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Hindustan Times West UP
Indian middle class's gains in the last 12 years
More money in the pocket, better infrastructure, and the digital transformation have fuelled even larger aspirations — allowing a confident, better-served citizenry to demand more
4 min |
June 11, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
BITs need not be only a bitter pill for India
In the last 36 months, New Delhi has inked or upgraded over half a dozen free trade agreements (FTAs), with the UAE, Australia, European Free Trade Association, or EFTA (comprising Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein), New Zealand, Oman, the UK and EU.
3 min |
June 11, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
Suvendu keeps home, Swapan gets finance portfolio in Bengal
All 41 ministers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in West Bengal were allocated their portfolios on Wednesday, with chief minister and minister-in-charge Suvendu Adhikari retaining the crucial home department along with law and judicial affairs, land and land reforms, power, information and cultural affairs, refugee relief and rehabilitation, personnel and administrative reforms, and hill affairs.
1 min |
June 11, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
Accountability down the sewers
No country can claim to be modern while standing on the backs of invisible workers risking their lives in sewers
1 min |
June 11, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
More than a BIT of a challenge for India
In the past couple of years, India signed bilateral investment treaties (BITs) with a few countries — most prominently, with Israel and the UAE.
3 min |
June 11, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
India’s politics in the last 12 years
Opposition parties have found it difficult to match Modi’s appeal, BJP’s relentless groundwork and identity politics
2 min |
June 10, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
H-1B visa is a measure of American politics
Last year, US President Donald Trump sought to gut the H-1B visa programme by raising its application fees tenfold to $1,00,000 — more than the median wage for H-1B workers in 2024.
1 min |
June 10, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
Raising minimum wages limits workers' choice
After the Karnataka government notified new minimum wages for 83 types of employment late-May, with upto 60% increases in some cases, employer unions have approached the courts challenging the notification.
3 min |
June 10, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
When preventive health check-ups do more harm
Every day, people are exhorted to undergo “preventive” health check-ups. These come in the form of executive check-ups, prevention “camps”, and bundled packs which promise more tests for less money.
3 min |
June 10, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
From discovery of India to trust in Bharat
Aspirations of and scrutiny by the people have gone up exponentially compared to Nehru’s times. Modi’s success lies in having measured up to these and sustaining a bond of trust with the people
4 min |
June 10, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
Uphill run for INDIA bloc
It has to focus on common messaging, pooling of resources and stop one-upmanship
2 min |
June 09, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
When world leaders speak like academics
It is rare to see new academic theories permeate into the vocabulary of world leaders. That is precisely what has happened with “active non-alignment” (ANA), an idea propagated by Chilean practitioners Jorge Heine, Carlos Fortin, and Carlos Ominami.
2 min |
June 09, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
MARKETS HIT 2-MONTH LOW ON OIL SURGE, ASIA SELLOFF
Indian shares fell on Monday, tracking a sharp selloff across Asian markets, while crude prices spiked due to an escalation of the Middle East conflict.
1 min |
June 09, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
India's hill stations need legal personhood
Instead of relying on overstretched bureaucracies or politically influenced departments, a hill station’s legal voice must come from a permanent, independent Guardian Council
4 min |
June 09, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
No mother should lose her life in childbirth
Every safe pregnancy is a reflection of a nation’s commitment to its women. In a country with nearly 2.9 crore pregnancies annually, ensuring safe motherhood at scale requires robust health systems, sustained political commitment, timely interventions, and equitable access to quality health care services.
3 min |
June 09, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
The odd squad
Some superpowers rarely announce themselves. The Elysia slug can detach its head from its body and regrow entirely. The Chimera mantis shrimp can spear its prey, at bullet speed. The jellyfish has survived 500 million years without a brain. Celebrate World Environment Day with these strange, wondrous species. See how they hold vital clues to our world and how we got here
1 min |
June 07, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
US biz pushback led to softer stance on green card policy
Strong lobbying by American business leaders with the US government over its new policy on green cards led to a softening of stance on the issue, with officials dealing with immigration assuring industry leaders that most work visas would remain unaffected, The Washington Post reported.
1 min |
June 07, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
Pope, AI, and the many meanings of godhead
Perhaps the greatest benefit of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is that it has provoked a much needed public discussion on technology.
5 min |
June 07, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
Crave new world: How food apps have gamed our brains
Dopamine, contrary to what many believe, is not about pleasure. It's an ancient molecule, whose processing machinery is conserved across mammals, birds, fish, insects; it's even in the roundworm, whose nervous system contains just 302 neurons.
5 min |
June 07, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
Cold truths
Some foods taste better after a night in the fridge. Others lose their magic. The trick is to know what thrives and how to fix the rest
2 min |
June 07, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
The fatal sadness of Marjane Satrapi
‘When people are fighting for democracy, we should support them,’ Marjane Satrapi wrote in a letter to the French government in January 2025, barely six months before Israel bombed her birthplace, Rasht, a city in northern Iran.
3 min |
June 07, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
From Delhi to Lahore, what's in a name?
Last month, a headline in this newspaper caught my attention and captured my imagination. It read: “Pakistan to restore original names of Lahore streets”.
3 min |
June 07, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
How women experience summers in the city
Gulshan wraps herself in a wet dupatta and tries to sleep.
2 min |
June 07, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
US forces see 1K Hormuz crossings since ceasefire
American forces have counted nearly 1,000 commercial vessel transits in and out of the Strait of Hormuz in the last two months, according to an official familiar with US Central Command operations, a figure that’s higher than private sector estimates that rely mostly on ship transponders.
2 min |
June 07, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
Medicines, and not just renaming, heals disease
When a medical condition is given a new name, it begins to cast a different sort of shadow over the people who live with it.
3 min |
June 06, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
Don’t drop Twisha Sharma’s death from news cycle
In the perception of the Indian people, this is now a David-Goliath battle where the good of the ordinary folk is being tested by the might of the venal
4 min |
June 06, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
Saving the saviour: the Himalayas need us
In July 2023, Himachal Pradesh endured a season of destruction. Monsoon rainfall ran nearly 50% above normal, triggering cloudbursts and landslides claiming over 360 lives and causing damages exceeding ₹4,000 crore.
2 min |
June 06, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
Economy is hurt, not sinking
The way to acquiring economic resilience is to fireproof rather than firefight
2 min |
June 06, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
A tough road ahead for DKS
This is the most public-facing role of Shivakumar’s career, and he will have to shed the strongman image and don the garb of a statesman
2 min |
June 04, 2026
Hindustan Times West UP
West Bengal’s rise needs new energy, where is it?
With a new government taking shape in West Bengal, one of its defining challenges will be reviving the state’s economic momentum.
4 min |