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US elections: Guns in a new era of political violence

The stark reality in the US is that guns outnumber citizens, with approximately 393 million firearms in civilian hands compared to a population of 331 million.

A delegate wearing a US-themed cap reading

Analysis

Published on Sep 21, 2024 08:15 AM IST

ByVivek Mishra

Negotiators could play a key role in reducing mistrust between Kukis and Meiteis

A sense of artificial peace achieved by creating buffer zones and keeping the communities away from each other is not the ideal situation.

New Delhi, India - Sept. 15, 2024: People take part in a protest orgainsed by Delhi Meetei Co-ordinating Committee over recent violence in Manipur, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, India, on Sunday, September 15, 2024. (Photo by Sanjeev Verma/ Hindustan Times)(Hindustan Times)

Opinion

Published on Sep 21, 2024 08:00 AM IST

BySanjiv Sood

PM Modi’s crucial US visit in a time of global uncertainty

The upcoming Quad Summit will serve to reinforce the partnership among four democracies, India, the US, Australia and Japan, with new commitments.

(FILES) US President Joe Biden (2nd-L), Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd-R), Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (L) announce the Quad Fellowship, a scholarship program that will bring together American, Japanese, Australian and Indian masters and doctoral students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to study in the United States, during the Quad Leaders Summit at Kantei in Tokyo on May 24, 2022. Biden will host the leaders of allies Australia, India and Japan in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware on September 21, 2024, for talks focused on tensions with China, the White House said on September 12. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki / POOL / AFP)(AFP)

Opinion

Published on Sep 21, 2024 08:00 AM IST

ByHarsh Vardhan Shringla

Weather Bee | Rainfall in 2024: The twin threat of floods and droughts

HT’s analysis of global rainfall data shows a dramatic increase in both flooding potential and drought-affected regions in 2024.

HT's analysis shows that record-high January-August rain has covered the biggest proportion of the earth’s land area this year since 1979, the earliest available data(PTI photo)

Environment News

Published on Sep 21, 2024 07:15 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

Economics has a monopoly problem, but possibly not because of Ivy Leagues

The real reason economics has not been able to make a positive contribution to the real world is due to political co-option and gatekeeping by the plutocracy

The real reason economics has not been able to make a positive contribution to the real world is not academic gatekeeping by the elite economists but political co-option and gatekeeping by the plutocracy across the world. REUTERS/Faith Ninivaggi//File Photo(REUTERS)

Opinion

Published on Sep 20, 2024 06:40 PM IST

ByRoshan Kishore

Mughal Glass: Read an exclusive excerpt from the book by Tara Desjardins

Why is there so little known about these exquisite artefacts? How far back can they be traced? Answers begin to take shape, in an excerpt from the introduction.

Art and Culture

Updated on Sep 20, 2024 02:41 PM IST

ByTara Desjardins

The exquisite mystery of Mughal glass

A new book documents 200 objects made about 300 years ago: bottles, ewers, hookah bases; some gilded, others studded with gems. Take a look.

Hunt-themed bottles. These would typically have been used to store perfumed oils.

Art and Culture

Updated on Sep 20, 2024 02:39 PM IST

ByRiddhi Doshi

The Promised Party: Read an exclusive excerpt from a chapter on Frida Kahlo

A friend of the family, author Jennifer Clement was often in the house where Kahlo once lived. An excerpt from the chapter What Was Given.

Art and Culture

Updated on Sep 20, 2024 02:38 PM IST

ByJennifer Clement

Pop goes the easel: The many Fridas in film, TV, comics, ads

‘Is it too much?’ Frida Kahlo asks endearingly, of her many self-portraits, in the 2017 film Coco. See how she lives on in pop culture and the arts.

A still from the ad titled Van Gogh and Frida Kahlo Deal With Corporate Clients (2024).

Art and Culture

Updated on Sep 20, 2024 02:37 PM IST

ByArshia

Viva la Frida: A look at the making of a unique legend

There's her art, her wrenching story; something of a link with the Titanic. 70 years after her death, see how the legend of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo lives on.

Kahlo in a photograph taken by her father, Guillermo Kahlo, in 1932.

Art and Culture

Updated on Sep 20, 2024 02:35 PM IST

ByArshia

The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar: Read an exclusive excerpt from the fantasy tale

Part family mystery, part love letter to fantasy, the novella follows a teen in Kolkata as he tries to unwrap his family’s fantastical past.

Art and Culture

Updated on Sep 20, 2024 02:31 PM IST

ByIndrapramit Das

How to frame your dragon: A Wknd interview with fantasy writer Indrapramit Das

His new novella is about a teen who seems to come from a long line of dragoners. Set in Kolkata, Das also uses the tale to ask: What makes someone a migrant?

Das at his home in Kolkata. (HT Photo: Samir Jana)

Art and Culture

Updated on Sep 20, 2024 09:15 PM IST

BySukanya Datta

Karnataka: Congress in disarray as state leaders wait for central leadership

Congress party’s dilemma is that a change of guard in Karnataka will not send the right political signal to party members or the electorate.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Congress leaders stage a 'Raj Bhavan Chalo' march in protest against the central government over the sanction granted by Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot to investigate and prosecute Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the alleged Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site allotment scam, in Bengaluru, Saturday, Aug 31, 2024. (PTI Photo)(PTI08_31_2024_000069B)(PTI)

Analysis

Published on Sep 20, 2024 08:15 AM IST

ByDeepika Amirapu

Bengaluru: Language as a marker of identity in a city that embraced migrants

As migration reshapes the city, Kannada speakers grapple with cultural displacement and the influence of Hindi, sparking a fight to preserve linguistic identity

The animosity in Bengaluru is predominantly directed at the imposition of Hindi, rather than toward migrants speaking Telugu, Tamil, or northeastern languages (ANI)

Analysis

Published on Sep 20, 2024 08:00 AM IST

ByLaasya Shekhar

Why orange juice has never been more expensive

Pity those who rely on the breakfast staple

Despite high prices, global demand for juice remains strong, because consumers are affluent enough to pay more.

health

Published on Sep 20, 2024 08:00 AM IST

The Economist

Farmers on camera

How and why 8 months of the farmers’ protests inspired filmmakers to chronicle it as a social-cultural revolution

A still from Farming the Revolution by Nishtha Jain(Author)

Analysis

Published on Sep 20, 2024 08:00 AM IST

BySanjukta Sharma

Legally Speaking | Tracing the journey of women in law in India

In the last 75 years since its establishment, the Supreme Court has had only 11 women Justices, amounting to only 4% of the total judges the court has had.

Lawyers outside the Supreme Court.(PTI Photo)

Analysis

Published on Sep 20, 2024 07:30 AM IST

ByParijata Bhardwaj

India is electrifying but what about the charging points?

Research showed that men prioritised affordability and functional charging points. Meanwhile, women prioritised safety, comfort, usability, and accessibility

The availability of fast chargers, and interoperability will be critical to creating a reliable public charging network (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)

Analysis

Published on Sep 19, 2024 08:00 AM IST

BySonal Shah, Manisha Sharma, Lakshmi Radhakrishnan

MR Rangaswami: Meet the man who lobbies for the Indian diaspora

Rangaswami wants to increase Indian representation in the American Congress. And he runs a forum to do it.

MR Rangaswami, Founder, Indiaspora(File)

Opinion

Published on Sep 19, 2024 08:00 AM IST

ByShweta Taneja

Jamaat-e-Islami’s return to politics: What it means for J&K elections

The Jamaat may be banking upon the ‘sentiment’ constituency made visible by the victory of Engineer Rashid in the parliamentary election.

Supporters of Jamaat-e-Islami (JEI) party, shout slogans during a campaign rally ahead of the assembly elections, in Kulgam on September 15, 2024. (Photo by Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP)(AFP)

Opinion

Published on Sep 19, 2024 07:30 AM IST

ByRekha Chowdhary

Delaware summit: The Quad thrives

The Quad summit is taking place at a critical time and must ensure it gets its messaging right, striking the right balance between deterrence and assurance.

(FILES) US President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrive for their meeting during the Quad Leaders Summit at Kantei in Tokyo on May 24, 2022. Biden will host the leaders of allies Australia, India and Japan in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware on September 21, 2024, for talks focused on tensions with China, the White House said on September 12. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)(AFP)

Opinion

Published on Sep 19, 2024 07:15 AM IST

ByMohan Kumar

A year after PM Trudeau’s allegations, mistrust blights India, Canada ties

“Awful, but lawful” is how Canada describes activities of separatists that have attacked diplomats and paraded floats depicting assassinations of Indian leaders

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada September 16, 2024. REUTERS/Blair Gable(REUTERS)

Analysis

Published on Sep 18, 2024 05:38 PM IST

ByAnirudh Bhattacharyya

How Christianity shapes politics in America

Four books and a podcast explain a complicated relationship

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - July 17: Members of the Rod of Iron Ministries, an offshoot of the Unification Church, march around the security zone near Fiserv Forum in support of Former President Donald Trump and the GOP as the RNC continues on July 17, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They came to show their support for Former President Donald Trump and the GOP. Jim Vondruska/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Jim Vondruska / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)(Getty Images via AFP)

World News

Published on Sep 18, 2024 09:00 AM IST

The Economist

Winter crop stubble burning in North India: A matter beyond the fields

Authorities across Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and even Uttar Pradesh must treat this manic drop in air quality as a shared problem.

A farmer burns crop stubble in Punjab. (HT Photo)

Analysis

Published on Sep 18, 2024 09:00 AM IST

ByAarti Khosla

Agnipath scheme: Are four years enough for combat maturity?

The government should carefully look into the argument made for enhancing the term of engagement of Agniveers from four to eight or 10 years.

The Agnipath scheme, unveiled on June 14, 2022 lays out rules for the recruitment of soldiers in the armed forces (File Photo)(HT_PRINT)

Opinion

Published on Sep 18, 2024 08:15 AM IST

ByShashank Ranjan

Adding to the troubled waters of Karnataka-Tamil Nadu Cauvery river dispute

Conservationists said it would submerge 7,862.64 acres of the highly fragile Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary and 4619.63 acres of adjoining reserve forests.

Tiruchirappalli [Tamil Nadu], Aug 02 (ANI): Water released in Cauvery River from Mettur reaches Mukkombu Dam, in Tiruchirappalli on Friday. (ANI Photo)
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Analysis

Published on Sep 18, 2024 08:15 AM IST

ByK A Shaji

Discord during festivities and over hyper-local issues, an emerging communal mod

It appears that a localised module of creating communal tension is being implemented across India including in places with no history of communal discord.

Shimla: Police use water cannon to disperse protestors, who had gathered on the call of Hindu groups, demanding the demolition of an illegal structure in a mosque, at Sanjauli locality in Shimla, Wednesday, Sept 11, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI09_11_2024_000246B)(PTI)

Opinion

Published on Sep 18, 2024 08:00 AM IST

ByChetan Chauhan

Why Nagaland government’s decision to modify ILP rules has angered locals

A local organisation said the state government should invite public opinion on the cut-off years issue as the policy of public governance will affect posterity.

In February, the influential Naga Students' Federation (NSF) demanded that the state government reintroduce the regime in the three districts, fearing an influx of illegal immigrants.(Representative file photo)

Analysis

Published on Sep 18, 2024 08:00 AM IST

ByAlice Yhoshü

The Art and Science of Fitness | Men and women die differently

Heart-related issues are one of the main causes of death in both men and women, yet they play out very differently.

Cardiovascular diseases kill 1 in 5 women, as compared to 1 in 40 with breast cancer, yet most today would think that the top killer for women is breast cancer, even though clearly it is not.(Shutterstock)

Opinion

Published on Sep 17, 2024 09:00 AM IST

ByRajat Chauhan, Eva Bacon

Scientifically Speaking | Could a common diabetes drug slow down ageing?

Metformin is stirring hope as a potential anti-ageing wonder drug, but it is officially sanctioned only for battling type 2 diabetes.

A study published in the scientific journal Cell reports that metformin slows ageing in male cynomolgus monkeys, a species closely related to humans.(Representative Image/File)

Opinion

Published on Sep 17, 2024 08:30 AM IST

ByAnirban Mahapatra

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