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The case for states to adopt fiscal reforms

The case for states to adopt fiscal reforms

We must discuss how, and through what modalities, the macro policies of the Centre are aligned with those of the states

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New Year’s Eve, Hope, and Some Rose Petals

New Year’s Eve, Hope, and Some Rose Petals

Like all transitions, the New Year’s Eve is a curious in-betweenness of time and space. The heartbeat of a dream and prayer and hopes, not quite...

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Nishtha Gautam

Why fixing the environment is the biggest challenge in 2026

Why fixing the environment is the biggest challenge in 2026

People in North India have been denied the luxury of a single day of clear air in the past many years. Conditions in Delhi and its neighbourhood...

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Shashi Shekhar

Aravalli lesson: Law must factor in ecology

Aravalli lesson: Law must factor in ecology

As climate risks deepen, we cannot afford a policy framework that separates legal neatness from ecological function

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Aparna Roy

The case for closer ties between India & Europe

The case for closer ties between India & Europe

The European Union needs partners such as India to rebuild its capabilities and withstand the triple assault from the US, China, and Russia

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When what’s said isn’t what’s meant

When what’s said isn’t what’s meant

Britain is a country I love and greatly admire. Something that never ceases to fascinate me is their language and how they use it

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Karan Thapar

Jordan and India: The fight against extremism

Jordan and India: The fight against extremism

Both West Asia and India have suffered terror strikes in the recent past, bringing to the forefront a global crisis that has been diluted in...

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Kabir Taneja

The present needs the spirit of ancient Nalanda

The present needs the spirit of ancient Nalanda

A festival of ideas in Nalanda’s name is a befitting tribute to the world’s first world-class university

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Higher education in India: Why making our universities great again won’t be easy

Higher education in India: Why making our universities great again won’t be easy

Great universities of modern Asia have been produced either by States with vision or by philanthropists. India once had both kinds. Now it has...

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Rahul Sagar

What the future could look like, driven by technology

What the future could look like, driven by technology

When systems are built for hundreds of millions of people, efficiency becomes mandatory, inclusion critical, and cost discipline the engine of...

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Vivek Wadhwa

Drinking water from the tap as a true measure for development

Drinking water from the tap as a true measure for development

As incomes rise without safe piped water, the default alternative becomes plastic. Mexico offers a reminder of the limits of income growth

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Ramanan Laxminarayan

SHANTI Bill: Redrawing the nuclear energy roadmap

SHANTI Bill: Redrawing the nuclear energy roadmap

By consolidating laws, empowering the regulator and embedding safety safeguards across all stages of nuclear activity, the bill aligns governance...

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Anil K Antony

Focus on smaller airports before building mega ones

Focus on smaller airports before building mega ones

There are many issues with the airport ecosystem that need fixing before India moves on setting up more mega airports

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Anjuli Bhargava

Why anganwadis need urgent re-imagining

Why anganwadis need urgent re-imagining

Becoming a developed country by 2047 calls for a National Mission on Early Childhood Development, Care and Education, to invest in the future of...

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Ashish Dhawan

The desi turn in the Indian stock market

The desi turn in the Indian stock market

Small monthly investments by ordinary households are now a powerful force in India’s markets. They are steady, patient and growing

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Syed Zafar Islam

Learning who’s left out of the UPI ecosystem

Learning who’s left out of the UPI ecosystem

The next step for UPI is not just about larger transaction numbers but also about broader participation

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Hindustantimes Editorial

Vinod Kumar Shukla: The writer who wrote of the sublime in the ordinary

Vinod Kumar Shukla: The writer who wrote of the sublime in the ordinary

Vinod’s emergence as a Hindi poet in the late 1960s was marked by a poetic language and perception that was unconventional

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Building the Bharat of Vajpayee’s dreams

Building the Bharat of Vajpayee’s dreams

Many of his far-sighted decisions helped build India’s strong infrastructure and revitalised human development programmes

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