Category: Hindustan Times

The international community should launch a concerted attack on pirates. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/not-a-jolly-roger-at-all/story-QVanl3jlWD6hnWDiYU6RpK.html

I will always remember Harkishan Singh Surjeet as a Gandalf-like figure from scattered childhood memories, a gruff but amiable grandpa-type who visited us a few times. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/my-grandpa-s-comrade/story-853GrLcUNGM1p0KTO3DibJ.html

Though mercy killing is shrouded in legal ambiguity, there are ample cases of individuals approaching Indian courts for permission to end their lives for various reasons. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/death-on-demand/story-kVFZGz2O64vxhBN9GfntmK.html

State crackdowns have taken the business away from traditional toddy brewers and is creating a lethal black market. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/drinking-to-dusty-death/story-KS2lfUiGne0GXlz8VPAhiO.html

The trade in humans is a serious violation of rights and thrives on those who are most susceptible to abuse, especially women and children, reports Preeti Singh Saksena. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/all-for-a-one-way-ticket-to-el-dorado/story-iGcEM3zVrChA5of90BAKEN.html

The ‘least contentious’ of all Saarc summits, with bickering at an all-time low, witnessed a renewed push on development issues. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/from-parlance-to-partnership/story-ALRxwlVyvQbp3F7XQpukAJ.html

India spent Rs 610 crore on R&D in atomic energy in 2004-05 though the former currently provides only 3 per cent of our power supply. To augment funding, the Planning Commission’s report on Integrated Energy Policy has recommended the setting up of a National Energy Fund (NEF), with an initial corpus of Rs 1000 crore, for R&D in the energy sector. It suggests a mandatory spending of 0.4 per cent of turnover by each company in the energy field. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/improve-r-d-for-cheaper-and-cleaner-energy/story-mGJHehJxGvzZ6HDfpCtSrL.html

The last few years have seen a maturing of political processes in the region based on the assertion of separate political identities, writes Preeti Singh Saksena. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/opportunity-for-positive-engagement/story-8ve0hS9hcxTR1vNjlOIVuN.html

The adversarial nature of our police, vis-a-vis the citizenry, is one of the main legacies of the 1861 Police Act. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/the-other-ipl-scam/story-KoZtZ2MxbL1WWkjGmYQTFN.html

Per rupee of Govt spending on agricultural R&D has the largest impact on poverty. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/every-rupee-spent-on-r-d-impacts-poverty/story-WYQ0yHdCoQIV7MygIwjURI.html