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Editorial
Aug 27, 2025
In anti-immigrant drive, state must uphold due process, respect constitutional guarantees. Else, it risks failing citizens it claims to protect.
Editorial
Aug 27, 2025
The US president announced that he has fired Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook for allegedly lying on mortgage applications
Editorial
Aug 26, 2025
Thank you, PujaraSubscriber Only
As a player, he had to wait for acknowledgement. History will be kinder to the man who dragged Indian cricket towards a better future.
Editorial
Aug 26, 2025
Famine in Gaza is an Israel-made tragedySubscriber Only
The US is the only power with leverage over Israel. But with Washington silent, no end is in sight for this continuing tragedy.
Editorial
Aug 26, 2025
Be it the targeting of CSDS for an honest mistake or the threat to a TV anchor by an Opposition party, there is a larger, chilling message
Editorial
Aug 25, 2025
It’s time to decontrol the fertiliser sectorSubscriber Only
Excessive controls are stifling the industry, with reduced fertiliser availability hurting farmers in a good monsoon
Editorial
Aug 25, 2025
Blanket ban on online money gaming is the wrong answerSubscriber Only
India's history is replete with examples of how bans, prohibitions and price controls have almost never achieved the stated objectives
Editorial
Aug 23, 2025
BCCI has reminded top players to participate in upcoming Duleep Trophy. That’s a good thingSubscriber Only
Being out in the middle and playing is better than sitting on laurels too long
Editorial
Aug 23, 2025
This will require an acknowledgement of, and introspection over, the reasons for the failure of the Animal Birth Control (Dog) Rules
Editorial
Aug 23, 2025
Inflation targeting regime has worked well. Changes that dilute RBI’s monetary policy framework should be avoidedSubscriber Only
Such changes run the risk of “eroding policy credibility”
Editorial
Aug 22, 2025
Frank Caprio, the nicest judgeSubscriber Only
The municipal judge in the US, who died this week, was known for his kindness and leniency, and, over the last few years, became a social media star
Editorial
Aug 22, 2025
AI-created film ‘Chiranjeevi Hanuman’ raises questions about creative labour and ownership. It must initiate a conversationSubscriber Only
At what point does AI go from being a tool -- such as in the 2024 film The Brutalist, where it was used to enhance the Hungarian accent of certain characters -- to a competitor?
Editorial
Aug 22, 2025
While engagements with China, Russia are independent of Trump's disruptions, they have now acquired a new dimension
Editorial
Aug 21, 2025
The young know they have enough time to learn; the old can rest on their laurels, and look back at a life well-lived. It is the middle-aged, middle-career, middle-class worker who has no choice but to adapt in a hurry
Editorial
Aug 21, 2025
Invoking sedition law against journalists, using state machinery to intimidate, is a crude attempt by Himanta Biswa Sarma government to stifle free expression
Editorial
Aug 21, 2025
To argue that ‘the people’ will decide if their ministers should run the government from jail subverts people’s rights. The Bills deserve to travel no further
Editorial
Aug 20, 2025
With a new format, in US Open Mixed Doubles, charges of gimmickry will be difficult to avoidSubscriber Only
In order to truly make doubles matter again, the bodies in charge of the game will have to emphasise its significance as a genuine sporting spectacle and retain its special character.
Editorial
Aug 20, 2025
Recent cloud bursts show — India needs early warning systemsSubscriber Only
Detailed maps of cloudburst-prone zones that use historical data and satellite imagery could guide land-use plans. It's an imperative that cannot be postponed.
Editorial
Aug 20, 2025
Express View: With Alaska and Washington summits, Trump has moved the needle towards peaceSubscriber Only
The prospect of closer US-Russia ties, at least for the remainder of Trump’s term, remains troubling not only for Ukraine, but also for Europe. It is encouraging that Putin and Zelenskyy may finally sit in the same room to negotiate an end to the bloodshed.
Editorial
Aug 19, 2025
Cambridge dictionary’s latest additions: A little deluluSubscriber Only
Formalising slang coined by Gen Z and Gen Alpha by adding it to the dictionary could end up ensuring its obsolescence
Editorial
Aug 19, 2025
Steps to rationalise GST slabs: Simpler is betterSubscriber Only
The move is welcome. Revenue implications need to be examined, and consensus with states forged
Editorial
Aug 19, 2025
Express View on EC press conference: Questions and questionsSubscriber Only
The Election Commission faces many, it undermines itself in the shrill and adversarial way it responds to them
Editorial
Aug 18, 2025
While progress has been faster than what was envisaged by the Finance Commission, the path of fiscal consolidation must continue to be adhered to
Editorial
Aug 18, 2025
A thaw in US-Russia relations tends to widen India’s geopolitical space. Yet Delhi faces an immediate challenge: Trump’s threat of secondary tariffs on Indian purchases of Russian oil
Editorial
Aug 16, 2025
AI is taking the You out of YouTubeSubscriber Only
AI-generated videos are gaining popularity. For a platform that grew on human creativity, this does not bode well