THE HINDU EDITORIAL
Sanctions for change: On America’s policy towards Iran
U.S. policy toward Iran has done little to improve the lives of people
A year after the death of...
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Testing times: On shrinking of India’s goods exports
India’s goods exports shrank for the seventh consecutive time and the ninth time in 11 months this August, while...
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Limits of identity: On facilitating peace in Manipur
Civil society should strive to be non-partisan to aid peace in Manipur
One of the most disconcerting features...
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TOPIC – A serious lapse
The lapse in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s security arrangements, which left his convoy stranded on a flyover for around 20 minutes, near Ferozepur in...
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TOPIC – A disjointed response
One of the most striking moves in the Union Budget’s taxation proposals for 2022-23 is the introduction of a taxation regime...
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TOPIC – Salutary steps
Amid criticism that it did not enforce steps to curb the spread of COVID19 during the protracted campaign for Assembly elections in...
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OPIC – A patently wrong regime
Even an unprecedented pandemic can do little, it appears, to upset the existing global regime governing monopoly rights over the...
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TOPIC – Persistent mindlessness
The deaths of over 20 paramilitary personnel in an encounter with the Maoists in the Tarrem area near Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district once...
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TOPIC – Prudence prevails
The Finance Ministry has put to rest all speculation about the inflation targeting framework that will guide the interest rate decisions of the RBI’s...
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TOPIC – Deadly trail
Firefighters keep reminding people that fire is a good servant but a bad master, and the blaze that engulfed a private COVID-19 hospital in...
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TOPIC – A moral test
A year after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, UN SecretaryGeneral António Guterres has criticised “the many examples...
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TOPIC – Clearing a low bar
India’s latest auction of telecommunications spectrum is a qualified success from the Centre’s perspective, mainly because the winning bids cumulatively...
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TOPIC – Back to the future
After two-quarters of a sharp contraction, India’s economy is estimated to have rebounded out of a ‘technical recession’ to...
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TOPIC – Boosting confidence
The downward trend in fresh coronavirus infections in India continues to inspire confidence that the pandemic is on the wane. The daily new...
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TOPIC – Fits and starts
After a month of moves and messages that indicated a détente, events last week appear to have slammed the brakes on the IndiaPakistan...
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TOPIC – Beyond Bad Banks
The Reserve Bank of India Governor recently indicated that he is not averse to the idea of a “bad bank” — a vehicle...
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TOPIC – Belated, but bold
The government’s spending plans for 202122 hinge on better compliance lifting tax collections, and an ambitious plan to raise nontax revenue. Finance Minister...
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The course of the coronavirus pandemic in the new year presents a picture of contrasts, with some rich countries running out of vaccines, experiencing...
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TOPIC – Budgeting in a time of crisis
The Great Depression wrecked the economies of the U.S. and Europe. In the words of Jonathan Alter, when Franklin Roosevelt became the American President in 1933, he...
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TOPIC – A new framework around caste and the census
Enumerating, describing, and understanding the population of a society and what people have access to, and...
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TOPIC – Privacy and surveillance
Following an exodus of its users from its messaging service, WhatsApp, to apps such as Signal and Telegram, which promise more privacy options, the...
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TOPIC – The long shadow of Trumpism
(Biden faces an uphill task in manoeuvring through the legacy of Trump)
As America prepares for the transition from the tumultuous...
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Open court: On Wimbledon 2024
For the first time in two decades, the Big Four are not among favourites
Wimbledon 2024 has begun with world tennis in...
BCCI announced a prize money of Rs 125 crore for the Indian cricket team...
1 BCCI announced a prize money of Rs 125 crore for the Indian cricket team that won the T20 World Cup
The Board of Control...
बीसीसीआई ने टी-20 विश्व कप जीतने वाली भारतीय क्रिकेट टीम को 125 करोड़ रुपये...
1 बीसीसीआई ने टी-20 विश्व कप जीतने वाली भारतीय क्रिकेट टीम को 125 करोड़ रुपये की पुरस्कार राशि देने की घोषणा की
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