from mandap: Hustle’s new mantra

December 20, 2025 07:38 IST

A photo of a US-based, Indian-origin start-up co-founder working on her laptop in full bridal regalia at her own wedding, apparently just 10 minutes after the ceremony, has gone viral. Her brother and co-founder shared the photo on X, pointing out that “people romanticise start-ups but it is a lot of work”.

RBI shores up rupee. It may be good to let it be

December 19, 2025 07:16 IST

The rapidity of this fall was particularly sharp as the rupee lost 3 per cent relative to the dollar since November 15.

Little Foot tells a big evolution story

December 19, 2025 07:23 IST

That the evolution of Homo sapiens —in fact, the species’ very existence —has been shaped by more factors than previously imagined makes for a richer story, one that should deepen humans’ appreciation for their own ability to adapt and survive.

Protests at Indian high commission in Dhaka: Insulate India-Bangladesh ties from short-term politics

December 19, 2025 07:17 IST

Delhi must be careful not to take political sides in Dhaka, while sticking to its core principles. The political class in Bangladesh, for its part, needs to show maturity ahead of the election

IPL’s nurseries, Test cricket’s loss

December 18, 2025 08:20 IST

T20 leagues have democratised cricket and removed several entry barriers for budding talents. The flip side is that with the focus almost exclusively on IPL and T20, the longer form of the game gets a hit.

In the insurance market, avoid over-regulation

December 18, 2025 08:18 IST

India’s insurance density, primarily driven by life insurance, is merely 10.6 per cent of the world’s average. The Sabko Bima Sabko Raksha bill is an attempt to address the gaps.

The opening up of its nuclear value chain will aid India’s efforts to achieve energy security

December 18, 2025 08:18 IST

India has set a short-term goal to increase its nuclear power capacity to 22.5 GW by 2032, and a long-term target to reach 100 GW by 2047

At FTII, cinema has many languages. Nurture them

December 17, 2025 07:17 IST

In 2023, of a batch of 10 student diploma films, only one was made entirely in Hindi. Three were in Marathi; one each in Malayalam, Gujarati, Haryanvi and Santali; one brought together English, Marathi and Hindi; another braided English and Hindi with Mizo and Nagamese. Taken together, these films form a chorus of many tongues finding their way to the screen

In the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack, Australia needs to protect openness, diversity

December 17, 2025 07:16 IST

The Anthony Albanese government must strengthen its anti-terror infrastructure. At the same time, it should not let the terror attack compromise its core values; it must maintain the vibrancy and diversity of the public square

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