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Learning to live with shifts in monsoon

Updated on June 25, 2024 3:57 PM IST

FILE - A farmer carries a sack of paddy on his bicycle during monsoon rains as clouds hover over the sky on the outskirts of Guwahati, India, June 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File) (AP)

Friends turn foes in the new House

**EDS: IMAGE VIA PMO** Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi being greeted by former Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik during the swearing-in ceremony of new Odisha government, in Bhubaneswar, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (PTI Photo)(PTI06_12_2024_000281B) (PTI)

Updated on June 25, 2024 3:49 PM IST

Anand, Azad and the future of Dalit politics

Lucknow, India June 23, 2024:::BSP supremo Mayawati with her nephew Akash Anand and brother Anand Kumar (middle one) in the BSP office in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh India on Sunday, June 23, 2024. (Photo by Deepak Gupta/Hindustan Times)

Updated on June 24, 2024 3:02 PM IST

Blurred vision on Khalistan

**EDS: IMAGE VIA @HCI_Ottawa** Ottawa: Indian High Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma while paying homage to the victims of Air India flight 182 Kanishka in Ottawa, Monday, June 24, 2024, on the 39th anniversary of the terrorist bombing in which 329 innocent people including 86 children, lost their lives. (PTI Photo) (PTI06_24_2024_000185B) (PTI)

Updated on June 24, 2024 2:55 PM IST

Friends in the neighbourhood

This handout photograph taken and released on June 22, 2024 by the Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) shows India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi shaking hands with Bangladesh's counterpart Sheikh Hasina (L) after receiving her at the Presidential Palace Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on June 22, 2024. (Photo by PIB / AFP)

Updated on June 23, 2024 5:03 PM IST

Illicit liquor economy points to a social crisis

(FILES) A relative weeps next to the dead body of a victim who died after consuming toxic illegal alcohol in Kallakurichi district of India's Tamil Nadu state on June 20, 2024. Drinking liquor was acceptable in a south Indian village until at least 47 people died from a fatal poisoning earlier this week after they consumed arrack, a distilled alcoholic drink. (Photo by R. Satish BABU / AFP)

Updated on June 23, 2024 5:03 PM IST

When House gets down to business

New Delhi, India - June 3, 2024: Security personnel infront of Parliament house on the eve of result of General Lok Sabha election in New Delhi, India, on Monday, June 3, 2024. (Photo by Arvind Yadav/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

Updated on June 21, 2024 3:36 PM IST

Yoga isn’t just lifestyle choice, it is soft power

New York: People participate in a mass yoga session at Times Square organised by the Consulate General of India, in New York, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI06_20_2024_000345B) (PTI)

Updated on June 20, 2024 4:09 PM IST

Restore credibility of national tests

Lucknow, Jun 20 (ANI): A scuffle broke out between the police and National Students' Union of India (NSUI) supporters and students during a protest demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the alleged paper leak in the UGC NET exam, in Lucknow on Thursday. (ANI Photo) (Naeem Ansari)

Updated on June 20, 2024 4:03 PM IST

India-US ties get an iCET injection

**EDS: HANDOUT IMAGE** New Delhi: Ajit Doval, KC, National Security Advisor, Government of India (L); Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, Confederation of Indian Industry (C); Jake Sullivan, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, United States of America (R) at the exclusive Industry Roundtable on India – US Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies, in New Delhi, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (PTI Photo)(PTI06_18_2024_000267B) (PTI)

Updated on June 19, 2024 3:58 PM IST

Confronting caste in educational institutions

Though Tamil Nadu has been governed for more than half a century by political parties that claim their lineage from the Dravidian movement that was anti-caste in its ideology, caste prejudice has survived like cancer in the state’s body politic. (PTI Photo/R Senthilkumar)(PTI06_03_2024_000035B) (PTI)

Updated on June 19, 2024 3:58 PM IST

Tragedy on rail tracks flags uphill battle

Indian Railway engineers inspect the accident site of Kanchenjunga Express passenger train at Rangapani in India's West Bengal state on June 18, 2024. At least eight people were killed in India on June 17 when a goods train driver missed a signal and slammed into an express passenger train from behind, police and railway officials said. (Photo by DIBYANGSHU SARKAR / AFP) (AFP)

Updated on June 18, 2024 8:53 PM IST

Congress eyes UP gateway to power

FILE PHOTO: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and her brother Rahul Gandhi, senior leader of India's main opposition Congress Party, are seen ahead of an INDIA alliance meeting in New Delhi, India, June 5, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo (REUTERS)

Updated on June 18, 2024 8:55 PM IST

Ukraine summit is a start, build on gains

TOPSHOT - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky looks on waiting for his next bilateral meeting, during the Summit on peace in Ukraine, at the luxury Burgenstock resort, near Lucerne, on June 16, 2024. Dozens of countries meeting for a landmark international summit on peace in Ukraine agreed Sunday that Kyiv should enter dialogue with Russia on ending the war, while strongly supporting Ukraine's independence and territorial integrity. (Photo by ALESSANDRO DELLA VALLE / POOL / AFP) (AFP)

Updated on June 17, 2024 6:46 PM IST

Campaigning for peace in Jammu

Reasi: A crane being used to pull out the bus which plunged into a gorge following a terrorist attack on pilgrims, in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, Tuesday, June 11, 2024. At least 9 people were killed and 33 others suffered injuries in the terror attack on the bus, according to officials. (PTI Photo)(PTI06_11_2024_000304B) (PTI)

Updated on June 17, 2024 6:47 PM IST

Dealing with a summer of climate discontent

The blistering summer this year has exacted a toll on millions of people across northern India, where many cities have now been under a meteorological red alert (AFP)

Updated on June 16, 2024 3:10 PM IST

Food cost remains a drag on inflation

Will RBI pivot soon? The answer depends on what happens to food inflation in the next two months. This, in turn, will depend on the performance of the southwest monsoon (Hindustan Times)

Updated on June 16, 2024 3:05 PM IST

Modi’s foreign policy stamp

Prime Minister Narendra Modi received by Italian PM Giorgia Meloni at the G7 Outreach Summit, in Apulia on Friday. (ANI Photo) (ANI)

Updated on June 16, 2024 6:36 AM IST

Time to fix NEET, build confidence

New Delhi, Jun 12 (ANI): NEET aspirants protest against the alleged irregularities in the NEET-UG examination at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi on Wednesday. (ANI Photo/Ritik Jain) (Ritik Jain)

Updated on June 13, 2024 3:52 PM IST

Kuwait tragedy puts focus on expat labour

Union Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh meets with an Indian who was injured in the Mangaf fire incident, at Jaber Hospital, in Kuwait on Thursday. (ANI Photo) (India in Kuwait-X)

Updated on June 13, 2024 3:57 PM IST

Far-Right resurgence in EU parliament

A supporter of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) holds the European Union flag after the polls closed in the European Parliament elections, in Berlin, Germany, June 9, 2024. REUTERS/Christian Mang (REUTERS)

Updated on June 12, 2024 3:53 PM IST

BJP’s big political gamble in Odisha

**EDS: IMAGE VIA PMO** Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Odisha Chief Minister-designate Mohan Charan Majhi during the latter's swearing-in ceremony, in Bhubaneswar, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (PTI Photo)(PTI06_12_2024_000279B) (PTI)

Updated on June 12, 2024 3:49 PM IST

Decoding RSS chief’s remarks on elections

Nagpur, Jun 11 (ANI): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Dr Mohan Bhagwat addresses the Valedictory Ceremony of Karyakarta Vikas Varg-2, in Nagpur on Monday. (ANI Photo)

Updated on June 11, 2024 3:33 PM IST

Politics, coalition and governance

This handout photograph taken and released on June 10, 2024 by the Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) shows India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) holding the first cabinet meeting, in New Delhi (AFP)

Updated on June 11, 2024 3:06 PM IST

The ministerial route to party expansion

New Delhi, Jun 10 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairs his first Union Cabinet meeting at the start of his third term, in New Delhi on Monday. (ANI Photo)

Updated on June 10, 2024 3:47 PM IST

The importance of numbers

The National Statistical Office (NSO) released the full report of the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (CES) on June 7

Updated on June 10, 2024 3:42 PM IST

The joy and the sadness of Chhetri

Kolkata, Jun 07 (ANI): National football team captain Sunil Chhetri greets fans during the FIFA World Cup 26' Qualifiers football match, at Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (VYBK) stadium, in Kolkata on Thursday. This is the farewell match of Sunil Chhetri. (ANI Photo)

Updated on June 9, 2024 7:39 PM IST

Compulsions of a coalition council

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other ministers at the swearing-in ceremony of new Union government, at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi, Sunday, June 9, 2024. (PTI Photo)(PTI06_10_2024_000015B)

Updated on June 9, 2024 7:34 PM IST

The jolt that UP gave to the BJP

Supporters of Samajwadi Party and Congress at an election rally in Uttar Pradesh. (AP/Representative)

Updated on June 7, 2024 3:57 PM IST

Listen to rumblings in the Punjab results

Independent candidate Amritpal Singh, 31, is the youngest candidate from Punjab to have won in this Lok Sabha elections. (ANI file)

Updated on June 6, 2024 3:44 PM IST