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30 years later, the life and legacy of Rajiv Gandhi
He had seen both his grandfather and mother as PMs and grown up in a political home — yet he maintained a distinct professional identity as a pilot and attempted to live a regular urban upper middle class life, till his brother, Sanjay Gandhi’s air crash altered the trajectory of his family and Indian politics
Updated on May 20, 2021 05:28 PM IST
HT Editorial
In Myanmar, a coup-induced crisis
Nearly 15,000 people from Myanmar have entered India since February, a Mizoram government official told Reuters on Tuesday
Updated on May 20, 2021 05:21 PM IST
HT Editorial
Rising cases, overstretched health infra: TN struggles to battle 2nd Covid wave
While the Covid-19 curve is dropping in several pockets of the country, the outbreak in Tamil Nadu is the fastest rising among India’s 20 most populous regions. But the real cause of concern for the state is the rate at which these infections are rising
Updated on May 20, 2021 12:06 PM IST
Divya Chandrababu
The Sushil Kumar I knew
In 2012, this writer spent months with the double Olympic medallist while working on a book on wrestling. This is what it was like
Updated on May 20, 2021 11:37 AM IST
Rudraneil Sengupta
2021 could be the best year for Unicorns
Unicorn companies are described as a privately held startup company with a valuation of over $1 billion. The term was first popularised by venture capitalist Aileen Lee in 2013 to describe rare technology startups that were valued at more than $1 billion
Updated on May 20, 2021 11:04 AM IST
Vineet Sachdev
Has Messi played his last game for Barcelona at Camp Nou?
He has again notched up excellent numbers but there’s little to suggest that seasons of discontent are over.
Updated on May 19, 2021 10:45 PM IST
Bhargab Sarmah
Maratha quota: A double-edged sword for Maharashtra government
Uddhav Thackeray has sought restoration of the quota for the Maratha community in government jobs and education. He has also announced that he will lead an all-party delegation to meet PM Narendra Modi in this context.
Updated on May 19, 2021 08:40 PM IST
Shailesh Gaikwad, Hindustan Times, Mumbai
Let science drive decisions
On May 13, India announced that the second doses of Covishield — the mainstay of the coronavirus vaccination programme — should be given 12 to 16 weeks after the first
Updated on May 19, 2021 06:07 PM IST
HT Editorial
In Kerala’s government formation, Brand Pinarayi establishes control
The lone old face is at the helm and all other existing players have rested — but is it a tussle between old and new faces or a move to establish absolute power of the captain?
Updated on May 19, 2021 06:06 PM IST
How China plays on inter-race ties in the US
Beijing’s sharpening rhetoric concerning US race relations is certainly intended to deflect criticism and draw moral equivalence with the US amid their intensifying battle of narratives. But such Chinese statements also have Cold War precedents
Updated on May 19, 2021 07:21 PM IST
Dhruva Jaishankar
How will Covid-19 impact the NDA govt’s economic record in 2024?
An HT analysis shows that in all probability, compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of GDP under the current government will be the worst compared to what its predecessors have achieved since 1980s
Updated on May 19, 2021 05:42 PM IST
Tauktae rare, but Arabian Sea to see more cyclones than Bay of Bengal: Murakami
One of the world’s top experts on cyclones, and the first to connect the climate crisis with an increased frequency of cyclones in the Arabian Sea, Hiroyuki Murakami spoke to HT’s Jayashree Nandi
Updated on May 19, 2021 05:26 PM IST
Jayashree Nandi
Scientifically Speaking | Welcoming a golden era of RNA vaccines
If someone had told me, when I was working in a lab, that I would one day be injecting RNA into my body in the middle of a raging pandemic, I would certainly have been surprised. But as I got a dose of an RNA vaccine, I thought of the advances prior to the pandemic that made these vaccines possible
Updated on May 19, 2021 05:09 PM IST
Anirban Mahapatra
From the cities to the wild, the world of bees and human-nature interface
While most of our cereal crops are wind-pollinated, our vegetables, pulses, and legumes are insect-pollinated. It is not farfetched to say that we owe our diverse palate to bees. There are over 650 species of bees, most lead a solitary life and but are equally important pollinators
Updated on May 19, 2021 04:33 PM IST
Aniruddha Dhamorikar
The NDA’s seven-year report card
As the PM completes seven years in office, there are both positive and troubling aspects of the government’s record
Updated on May 19, 2021 04:22 PM IST
Tests: Few and very far between
History suggests that for the women’s team, Tests continue to be some kind of tokenism.
Published on May 19, 2021 09:07 AM IST
Rasesh Mandani, Mumbai
'Onus on seniors to explain Tests to young players'
Veteran India fast bowler Jhulan Goswami spoke about the series in England which includes a one-off Test in Bristol beginning on June 16.
Updated on May 19, 2021 02:35 PM IST
Dhiman Sarkar, Kolkata
The story of Indian diplomacy in Africa
With its historical, political, economic and people-to-people ties, India is welcomed by African countries in a way that China is not. But New Delhi needs to do much more
Updated on May 19, 2021 07:45 AM IST
Manjari Chatterjee Miller
RBI’s reading of the economy
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said, in its monthly bulletin released on May 17, that “the biggest toll” of the ongoing second wave of Covid-19 is “demand shock”
Updated on May 19, 2021 07:46 AM IST
HT Editorial
Prepare for the next challenge — heat waves
It is imperative to build adequate resilient systems to minimise the damage to the people’s health, especially those at the bottom of the pyramid and especially in times of an existing health crisis
Updated on May 19, 2021 07:46 AM IST
HT Editorial
Covid-19: The politics of patents
The government must immediately invoke Section 92 and 100 of the Patents Act. Its apprehensions about international commitments are misplaced
Updated on May 19, 2021 07:47 AM IST
Biswajit Dhar and KM Gopakumar
A ‘Mumbai model’ for climate action: Lessons from the pandemic
The monsoon, each year more mercurial and menacing, will likely once again involve widespread flooding and damage. To address these challenges, instead of episodic and piecemeal steps, Mumbai needs a range of proactive measures
Updated on May 19, 2021 07:44 AM IST
Aaran Patel
From New Jersey, the story of alleged caste discrimination and exploitation
The temple was raided by federal agents last Tuesday after allegations that the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan (BAPS) Sanstha exploited 200 workers, many of them Dalit, for the project
Updated on May 19, 2021 07:44 AM IST
Black marketing of Covid drugs: Here’s what 9 politicians told the Delhi Police
The nine politicians, questioned by the Delhi Police for allegedly hoarding oxygen cylinders and medicines, maintained they just helped connect people to chemists and others who could make them available for Covid-19 patients, according to the status report of the case
Updated on May 19, 2021 07:43 AM IST
With Class 12 board exams uncertain, how will students move to colleges?
The time to take a decision that will affect the lives and future of hundreds of thousands of students is approaching, even as all stakeholders — the government, the board, schools, parents and students — grapple with what is at stake while fighting the most severe health crisis India has witnessed ever
Updated on May 19, 2021 07:42 AM IST
Will US Covid vaccine patent waiver lead to more jabs in India? Not really
Like many developing nations, India is struggling to cope with a surge in vaccine demand, amid a shortage, even as it battles the second wave of Covid-19 infections
As WPI spikes and rural incomes dip, is India staring at stagflation?
An HT analysis of inflation numbers suggests that this could be a beginning of a trajectory where incomes and therefore purchasing power in rural India will face a disproportionate squeeze
Updated on May 19, 2021 07:41 AM IST
Ahead of Tokyo, a much-needed focus on mental health
Much needs to be done around the subject in India from scratch. This, while discussions around mental health among elite athletes is increasing, writes Sharda Ugra.
Updated on May 18, 2021 08:59 AM IST
Sharda Ugra
Rafael Nadal's blazing forehand heats things up for French Open
The master of clay defeated Novak Djokovic in the Rome Masters final at the weekend by announcing that his main clay court weapon is back in top shape.
Updated on May 18, 2021 08:59 AM IST
Rutvick Mehta
Cyclone Tauktae: Rapid intensity takes experts by surprise
Tauktae is in keeping with the trend of an increasing number of cyclones in the Arabian Sea. Time was when most of those affecting India were on the other side, in the Bay of Bengal. Scientists have no doubts as to why this is happening -- warmer seas on account of the climate crisis.
Updated on May 19, 2021 07:48 AM IST
Jayashree Nandi, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
