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America’s trustbusters wage war on Apple

Whatever the outcome, a wide-ranging antitrust case will hurt the firm

A man stands outside a recently-opened Apple Store in Shanghai's Jing'an district on March 26, 2024. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)(AFP)
Published on Mar 28, 2024 08:00 AM IST
The Economist

We’ve been there, we’ve done that, and we can help: IIT alumni

A global alumni group, comprising members of marginalised communities, has started mentoring SC/ST students to ensure they don't fall through the cracks

Students who belong to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) communities, like Darshan Solanki from IIT Bombay (who died by suicide in February 2023) or Anil Kumar from IIT Delhi (who died by suicide in September 2023), often have little support on campus.(Agency File Photo)
Published on Mar 28, 2024 01:17 AM IST

A decade of Make in India: What will it take for India to become the factory of

At a time when global firms are diversifying manufacturing away from China to hedge against investment risks, India needs to avail of this historic opportunity

The government has also promised huge subsidies to help turn India into a semiconductor manufacturing hub.(AP)
Published on Mar 28, 2024 01:17 AM IST

Former CM Beant Singh’s grandson moves to BJP

Vocal Congress leader and three-time MP Ravneet Singh Bittu’s move to the saffron party has left many in his party, and family flummoxed

Newly joined BJP leader Ravneet Singh Bittu calls on party chief JP Nadda after joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of Lok Sabha elections 2024, at JP Nadda's residence in New Delhi on Tuesday. (OfficeofJPNadda-X)(HT_PRINT)
Published on Mar 28, 2024 01:08 AM IST

Developed India needs the dignity of development

There has been a significant reduction in chronic poverty, but India has a long way to go to ensure opportunity for all to realise their fullest human potential

For every citizen to realise their fullest human potential, our government schools, hospitals, health and nutrition centres and skill opportunities, all have to perform much better than at present.
Published on Mar 27, 2024 11:35 PM IST

Ideas for India: The CPR saga is a cautionary tale

CPR is the chosen partner of officials with a penchant for intellectual curiosity, who are willing to follow the data wherever it may lead.

Office of the Centre for Policy Research at Diplomatic Enclave in New Delhi. (Vipin Kumar/ HT Photo)(HT_PRINT)
Published on Mar 27, 2024 11:29 PM IST

Decolonising the forces, without being reductive

Having an indigenous approach to life couldn’t be more welcome as it reinforces one’s belief in the uniqueness of one’s country.

Lectures to young school and college students on leadership and India’s war history, with visits to operational airbases, Army installations and naval ships would enthuse young minds like nothing else.(HT File)
Published on Mar 27, 2024 11:25 PM IST

Old Punjab allies take new paths

The breakdown of BJP-SAD talks on alliance in the state is rooted in ideological differences

Mansa: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leaders Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Sukhbir Singh Badal during a road show ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, in Mansa, Punjab, Wednesday, March 27, 2024. (PTI Photo)(PTI03_27_2024_000208A) *** Local Caption *** (PTI)
Published on Mar 27, 2024 10:18 PM IST
ByHT Editorial

TB challenge needs a multi-focal approach

The general trend of decline in incidence and mortality of TB cases are certainly encouraging. Still, drug-resistant TB needs urgent focus.

Non-lung TB is another challenging facet of India’s TB burden. (HT PHOTO)
Published on Mar 27, 2024 10:17 PM IST
ByHT Editorial

Pig organ transplants offer lifeline to waiting patients

Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital performed a groundbreaking transplant, implanting a genetically modified pig kidney into a 62-year-old man.

Surgeons perform the world’s first genetically modified pig kidney transplant into a living human at Massachusetts General Hospital, Saturday, March 16, 2024, in Boston, Mass. (Massachusetts General Hospital via AP)(AP)
Published on Mar 27, 2024 08:37 PM IST
ByAnirban Mahapatra

Thackeray loyalist Rajan Vichare to fight in rebel Shinde’s home turf

Sena (UBT)’s Thane candidate and Maha CM Eknath Shinde shared a mentor in Anand Dighe. The former once famously gave up a post for the latter on Dighe’s say so

 Shivsena candidate Rajan Vichare
Published on Mar 27, 2024 08:22 PM IST

It’s only March and we’ve crossed 40°C in some places – it’s unseasonably hot

The number of days when any place in India breached 40°C in March and the sum of areas where the threshold was breached has rapidly increased since the 2000s

Mumbai, India - March 20, 2024: A boy Jumping in the afternoon heat as temperature soars at Dadar chowpatty in Mumbai, India, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (Photo by Satish Bate/ Hindustan Times)(Hindustan Times)
Published on Mar 27, 2024 06:52 PM IST

Fasting, feasting: The science behind intermittent fasting

Once touted to be the wonder drug for weight loss and healthy living, the method has recently faced flak for raising the risk of cardiovascular disease

Experts point out that while the short-term benefits of intermittent fasting are proven, there is not enough research on the impact in the long run.(istockphoto)
Published on Mar 27, 2024 06:16 PM IST

New NIA chief’s 26/11 story: A pitched battle with gunman Ajmal Kasab

Date took on Kasab and Ismail on the rooftop of the Cama and Albless Hospital, where the two terrorists went after opening fire inside the CST

Sadanand Vasant Date
Published on Mar 27, 2024 06:03 PM IST
ByMegha Sood

Northeastern View | In the face of Chinese ingress, India holds Bhutan tight

The recent mutual show of friendship between India and Bhutan would not seem out of the ordinary but for Beijing’s pugnacious outreach to India’s neighbours

**EDS: IMAGE VIA PIB** Paro: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck waves to the gathering at the Paro International Airport as he departs for New Delhi, in Paro, Bhutan, Saturday, March 23, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI03_23_2024_000244B)(PTI)
Published on Mar 27, 2024 05:30 PM IST

Will Texas succeed in enforcing its own immigration law?

The state’s latest challenge to the federal government’s powers, SB4, is in limbo

A drone view shows migrants enduring cold and blustery weather as they line up against the border wall to surrender to immigration officials after breaching a razor wire-laden fence along the bank of the Rio Grande River in El Paso, Texas, U.S., March 25, 2024. REUTERS/Adrees Latif(REUTERS)
Published on Mar 27, 2024 01:20 AM IST
The Economist

TM Krishna award debate: Missing caste for music

The problem then is not only the bigotry of the Hindu Right group in the Carnatic music universe, but also the limits set to critique and debate

The Music Academy's recent decision to confer musician TM Krishna has brought about various Carnatic musicians to withdraw from the academy's annual music season
Published on Mar 27, 2024 01:07 AM IST

The world's first pig-to-human kidney transplant holds out hope for millions

Improved technology and research have allowed us to cross the frontiers of medicine – but an ethical framework should guide us

Surgeons perform the world???s first genetically modified pig kidney transplant into a living human at Massachusetts General Hospital, Saturday, March 16, 2024, in Boston, Mass.(Massachusetts General Hospital via AP/PTI)(AP03_21_2024_000288B)(AP)
Published on Mar 27, 2024 01:07 AM IST

Sometimes, a body massager is just a body massager. (But what of when it’s not?)

Recently, the Bombay HC noted that body massagers cannot be classified as erotic toys. Does regulation of prohibited items clash with our right to privacy?

Massage therapy has been a common practice since time immemorial to relieve the body of pain and stress. Body massagers, however, run the risk of being thought of as obscene(Wikimedia Commons)
Updated on Mar 27, 2024 12:11 AM IST

A silent battle is being waged between Raj Bhavan and education dept in Bihar

Bihar's Education Department and Raj Bhavan clash over meeting protocol for state-run universities, highlighting ongoing power struggle.

Bihar Raj Bhavan (FILE PHOTO)
Published on Mar 27, 2024 12:08 AM IST

What is BSP’s game plan for the 2024 Lok Sabha election?

Mayawati's choice of candidates reflects two things: one, careful caste calculus; two, the message that her support is wide-based and across castes

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati (File Photo)(HT_PRINT)
Published on Mar 27, 2024 12:04 AM IST

Three seats remain stuck in the craw for Mahayuti: Here’s why

Internal surveys of the BJP show even successful candidates who have won from Yavatmal, Buldhana and Amravati, may not this time around

The Mahayuti – an alliance of the BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP – to contest the upcoming LS polls. (HT PHOTO)
Published on Mar 26, 2024 11:44 PM IST

Behind the terror attack in Moscow

Addressing the root causes of radicalisation is imperative to mitigate the threat of extremism, with a focus on grievances, and engagement with moderate voices

People light candles in memory of the victims of the terrorist attack in Moscow, in the center of in the center of Simferopol, in Russian-held Crimea on Friday.(AP)
Published on Mar 26, 2024 10:07 PM IST

How Chipko resonated beyond the Himalayas

The Chipko Andolan lost its ground at home, but its legacy lies in people’s ecological movements that emerged elsewhere in the country

A procession of Chipko activists in Reni village on March 31, 1974. (photo courtesy Shekhar Pathak)
Published on Mar 26, 2024 10:00 PM IST

Engage with Ladakh’s sense of alienation

The Centre needs to assure local communities that the interests of Ladakh are on top of the rest of India’s mind.

FILE PHOTO: India's Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint along a highway leading to Ladakh, at Gagangeer in Kashmir's Ganderbal district June 17, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Ismail/File Photo (REUTERS)
Published on Mar 26, 2024 09:33 PM IST
ByHT Editorial

Heed UN call for ceasefire

The war in Gaza has gone on for too long with too many lives lost. It needs to stop, and now

The United Nations Security Council meets on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, at the UN headquarters in New York on March 25, 2024. After more than five months of war, the UN Security Council for the first time passed a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The United States, Israel's ally which vetoed previous drafts, abstained. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)(AFP)
Published on Mar 26, 2024 09:00 PM IST
ByHT Editorial

Assam Congress veteran leaves in huff, party yet to accept resignation

While cross-party defections are common before elections, the party has to ensure that its vote share – higher in 2019 than it was in 2014 – doesn’t get hit

Former Congress MLA Bharat Chandra Narah
Published on Mar 26, 2024 07:43 PM IST

Kashmir's separatist leader has his politics questioned

Shabir Shah, known as the ‘Nelson Mandela of Kashmir’ in some spaces, faces family turmoil as his daughter Sama disassociates from separatist politics.

Shabir Shah at the Patiala House Court in New Delhi in July 2017 (HT FILE PHOTO)
Published on Mar 26, 2024 07:36 PM IST
ByMir Ehsan

Eye on the Middle East | The Islamic State Khorasan province is coming of age

While the motivations of the IS behind the deadly bombing of Crocus City Hall in Moscow are still unclear, its historic focus on Russia is illuminating

A view shows the burning Crocus City Hall concert hall following the shooting incident in Krasnogorsk, outside Moscow, on March 22, 2024.(AFP)
Published on Mar 26, 2024 07:26 PM IST

Kangana Ranaut: The unapologetic outsider in Bollywood

The actress’s outspokenness has proved to be her biggest asset and her Achilles heel in the film industry. How she makes use of her strengths remains to be seen

**EDS: FILE IMAGE** New Delhi: In this Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023 file image actor Kangana Ranaut attends Dussehra celebrations, in New Delhi. The BJP on Sunday nominated Ranaut as its Lok Sabha candidate from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi. (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma) (PTI03_24_2024_000236B)(PTI)
Published on Mar 26, 2024 06:32 PM IST
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