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Hindustan Times Patna
Justice for women, not a political gambit
The promise of the women’s reservation bill should not be diluted by procedural deferrals or political trade-offs. Representation must be realised within a clear and time-bound framework
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April 17, 2026
Hindustan Times Patna
India’s haemophilia fight needs more firepower
Attacks on merchant shipping are completely unacceptable. Global growth demands that energy markets are not constricted
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April 16, 2026
Hindustan Times Patna
India wholesale inflation rises to 3.88% in March
India’s wholesale inflation, as measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), rose sharply to 3.88% year-on-year in March, from 2.13% in February, data released by the ministry of commerce and industry on Wednesday showed.
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April 16, 2026
Hindustan Times Patna
High on seats, low on trust
India’s federal pact is under strain as consensus eludes the bills on women’s quota and delimitation
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April 16, 2026
Hindustan Times Patna
Ending the culture of impunity in policing
The verdict in a Tamil Nadu custodial death case shines light on State impunity. The time has come to overhaul our criminal justice system so that human dignity is placed at the heart of the legal order
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April 16, 2026
Hindustan Times Patna
Bihar’s moment of transition
Samrat Choudhary as the state’s first BJP chief minister marks both change and continuity
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Patna
End of the road for India’s Red rebellion
Today, there is music in the midst of desolation.
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Patna
INDIA AUTO SALES RISE 10.4% TO RECORD 28.3 MN UNITS IN FY26
Automobile wholesale sales in India posted a record at 28,265,519 units in FY26, up 10.4% year-on-year with all segments—passenger and commercial vehicles, two and three-wheelers—recording the highest-ever sales in a fiscal, with GST 2.0 proving to be a key growth driver, Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) said on Tuesday.
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Patna
Case for an atmanirbhar cyber suraksha mission
The cyberwar has already begun — and India is not responding at the level the threat demands
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Patna
Walking the talk on empowering women
In a few days from now, Parliament will convene for a special session — to take up amendments to the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam that will bring 33% reservation for women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies into force from the 2029 general elections.
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Patna
The message in Viktor Orban’s defeat
When American far-Right ideologue and former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon called Hungary's Viktor Orban “Trump before Trump”, it was to evoke Orban’s success in drawing popular support as a deeply conservative, authoritarian leader of a European nation.
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April 14, 2026
Hindustan Times Patna
A Delhi template for the electrification of transport
Why Delhi’s new EV policy draft is what Indian states need
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April 14, 2026
Hindustan Times Patna
India’s retail inflation rises to 3.4% in March
India’s headline retail inflation rose to 3.4% in March 2026, from 3.2% in February, according to data released by the National Statistics Office ‘on Monday.
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April 14, 2026
Hindustan Times Patna
Babasaheb in our times
Everyone wants a share of his legacy, but how much of his liberal vision guides their politics?
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April 14, 2026
Hindustan Times Patna
Blockade of Iran ports risks expanding war to high seas
The US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz imposed after talks with Iran collapsed over the weekend has raised the risk of widening a war now entering its seventh week, lifted oil prices and increased the prospect of further economic pain around the globe.
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April 14, 2026
Hindustan Times Patna
India’s many New Years reflect ancient knowledge
I am delighted to extend my traditional New Year greetings to all in India and around the world on the occasions of Baisakhi, Rongali Bihu, Maha Bishuba Pana Sankranti, Poila Boishakh, Vishu, and Puthandu, which reflect the spirit of Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat.
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April 14, 2026
Hindustan Times Patna
Air India’s continuing saga of turbulence
Campbell Wilson's recent resignation as Air India chief executive officer (CEO) can be seen as an admission of the failure to turn the airline around.
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April 14, 2026
Hindustan Times Patna
The window to negotiate peace
Though inconclusive, the US-Iran talks have opened up the space to settle differences
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April 13, 2026
Hindustan Times Patna
How Pakistan became the host for Iran-US parleys
The Islamabad talks between the US and Iran to end the war have failed.
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April 13, 2026
Hindustan Times Patna
After Artemis II, the Moon is back in focus
The Moon has become strategically and scientifically invaluable. It is emerging as a pristine, fiscally viable scientific stage
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April 13, 2026
Hindustan Times Patna
Talks have failed, but diplomacy stays alive
There are multiple reasons for the failure of the US-Iran talks in Islamabad.
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April 13, 2026
Hindustan Times Patna
TCS payouts to Tata Sons fall on AI, acquisitions
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd’s (TCS) shareholder payouts to its parent Tata Sons have shown a fluctuating but broadly downward trend in recent years, potentially constraining the holding company’s ability to fund its capital-intensive businesses.
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April 13, 2026
Hindustan Times Patna
How Indian art braved two wars, one pandemic
Vaccine king Cyrus Poonawalla bagged Raja Ravi Varma’s Yashoda & Krishna with a ₹167.2 crore bid on 1 April, setting a new record and proving that modern Indian art retains its shine even in the backdrop of uncertainty and war.
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April 13, 2026
Hindustan Times Patna
The Will (Shakespeare) in our world, of our time
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
3 min |
April 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Patna
UK pauses plan to cede Chagos over US oppn
Britain's government said on Saturday it had put on hold its deal to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands— home to the US-British Diego Garcia air base — which has been criticised by US President Donald Trump.
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April 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Patna
A sway with words
here is a moment near the end of Baz Luhrmann’s EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, released in February, in which Bono's voice arrives over the closing credits like a man leaning in to settle something.
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April 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Patna
A critic in Tel Aviv in the time of Israel’s war
I’m not generally given to admiring people.
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April 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Patna
Giving women their due in law-making
On newspaper front page ads, the BJP is listing its various accomplishments for women, from clean water to toilets and homes.
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April 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Patna
Surface tension
It’s hard enough to make love work without placing on it impossible constraints. Why fret over looks, height, assets, when it is kindness that is the rare gift and goodness that will last?
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April 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Patna
Artemis 2’s journey around the Moon ends with splashdown in Pacific Ocean
{ ASTRONAUTS RETURN HOME
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